The future of designing and making
The Design and Manufacturing Futures Laboratory is researching and creating the tools and technologies of tomorrow, providing game-changing capability for the design, manufacture, operation and disposal of next generation products and machines.
Programmes
Projects
If you are interested in any of our projects, either active or not currently active, please contact us for more information.
People
Ben Hicks
Professor, Director
Aydin Nassehi
Professor, Codirector
Chris Snider
Senior Lecturer
James Gopsill
CFMS Fellow
Mark Goudswaard
Research Associate
Lorenzo Giunta
Research Associate
Kautsar Ramli
Research Associate
Peter Rosso
Research Engineer
Lee Kent
Research Engineer
Ric Real
Research Engineer
Chris Cox
Research Engineer
Harry Felton
Research Engineer
ALUMNI
Harry White
Research Associate (Alumni)
Owen Freeman Gebler
Research Associate (Alumni)
David Mathias
Research Engineer (Alumni)
Andrew Ma
Research Engineer (Alumni)
Recent Posts
Characterising UK Additive Manufacturing survey is now live!
The Brokering Addtive Manufacturing team are looking for AM industry members to contribute in their characterisation of UK AM.
BAM attend advanced engineering conference, MACH 2022
n April, BAM project members Jennifer Johns and Kautsar Ramli attended MACH Conference 2022 at the NEC in Birmingham.
Living Lab Shakedown
Last week, we put the living lab through is paces through a shakedown test. Four ultimakers were connected to a Local Area Network. Using our browser-based agent client on a laptop also on the network, they were able to broker a connection to the BAM network and start accepting jobs.
Presenting at CIRP CMS 2022
We are delighted to announce that the DMF lab will be attending and presenting research at the 55th CIRP conference on manufacturing systems.
Securing a distributed agent-based manufacturing platform.
The BAM team discuss the architecture of their Living Lab agent-based additive manufacturing platform and the aspects that make it secure.
Injection Moulding Plastic LFD Cases with Recycled Facemasks
In a recent announcement from the Department of Health and Social Care Health Minister Edward Argar discussed government plans to explore the recycling of pandemic-related PPE plastic waste into new products, ranging from curtains and mattress covers, to the many other healthcare products used daily across hospitals and clinics in the UK. In addition to […]
Presenting at CAD’22
We are delighted to announce that the DMF lab will be attending and presenting research the 19th annual International CAD Conference.
3D Printing through the Web Browser
We’re building the capability for anyone to connect to our Brokering Additive Manufacturing networks. All you need is a web-browser and a printer!
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