Speech by Prof. Miroslaw J.

Skibniewski

Time: December 15 (Thursday) 2022 2:00-4:00pm

Location: IB-301, NTUST
Free registration at https://forms.gle/sMG2fZ9pFZcJxaRH9

Additive manufacturing/ 3-D printing in construction: search for new

supply chains of products and services for the construction industry

3-D printing is quickly revolutionizing production technology in the

manufacturing industry, involving metals, plastics, resins, clays,
composites and other materials. Breakthroughs are being achieved also
in biomedical engineering, including printing of soft tissues and other
biological materials. The uptake of 3-D printing in construction has been
relatively slower, but new solutions involving cementitious materials and
other compounds have been making modest inroads into the supply
chains of construction products. This presentation will review the latest
trends related to this technology in the construction industry. Also,
current research on the applicability and adaptability of various technical
solutions will be discussed. An ongoing effort to design and maintain a
capability map of experts in construction 3-D printing worldwide will be
introduced.

Introduction of Prof. Miroslaw J. Skibniewski

Dr. Miroslaw J. Skibniewski is the A. James

Clark Endowed Chair Professor of Construction
Engineering and Project Management in the
Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at University of Maryland, College
Park. He received his M.Eng. degree from Warsaw
University of Technology, and M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University.
Prior to his current appointment he served for 20 years as a faculty
member at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, where he held a
position of Professor of Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering and
Management.

Dr. Skibniewski was elected as a Foreign Member of the Russian

Academy of Engineering. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the
prestigious journal Automation in Construction. He served on
the National Academy of Engineering USA-Germany and USA-
Japan Frontiers in Engineering committees, American Society of Civil
Engineers' Robotics and Field Sensing Committee, Information
Technology Committee, and Intelligent Computing Committee.

Dr. Skibniewski currently specializes in e-commerce technology

applications to engineering project management for construction and in
construction automation. He developed one of the first construction
automation programs in the United States and collaborated with major
industrial and government organizations both in the United States and
overseas.