LTM L&L 03 - "Printed Mold & Core Design Fundamentals (Part 2)” - Dr. Jason Walker

Last Tactical Mile Impact 2.0 Lunch & Learn Metal Casting Seminar Series Episode 03 “Printed Mold & Core Design Fundamentals (Part 2)” with Dr. Jason Walker Unlocking design freedom with additive manufacturing means pushing past the geometric and functional limits of traditional casting. In this session, you’ll see how AM enables more complex geometries, optimized gating and risering strategies, and integrated mold features—ultimately producing higher quality castings with greater manufacturing flexibility. Presenter description: Jason M. WALKER, PhD is the Director of Materials & Process at OSU’s Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence (CDME). His research interests include the development and application of additive tooling for metal castings, novel gating and risering methods, process simulation, and the instrumentation of molds for in situ data collection. He also serves as an affiliated faculty at the Advanced Casting Research Center (ACRC), headquartered at the University of California, Irvine. Prior to joining CDME in 2022, he served as an assistant professor of manufacturing engineering at Youngstown State University. At YSU, Walker was the founding faculty advisor and FEF Key Professor for the AFS Student Chapter. He has published more than 35 peer-reviewed academic research papers related to additive manufacturing. #additivemanufacturing #americamakes #ybi #metalcasting #3dprinting #sandprinting #additivetechnology #metalcasting #foundry