TRB Webinar: Tools of the Future - Printing Cement-Based Materials in 3D

How can 3D printing be used to advance the transportation industry? TRB conducted a webinar on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM Eastern that explored the recent advancements, potential challenges, and future opportunities of 3D printing. Presenters will provide an overview of current knowledge about concrete additive manufacturing technologies suitable for transportation applications, and evaluate the potential applications of these applications. They also discussed recommendations for possible future research needs in 3D printing of transportation structures.

This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committee on Advanced Concrete Materials and Characterization.

The presentation slides are available. Please contact rgillum@nas.edu for a copy of the recording.

Webinar agenda and presenters

1. 3D printing in transportation: Where we are and where we go from here?: Mohammad Khan, High Performance Technologies, Inc.
2. A new promising avenue for concrete and the construction industry: Florence Sanchez, Vanderbilt University
3. Measurement science challenges of additive construction: Scott Jones, National Institute of Standards and Testing (NIST)
4. Question and answer session: Moderated by Yaghoob Farnam, Drexel University

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Identify how 3D printing can be used in the transportation industry
2. Discuss potential challenges of additive construction

Professional Development Hour Information

Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). TRB’s webinar program awards PDH credits only to the registered individual, and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.

Pre-registration is required. Once the webinar starts, you will be unable to register. Individuals that are registered for a webinar but do not receive their confirmation emails due to their organization’s internal firewalls should contact the TRB Helpdesk for assistance in signing in.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

TRB will report credits earned to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005.