4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2025
will be organised by A*STAR, Singapore
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The 4th international 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2025 (4DMDA 2025) is organised by A*STAR’s Research Institutes, Universities and the 4D Printing Society. The conference will showcase the latest developments and technologies in smart materials, metamaterials, intelligent designs, modelling, additive manufacturing, and 3D/4D printing. It seeks to address current concerns in the further development of 3D/4D printed devices and provides a forum for internationally recognised experts and young scientists working in the fields of smart materials, metamaterials, advanced design, modelling and simulation, and 3D/4D printing technologies to present their work.
This conference is scheduled to take place on July 8-10, 2025 in Singapore.
4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2025 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, optimisation, geometric reasoning, etc.).
- Development of new functional and active materials.
- Characterisation methods for functional and active materials.
- Design of metamaterials and metastructures.
- 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.).
- Industrialisation and applications (health, aerospace, automotive, defense, 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.
- 30Speakers are invited to submit 1-page abstract. Please use this template: 4DMDA-2025_Abstract_Template
- Link to Submission.
- 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 30 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
Important Dates:
- Submission for Abstracts Opening: 27 January 2025
- Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 April 2025
- Early bird (Student / General) Registration Deadline: 15 May 2025
- Regular (Student / General) Registration Deadline: 10 June 2025
- Conference Days: 8 – 10 July 2025
Conference Programme:
The detailed programme is scheduled to be shared in May 2025.
It includes three days of presentations and a panel session.
Keynote Speakers
Fred Demoly, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), France
(Keynote lecture: Shaping the Future with 4D Printing – Design Strategies and Real-World Applications)
Howon Lee, Seoul National University, South Korea
(Keynote lecture: Programming Liquid Crystal Director Fields)
Carlos Sanchez-Somolinos, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
(Keynote lecture: Programmable Soft Matter: Additive Manufacturing of LCEs for Adaptive Robotic Systems with Biomedical Potential)
Wang Dong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
(Keynote lecture: Anisotropic Design and Grayscale DLP 3D Printing of Soft Robots)
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 Committee
Martin L. Dunn, Colorado University Denver, USA
Kumkum Ahmed, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
Antoine le Duigou, University of South Brittany, France
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
Renee Zhao, Stanford University, USA
Kun Zhou, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Carlos Sánchez Somolinos, Spanish National Council of Research (CSIC), Spain
Amir A. Zadpoor, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands
Thorsten Pretsch, Fraunhofer IAP, Germany
Seet Hang Li, A*STAR Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore
Wang Pei, A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore
Wang Fuke, A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore
Liu Jun, A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore
Thaddie Natalaray, A*STAR Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre, Singapore
Daria Andreeva – Baeumler, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Pablo Valdivia y Alvarado, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
If you require a visa to attend the conference and need an invitation letter to support your application, we are happy to assist you. To request an invitation letter, please contact us at david_william_rosen@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg or info@4dprintings.com with your full name, address, and other relevant details after registration so the organiser can provide an invitation letter to help facilitate your visa application process. We recommend that you begin the visa application process as early as possible to ensure sufficient time for processing.
The registration fees for speakers and audiences are listed below:
Fees:
- Early bird (Student): S$600
- Early bird (General): S$850
- Regular (Student): S$700
- Regular (General): S$950
- Accompanied person: S$200
- Additional abstract submission: S$200
Registration fees include conference documentation, welcome reception, coffee/tea breaks, lunch and a Gala Dinner.
Be sure that at least one author/delegate, or audience member registers to attend the conference using the online registration system. Each abstract must have at least one author/delegate registered, with the payment received by the registration deadline (see Important Dates) to avoid being withdrawn from the conference. Authors are allowed to submit additional abstracts for an extra charge of S$200.
Registrations are being taken via using the following Link:
