3D Printing 3 Ways! Concrete + Metal + Glass!

I’ve worked on structural design projects with 3D printed concrete, 3D printed metal, and 3D printed glass…that’s pretty amazing! We’re in the early days of this new material production technology so here I provide an overview of the different materials/processes along with the projects I’ve worked on and some info on the current people and firms doing wonderful work! It will be fascinating to see how this technology develops!
If you’re looking into 3D printing material for a design or have concerns with an existing design do get in touch.
LINK TO PAPERS:
• Metal: Fabricate Conference paper on 3D printed metal projects www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/32u1j5...
• Concrete: Fabricate 2024 Conference paper on 3D printed concrete (coming soon Summer 2024!)
• Glass: Oxman paper and Vimeo (that’s our in-house lab at the start of the video!). Vimeo Link: vimeo.com/211778198
About Me:
Hi, I'm Paul Kassabian. I'm a structural engineer and a Principal at SGH in Boston, MA. Being a structural engineer is my fulltime job and I’ve also I taught full courses to graduate students at MIT for nine years, Harvard's Graduate School of Design (GSD) for five years and at RISD (Fall 2023). These are videos based on my structural design projects and years of teaching structures to students.
Some legal/professional stuff:
As of this video, I’m a:
• Licensed Structural/Civil Engineer in 26 US States including my home state of Massachusetts.
• Professional Engineer in British Columbia
• Chartered Structural Engineer in the UK (both ICE and IStructE)
So my full designations are: Paul E. Kassabian, P.E., P.Eng (BC), C.Eng MICE MIStructE
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[@narekantonyan2264]

thanks for always providing primary and crucial information!!!

[@asadbajwa8957]

Thanks Paul, Your channel will help me a lot understanding 3DP during my PhD.

[@lawrenceberlinski7643]

Really like how you channeled your inner Jony Ive.

[@musca8803]

Your videos are sources of inspiration. Thank you.

[@btsmochimi7924]

Is this the sign that i should sign up for that 3d printing workshop at school😂

[@kchiem]

9:00 the ancient Chinese made those out of ivory: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_puzzle_ball

[@faica]

Hi Paul, I appreciate your input on 3D printed pedestrian bridges, the urban challenge we are facing with climate change is that cities were planned for cars, which is a huge obstacle in the face of modern electric mobility, how can 3D printed pedestrian brideges significantly reduce the current cost? Who is reseraching this?

[@vincentjean6756]

Totally agree for 3d print + 3d scan. One problem we will have to over-come is hand made = more valuable.

[@The_Professor123]

Cool then structural optimization can be used more in this field

[@fetiselmani6231]

Great presentation as always. Although a partisan of 3D printing, I have two main concerns: the homogeneity of the printed material/element, and the (amount) energy used.

[@PaulKassabian]

Thanks and both valid concerns. I will note similar concerns exist for all other production methods of the same materials it's just they are more established and/or we have discounted them in our typical processes.