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4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2025 (4DMDA 2025)

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4th international 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2025 (4DMDA 2025). This event, organised by the 4D Printing Society, showcases the latest developments and technologies in smart materials, metamaterials, intelligent designs, modelling, additive manufacturing, and 3D/4D printing.

  • From: Tuesday 8 July 2025, 9 am
  • To: Thursday 10 July 2025, 9 am
  • Location: Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC), Singapore. 3 CleanTech Loop, #01/01, CleanTech Two, Singapore 637143, Singapore,
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Event details

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The 4th International 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2025 (4DMDA 2025) is organised by the 4D Printing Society in partnership with A*star’s Research Institutes and Universities.

The event will take place on July 8-10, 2025 in person at the Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC), Singapore. It aims to bring together the most recent research on a variety of exciting topics such as (but not limited to):

  • Design methods for smart materials and additive manufacturing using computational techniques (artificial intelligence, optimization, geometric reasoning, etc.)
  • Development of new functional and active materials.
  • Characterization methods for functional and active materials.
  • Design of metamaterials and megastructures.
  • Advanced additive manufacturing techniques of smart materials (multi-material techniques, hybrid additive manufacturing, closed-loop 3D printing, bioprinting, etc.).
  • Advanced modelling and simulation (mechanics of materials, constitutive modelling, shape memory effects, multi-physics, stimuli-responsive, coupling effects, etc.).
  • Industrialization and applications (health, aerospace, automotive, defence, civil, etc.).

The 4D Printing Society invites abstracts and papers from researchers, students, and working professionals from academia as well as industry within the scope of the conference topics.

The link to the 4DMDA 2025: https://4dprintings.com/events/4dmda2025/  

Submissions, Awards, Publications

Speakers are invited to submit 1-page abstract.

  • Speakers are invited to submit 1-page abstract. Please use this template: 4DMDA-2025_Abstract_Template
  • To attend the conference as a speaker, please submit your 1-page abstract (1 PDF file including title, list of authors, affiliations, maximum of 1000 words, and keywords) via the following submission tab no later than 15 April, 2025.
  • Abstracts will be peer-reviewed, and authors will be notified of acceptance/revision/rejection.
  • On acceptance of your submission, you will be asked to make an online payment. Please check the registration section.
  • Non-submitters are also welcome to attend the conference as audience members.
  • Four speakers will be chosen for the Best Presentation Awards conferred at the end of the conference. The judging panel comprises four directors from the 4D Printing Society. Judges will decide on the awards based on the quality of both the written abstract and the presentation.
  • The winners will receive a S$40 Amazon voucher plus an official certificate from 4D Printing Society with the title of “Best Research Work presented – 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2025”.

Additionally, all participants are invited to submit their high-quality full-length papers or short communications for peer-review and publication in the journals of Smart Materials and Structures, or 4D Printing.

We look forward to receiving your abstracts and full-length journal papers. For further information, please contact info@4dprintings.com.

Find out more about the accommodation, Visa, how to get there and to register on the official website here: 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2025– 4D Printing Society

Important Dates and Conference Programme:

  • Submission for Abstracts Opening: 27 January 2025
  • Abstract Submission Deadline:  15 April 2025
  • Early bird (Student / General) Registration Deadline: 1 May 2025
  • Regular (Student / General) Registration Deadline: 1 June 2025
  • Conference Days: 8 – 10 July 2025

The programme is scheduled to be shared in May 2025.

It includes two and a half days of presentations, a panel session, and technical tours of A*STAR facilities.

Speakers:

Plenary

H. Jerry Qi, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Ge Qi, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China
Hidemitsu Furukawa, Yamagata University, Japan

Keynote

Fred Demoly, UTBM, France
Howon Lee, Seoul National University, South Korea
Carlos Sanchez-Somolinos, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain

Committee:

Executive

David Rosen, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, Singapore (Executive Chair)
Mahdi Bodaghi, Nottingham Trent University, UK (Co-Chair)
Ali Zolfagharian, Deakin University, Australia (Co-Chair)
H. Jerry Qi, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (Co-Chair)
Sharon Nai, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, Singapore (Vice-Chair)
Qi Xiaoying, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, A*STAR, Singapore (Co-Chair)

Technical

Martin L. Dunn, Colorado University Denver, USA

Kumkum Ahmed, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

Antoine le Duigou, University of South Brittany, France

Qi (Kevin) Ge, SUSTech, China

Suong Van Hoa, Concordia University, Canada

Stefano Pandini, University of Brescia, Italy

Keun Park, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, South Korea

Jerry Qi, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Guilia Scalet, University of Pavia, Italy

Kristina Shea, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Oliver Weeger, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Yi Xiong, SUSTech, China

Renee Zhao, Stanford University, USA

Kun Zhou, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Programme

Further details about the online conference can be found on the organiser's website.

Location details

Address:

Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC), Singapore. 3 CleanTech Loop, #01/01, CleanTech Two, Singapore 637143
 Singapore

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