Publications
Our team is at the forefront of research in 3D concrete printing, authoring many high-impact publications that have advanced the field.
Hojati, M.; Memari, A.; Zahabi, M.; Wu, Z.; Li, Z., M.; Park, K., Nazarian, S.; Duarte, J.; Development of Innovative Reinforcement Method for 3D Concrete Printing, in Journal of Additive Manufacturing, Elsevier. (Submitted on November 23, 2021)
Hojati, M.; Li, Z., Memari, A.; Park, K., Zahabi, M.; Nazarian, S.; Duarte, J.; Radlinska, A. Mixture Design and Mechanical Properties of Sustainable Cementitious Materials for 3D-Printing, in Results in Engineering Journal, Elsevier. (Submitted on October 31, 2021)
Park, K.; Memari, A.; Hojati, M.; Duarte, J.; Nazarian, S.; Radlinska, A.; Bilén, S.; 3D Printing of a Concrete Dome Structure – System Development and Material and Structural Studies, in Progress in Additive Manufacturing. (Paper submitted October 11, 2021)
Ashrafi, N.; Nazarian, S.; Meisel, N.; Duarte, J. Experimental calibration and compensation for the continuous effect of time, number of layers and volume of material on shape deformation in small-scale additive manufacturing of concrete, in Journal of Additive Manufacturing, Volume 47, November 2021, 102228.
Duarte, G.; Brown, N.; Memari, A.; Duarte, J. Learning from historical structures under compression for concrete 3D printing construction, in Journal of Building Engineering. 43 (2021) 103009.
Meisel, N.; Watson, N.; Bilén, S.; Duarte, J.P.; Nazarian, S. Design and System Considerations for Construction-Scale Concrete Additive Manufacturing via Robotic Arm Deposition, in 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. Available online August 2, 2021.
Li, Z.; Hojatti, M.; Duarte, J.; Nazarian, S.; Bilén, S.; Memari, A.; Radlinska, A. Towards 3D-printable cementitious materials on Earth and beyond, in Concrete Engineering International, January 2021, pp. 18-20.
Li, Z.; Hojati, M.; Wu, Z.; Piasente, J.; Ashrafi, N.; Duarte, J.P.; Nazarian, S.; Bilén, S.G.; Memari, A.M.; Radlinska, A. Fresh and Hardened Properties of Extrusion-Based 3D-printed Cementitious Materials: A Review. Sustainability 2020, 12(14), 5628.
Craveiro, F.; Bártolo, H.; Bártolo, P.; Nazarian, S.; Duarte, J.P. An automated system for 3D printing functionally graded concrete-based materials, in Additive Manufacturing.
Craveiro, F.; Bártolo, H.; Duarte, J.P.; Bártolo, P. Additive Manufacturing as an enabling technology for digital construction: A perspective on Construction 4.0, in Automation in Construction, Vol. 103, April 2019, pp. 251-267.
Ashrafi, N.; Duarte, J.P.; Nazarian, N.; Meisel, N. Evaluating the Relationship between Deposition and Layer Quality in Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing of Concrete, in Bourel, David (ed.) Journal of Virtual and Physical Prototyping, March 2018, pp. 2-6.
Craveiro, F.; Bártolo, H.M.; Gale, A.; Duarte, J.P.; Bártolo, P.J. A design tool for resource-efficient fabrication of 3d-graded structural building components using additive manufacturing, Automation in Construction 82 (2017) 75–83.
Muthumanickam, N.K.; Duarte, J.P.; Nazarian, S.; Memari, A.; Bilén, S. (2020) Combining AI and BIM in the design and construction of a Mars habitat, in As, I. and Basu, P. (eds.) Routledge Companion for AI in Architecture. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Craveiro, F.; Duarte, J.; Bártolo, H.; Bártolo, Paulo A multi-material extrusion nozzle for functionally graded concrete printing, in Bártolo, Paulo; Moreira da Silva, F.; Jaradat, Shaden; Bártolo, Helena (eds.) Industry 4.0 – Shaping The Future of The Digital World, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Smart Manufacturing (S2M 2019), 9–11 April 2019, Manchester, UK, pp. 130–135. Taylor and Fran20cis. 1st Edition, 20.
Craveiro, F.; Duarte, J.; Bártolo, H.; Bártolo, Paulo (2019) Moving Forward to 3D/4D Printed Building Facades, in Almeida, Henrique A.; Vasco, Joel C. (eds.) Progress in Digital and Physical Manufacturing: Proceedings of ProDPM ’19-Progress in Digital and Physical Manufacturing, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Leiria, Portugal, October 2-4, 2019, pp. 277–282, Springer International Publishing. ISBN: 3030290409.
