The Scientific Technical Committee on Electro-Physical, Chemical, Laser, and related Additive Manufacturing processes (STC E) held two in-person meetings in 2024. One during the CIRP Winter Meeting in Paris and the second during the CIRP General Assembly in Thessaloniki. Both meetings were well attended by 84 and 89 participants, respectively.
Officers
Chair: Frank Pfefferkorn
Vice-Chair: Adam Clare
Secretary: Wessel W. Wits
Strategy on diversity
For a number of years, the Officers and senior STC E members have been keen to actively invite young researchers and other academics outside the CIRP family. We try to show an open attitude towards new potential members, and, in this way, we try to diversify the STC E audience and membership. We are happy to report that this action has been fruitful. Figure 1 shows the number of attendees of STC E meetings from 2020 to 2024. We see stable attendance from our Members and Fellows accompanied by an increasing number of guests, indicated in green, from 2022.
Figure 1 - STC E attendees from 2020 to 2024 events. Please click here
Contribution to CIRP Annals
This year, 47 STC E draft manuscripts were submitted to the CIRP Editorial Committee, of which 23 were accepted for publication in the CIRP Annals Vol. 1 and scheduled for presentation at the CIRP General Assembly in Thessaloniki (Greece). 22 of those papers were presented. In addition, Michael Schmidt presented the 2024 STC E KN on “Dynamic beam shaping – Improving laser materials processing via feature synchronous energy coupling”, during the STC E paper session. The keynote was well received by the audience.
Summary of the STC E Meeting in Paris on February 23rd, 2024
The audience was reminded of the official name change of STC E to "Electro-Physical, Chemical, Laser, and related Additive Manufacturing Processes". This name change is supported by the community and better reflects the on-going research topics that are home to STC E.
Keynotes
• Michael Schmidt presented an update on the 2024 KN: “Dynamic beam shaping - Improving laser materials processing via feature synchronous energy coupling”.
• Frank Pfefferkorn presented an update on the 2025 KN: “Multi-material additive manufacturing: Overcoming barriers to implementation” organized by Adam Clare.
• Alessandro Fortunato presented an update on the 2026 KN: “Laser based manufacturing for electric power train: State of the art and new challenges”.
• Ajay Malshe presented a proposal for the 2028 KN: “Manufacturing in space for earth and beyond: Materials, processes and testing”, which was accepted.
Technical presentations
Nine technical presentations were presented each followed by a lively Q&A.
CIRP and CIRP Sponsored Conferences
The audience was made aware of the following (sponsored) conferences:
• 13th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies (LANE 2024) - 15-19 September 2024 - Fürth, Germany - organized by Michael Schmidt of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
• 12th CIRP Global Web Conference (CIRPe 2024) – 22-24 October 2024 - Online - organized by Nan Yu and Murat Kilic of Universities of Edinburgh and Manchester, respectively
• 22nd ISEM 2025 - 3-5 June 2025 - Vancouver, BC, Canada - organized by Adam Clare of University of British Columbia
• 23rd ISEM 2027– June 2027 - Cardiff - organized by Debajyoti Bhaduri of University of Cardiff
Summary of the STC E Meeting in Thessaloniki on August 23rd, 2024
In light of the overwhelming number of guests (33), representing 37% of the audience, the Chair requested the STC E members to welcome our guests with a warm-hearted applause.
Keynotes
• Adam Clare presented progress on the 2025 KN: “Multi-material additive manufacturing: Overcoming barriers to implementation”.
• Alessandro Fortunato presented progress on the 2026 KN: “Laser based manufacturing for electric traction and energy storage systems: State of the art and new challenges”.
• Ajay Malshe presented progress on the 2028 KN: “Manufacturing in space for earth and beyond: Materials, processes and testing”.
• Mihaela 'Miki' Banu presented a proposal for a Cross-STC KN: “Process chains for net shape biomedical implants”, which was endorsed by the STC E community.
Technical presentations
Ten technical presentations were presented of which one was presented by a Fellow, four were presented by an Associate Member, three were presented by a Research Affiliate, and two were presented by a Guest. Also, here an effort was made by the Officers to have diverse presenters from various backgrounds and career positions.
CIRP and CIRP Sponsored Conferences
The audience was made aware of the following (sponsored) conferences:
• 13th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies (LANE 2024) - 15-19 September 2024 - Fürth, Germany - organized by Michael Schmidt of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
• 12th CIRP Global Web Conference (CIRPe 2024) – 22-24 October 2024 - Online - organized by Nan Yu and Murat Kilic of Universities of Edinburgh and Manchester, respectively
• 22nd ISEM 2025 - 3-5 June 2025 - Vancouver, BC, Canada - organized by Adam Clare of University of British Columbia
• 23rd ISEM 2027– June 2027 - Cardiff - organized by Debajyoti Bhaduri of University of Cardiff