Workshops/Training

Core knowledge for industrial design. At the intersection of art, science, engineering and industry, materials have the capacity to transcend function, becoming touchstones of widely shared human experience that live forever.
ASM/Mtrl presents a two-day workshop on Materials for Designers:

Select one of these dates and locations:

  Aug. 11-12 - Sparkspace
  Sept. 18-19 - Experience Music Project at Seattle Center
  Oct. 16-17 - Institute for Human Centered Design at Adaptive Environments
  Nov. 13-14 - W Hotel
  Dec. 15-16 - Doubletree Ocean Point Resort

Class hours are 9:00 am-4:30 pm daily.
The first day of this workshop will include an afternoon tour of a local firm featuring unique materials processing, tooling and design considerations. Transportation is provided.

Pricing
Our registration fee includes seminar materials, field trip to local manufacturing firm, lunch and refreshments.

Professional Fee: $549
Student Fee: $199

For more information, updates, location and registration details, contact John Cerne at 440-338-5417 or via e-mail john.cerne@asminternational.org

Become a more valuable resource for clients and peers as you come together with:
• Industrial and Product Designers
• Design Engineers without a Materials   background
• Design Management
• Surface Pattern Designers
• Brand Strategists
• Brand Managers
• Artists

Broaden your design vocabulary with greater command of the metals and polymers that ultimately bring
designs to life.

This series of highly immersive workshops hosted by ASM/Mtrl will provide you the knowledge and insight necessary to visualize the ways in which the latest materials and fabrication processes can influence design. Materials selection behavior for aesthetics, consumer acceptance, durability, cost, fabrication, compatibility and workability will all be explored.


Seminar content:

• Sensory and Aesthetic Design Considerations
• Material Properties Underlying Sensorial Behavior
• Overview of Manufacturing Processes
• New and Emerging Materials and Processes
• Material and Process Selection Databases and   Software

Processes will include the following, and more:
• Die Casting
• Sheet Metal Forming
• Extrusion
• Injection Molding
• Rotational Molding
• Thermoforming
• Sustainability Considerations in Design and   Materials Selection

Materials Selection:

• CES Edupack software basics (Evaluation copy provided to each attendee.

• Identifying Metals and Polymers in Consumer and High Design Products

Your Instructor: Dr. Howard Kuhn

A Fellow of ASM International, the world’s leading society for materials science and engineering, Dr. Kuhn understands how materials and processes influence design. At Drexel University and the University of Pittsburgh, he developed courses in powder metallurgy, engineering design, failure analysis and mechanical metallurgy – four specialties of great interest to design professionals. Dr. Kuhn is currently director of R&D for The Ex One Company, with responsibility for developing and implementing rapid manufacturing and rapid tooling technologies.

Past Event Photos

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