Additive Manufacturing and High-Performance Computing:
A Disruptive Latent Technology Dr. Bruce T. Goodwin

December 1, 2014

Please join us for a seminar by Dr. Bruce Goodwin of LLNL on the relationship between Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology, High-Performance Computing (HPC), Uncertainty Quantification (UQ), and international security. Dr. Goodwin's talk surveys how AM accelerates the fabrication process, while HPC fast tracks the engineering design sequence. The combination of AM and HPC almost eliminates the engineering design and prototype iterative cycle, thereby cutting down the time to market and cost of production. These methods promise significant benefits for US national interests in an age of austerity. However, at the same time, such disruptive latent technology may also enable proliferation and challenge international security.

This event is part of the Nuclear Crossroads Initiative at the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) and is open to the Laboratory. There will be a question and answer session after the talk.

Dr. Goodwin is the Associate Director at Large for National Security Policy and Research and the Director of the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Previously he was the Principal Associate Director for Weapons and Complex Integration at LLNL (2001-2013).

Presentation available soon.