ASSESS Insight Webinar

2040 Vision Study: NASA’s TTT Implementation Activities

Wednesday, 19 February 2025 | Online

0​7:00 (Los Angeles) | 10:00 (New York)
15:00 (London) | 16:00 (Berlin

Over the last new decades, advances in high-performance computing, new materials characterization methods, and, more recently, an emphasis on integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) and additive manufacturing have been a catalyst for multiscale modeling and simulation-based design of materials and structures in the aerospace industry. As a result, NASA’s Transformational Tools and Technology (TTT) Project sponsored a study (performed by a team led by Pratt & Whitney) to define the potential 25-year future state required for integrated multiscale modeling of materials and systems (e.g., load-bearing structures) to accelerate the pace and reduce the expense of innovation in future aerospace and aeronautical systems. This talk will briefly review the findings of this 2040 Vision study (e.g., the 2040 vision state; the required interdependent core technical work areas, Key Element (KE); associated critical gaps and actions to close those gaps; and major recommendations) and discuss NASA’s TTT implementation activities; with special emphasis on recent accomplishments. The study, NASA CR 2018- 219771, envisions the development of a cyber-physical-social ecosystem comprised of experimentally verified and validated computational models, tools, and techniques, along with the associated digital tapestry, that marries two non-mutually exclusive paradigms – “design of the materials” (material scientist viewpoint) and “design with the materials” (structural analyst viewpoint) – into a concurrent transformational paradigm that impacts the entire supply chain to enable costeffective, rapid, and revolutionary design of fit-for-purpose materials, components, and systems.

Although the vision focused on aeronautics and space applications, it is believed that other engineering communities (e.g., automotive, biomedical, etc.) can benefit as well from the proposed framework with only minor modifications. Finally, it is TTT’s hope and desire that this vision provides the strategic guidance to both public and private research and development decision makers to make the proposed 2040 vision state a reality and thereby provide a significant advancement in the United States global competitiveness.

Agenda

W​elcome and Introduction
Jo Potts, NAFEMS & Nick Appleyard, ASSESS

2040 Vision Study: NASA’s TTT Implementation Activities
Steven Arnold, NASA

Q&A D​iscussion

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A​bout our speaker ...

Steven M. Arnold, Multiscale and Multiphysics Modeling Branch, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH

Dr. Steven M. Arnold is currently the Technical Lead for Multiscale Modeling within the Materials and Structures Division at NASA Glenn Research Center with over 35 years of experience. He also is the Technical Lead for the Materials and Structures Discipline within the Transformative Tools and Technology (TTT) project. Dr. Arnold conducts research involving theoretical and experimental investigations of structural material behavior of advanced aircraft propulsion systems and spacecraft structures. He hasover 525 technical publications, 119 of which are journal publications and is a co-author of two books on micromechanics of composites, i.e., “Micromechanics of Composite Materials: A Generalized Multiscale Analysis Approach” 2013 and “Practical Micromechanics of Composite Materials” 2021.

He received NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal in 2019, NASA’s Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal in 2014 and the NASA Glenn Abe Silverstein outstanding research award in 2004.He also was awarded the ASC/DEStech Award in Composites for 2015. He is, on the NAFEMS Americas Steering Committee; an ASM International Fellow (class of 2013), Past Chair of the Core and Emerging Technologies Council for ASM, and participates on the Materials Data Information & Data Analytic Technical Committee; a member of AIAA, current Deputy Director ADSG Forum Coordination and active participant in the Materials Technical Committee, ICME working group, and Digital Engineering Integration Committee (DEIC). Lastly, he is co-founder and chairman of the Material Data Management Consortium (MDMC).