SAMPE 2027 Conference & Exhibition

Technical programming covers aerospace materials and applications, including additive manufacturing; advanced forming and thermomechanical processing; aerospace coatings; AI and integrated computational materials engineering; composite materials and structures; emerging materials and processes; extreme-environment and gas-turbine materials; light alloy technology; low-cost manufacturing and affordable structures; materials characterization and failure analysis; modeling and simulation of manufacturing processes; multifunctional materials; residual stress for aerospace components; space and cryogenic applications; sustainable and enabling materials and processes; titanium alloys and manufacturing technologies; tribology and wear of aerospace materials; and welding and joining. The conference also includes keynote presentations, panel discussions, an exposition, and professional development opportunities. The detailed schedule and keynote lineup have not yet been published.

An international technical conference on solutions for improving semiconductor manufacturing. Technical presentations highlight industry innovations with specific results, and papers presented at the conference are peer-reviewed by the ASMC Technical Committee; select manuscripts are published in the IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing special section. The 2027 call for abstracts covers Advanced Equipment Processes and Materials; Advanced Metrology; Advanced Process Control; Defect Free Manufacturing; Defect Inspection and Reduction; Big Data Management and Cybersecurity; Equipment Optimization; Manufacturing for Sustainability; Novel Device Technologies; Patterning, Design & Technology Optimization; and Smart Manufacturing & Factory Operations.

The conference brings together engineers, designers, managers, and educators to exchange expertise, best practices, challenges, and application developments in additive manufacturing. The program includes keynote presentations, technical sessions, panel discussions, training sessions, hands-on workshops, the Technical Competition, the Innovators Showcase, and AMUGexpo. Tracks cover aerospace and defense applications such as flight-certified parts, satellite components, qualification, repair, and sustainment; automotive, infrastructure, energy, and battery applications; business topics including capital equipment, return on investment, market research, and mergers and acquisitions; and design, metrology, scanning, and in-situ monitoring. Other track areas include additive manufacturing education and standards; emerging technologies and research-to-industry translation; healthcare and dental applications; industrial automation, tooling, hybrid manufacturing, robotics, and digital thread; materials, powder recycling, feedstock innovation, heat treatment, and post-processing; manufacturing safety and cybersecurity; and simulation, AI, digital twins, and process optimization. Attendance is limited to individuals from organizations that directly own commercially available additive manufacturing equipment used in a professional environment.

The event brings together the ACerS Annual Meeting, AIST Steel Properties & Applications, the TMS Fall Meeting, and the Advanced Materials Show. Planned technical symposia cover additive manufacturing, including modeling, AI and machine learning, process control, ceramic 3D printing, and qualification and certification of computational materials tools. Other materials topics include ceramics, glass, electronic and nanostructured materials, advanced alloys, and high-temperature phase transformations. Steel and ferrous-metallurgy programming addresses alloy design, steel processing and coatings, medium- and high-manganese steels, decarbonization, scrap recyclability, and materials for transportation, defense, energy, hydrogen, carbon capture, geothermal, and nuclear applications. Energy-focused symposia cover clean hydrogen, electrochemical storage and conversion, thermal management, and alternative-energy devices, including solid-state batteries, electrolyzers, fuel cells, and thermoelectric systems. Additional planned topics include corrosion and degradation in extreme environments, nuclear materials and waste-storage forms, and materials for advanced manufacturing. The co-located Advanced Materials Show focuses on high-performing materials technology and the materials manufacturing supply chain.

The technical program includes a joint AeroMat symposium on advanced coatings for aerospace and industrial gas turbines, including thermal and environmental barrier coatings, turbine clearance control, load-bearing and tribological coatings, component repair, and cold spray for aerospace applications. Research and development topics include AI and machine learning for materials and process informatics; modeling and simulation; carbon neutrality, environmental impacts, and life-cycle analysis; characterization methods; cold-spray fundamentals and particle impact; aerosol deposition; novel coatings and feedstock materials; and hybrid, laser, and additive manufacturing processes. Application areas include automotive and medical uses; battery and sustainable-energy applications; electronics and semiconductor manufacturing equipment; thermal-spray additive manufacturing; equipment, powders, consumables, and economics; circular-economy repair and remanufacturing; and wear and corrosion protection across energy, oil and gas, marine, manufacturing, construction, and food processing. The conference also includes oral and poster presentations, panel discussions, keynote presentations, and an industrial forum. The co-located exposition features thermal-spray equipment, advanced surface solutions, additive manufacturing technologies, consumables, and applied research.

The technical program covers mechanical behavior, reliability, failure analysis, and performance of advanced ceramics and composites; structural, environmental, and functional ceramic coatings; solid oxide cells; thermoelectric and thermionic energy conversion and thermal management; bioceramics; rechargeable energy storage; functional nanomaterials and thin films; advanced processing and manufacturing; porous ceramics; computational and data-driven materials design; production technologies; layered carbides, nitrides, and borides; nuclear fission and fusion materials; crystalline materials; additive manufacturing and 3D printing; geopolymers and sustainable construction materials; photonics and energy; ultrahigh-temperature ceramics; and molecular-level processing of functional materials. Focused themes include bioinspiration and green manufacturing; ceramic materials and integrated approaches for industrial decarbonization; smart powder processing of multifunctional ceramics and catalyst materials; ceramic/carbon-reinforced polymers; sustainable design and manufacturing of advanced ceramics for space applications; and critical-materials recovery and reuse. The program also includes a sustainability forum and a focused session on entrepreneurship and commercialization. The expo and poster program features ceramic and glass industry products, materials, processing and characterization tools, and scientific posters.

Technical programming covers corrosion and protective coatings through peer-reviewed technical symposia, research-in-progress symposia, a research topical symposium, and a student poster session. The research topical symposium, “Toward Reliable Corrosion Prediction: Data-Driven Environmental Characterization and Accelerated Test Correlation,” addresses environmental severity and corrosivity, ISO corrosivity categorization, corrosion monitoring and sensing, environmental data collection and analytics, mechanistic and data-driven corrosion models, machine learning and artificial intelligence applications, accelerated corrosion testing, laboratory-to-field correlation, service-life prediction, climate-specific corrosion assessment, and standards development. The conference also includes an exhibit hall.

The conference serves semiconductor-industry executives, engineering and fab managers, academics, startup founders, financial analysts, market researchers, consulting firms, and consortia. Its stated focus is materials innovation, management, and business success; the 2027 agenda is not yet published.

ASME’s Manufacturing Engineering Division sponsors MSEC as a forum for advanced manufacturing research, with technical presentations, poster sessions, panels, workshops, and an early-career forum. It is co-located with NAMRI/SME’s 55th North American Manufacturing Research Conference and JSME’s International Conference on Leading Edge Manufacturing/Materials & Processing. Technical tracks include additive manufacturing (including smart, solid-state, metal and hybrid processes, multi-material processing, and sensor fusion); advanced materials manufacturing and semiconductor packaging; biomanufacturing; circular manufacturing and critical-material supply chains; manufacturing equipment, robotics, and automation; manufacturing processes and systems; in-space manufacturing; energy technologies; microelectronics metrology; and quality and reliability. Research themes include in-situ monitoring and control, digital twins, AI and machine learning, process qualification, and energy and material efficiency.