Craveiro, F.; Bártolo, H.; Duarte, J.P.; Bártolo, P. (2018) Customizing Insulation Material Properties for Building Retrofitting: from infrared tomography to additive manufacturing, in Chua, Chee Kai; Yeong, Wai Yee; Tan, Ming Jen; Liu, Erjia; and Tor, Shu Beng (eds.) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing, pp. 31-37, 2018, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore.
Craveiro, F., Bártolo, H., Duarte, J. P., Bártolo, P. J. (2017). Designing Cork-Based Functionally-Graded Concrete Walls. In F.M. Silva et al. (Eds.), Challenges for Technology Innovation: An Agenda for the Future (6 pages). CRC Press.
Craveiro, F., Almeida, H. Bártolo, H., Bártolo, P. J., Duarte, J. P. (2017). Topology and Material Optimization of Architectural Components. In F.M. Silva et al. (Eds.), Challenges for Technology Innovation: An Agenda for the Future (6 pages). CRC Press.
Nazarian, S.; Duarte, J.P.; Bilén, S.; Memari, A.; Radlinska, A.; Meisel, N.; Hojati, M. Additive Manufacturing of Architectural Structures: An Interplay between Materials, Systems, and Design, in Hugo Rodrigues, Florindo Gaspar, Paulo Fernandes, Artur Mateus (eds.) Proceedings of the CIAC 2019 – Conference on Automation Innovation in Construction, on Sustainability and Automation in Smart Construction, Leiria, Portugal, November 7-8, 2019, pp. 111-120. Springer Nature Switzerland.
Duarte, G.; Memari, A.; Brown, N.; Duarte, J.; Wu, Zhengyu. Structural Evaluation of a proposed concrete 3D printed Habitat in remote Alaska, in Proceedings of the 6th RBDCC – Residential Building Design and Construction Conference, State College, PA, 4th – 6th March 2022.
Wu, Z.; Memari, A.; Duarte, J.; Review of Mechanical and Structural Testing for 3D Printed Concrete, in Proceedings of the 6th RBDCC – Residential Building Design and Construction Conference, State College, PA, 4th – 6th March 2022.
Brown N.; Duarte, J.; Memari, A.; Xiao, M.; Nazarian, S.; Duarte, G.; Wu, Z. A comparison of thermal insulation strategies for 3D printed concrete structures in cold regions, in Proceedings of the 6th RBDCC – Residential Building Design and Construction Conference, State College, PA, 4th – 6th March 2022.
Muthumanickam N.; Duarte, J.; Simpson, T. From analysis to design: A proposed framework for developing synthetic shape grammars, in Proceedings of the 6th RBDCC – Residential Building Design and Construction Conference, State College, PA, 4th – 6th March 2022.
Muthumanickam, N.; Duarte, J.; Nazarian, S.; Bilén, S.; Memari, A.; BIM for design generation, analysis, optimization and construction simulation of a Martian habitat, in Proceedings of the ASCE Earth & Space Conference, Seattle, WA, 20th – 22 April, 2021.
Muthumanickam, N.; Park, K.; Duarte, J.; Nazarian, S.; Memari, A.; Bilén, S. BIM for parametric problem formulation, optioneering and 4D simulation of 3D printed Martian habitat: A Case Study of the NASA 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, in Proceedings of the 5th RBDCC – Residential Building Design and Construction Conference, State College, PA, 4th – 6th March, 2020.
Park, K.; Memari, A.; Hojati, M.; Zahabi, M.; Nazarian, S.; Duarte, J. Experimental Testing and Finite Element Modeling of 3D-Printed Reinforced Concrete Beams, in Proceedings of the 5th RBDCC – Residential Building Design and Construction Conference, State College, PA, 4th – 6th March, 2020.
Park, K.; Memari, A.; Hojati, M.; Zahabi, M.; Nazarian, S.; Duarte, J. Structural Analysis of Full-Scale and Sub-Scale Structure for Digitally Designed Martian Habitat, in Proceedings of the 5th RBDCC – Residential Building Design and Construction Conference, State College, PA, 4th – 6th March, 2020.
Nazarian, S.; Duarte, J.P.; Bilén, S.G.; Memari, A.; Muthumanickam, N.K.; Watson, N.; Radlinska, A.; Ashrafi, N. and Hojati, M. An Overview of the Execution of 3D-Printed Subscale Habitat on Mars: A Case Study to Exemplify the Automated Construction Process, in Proceedings of the 5th RBDCC – Residential Building Design and Construction Conference, State College, PA, 4th – 6th March, 2020.
Watson, N.; Meisel, N.; Bilén, S.; Duarte, J.P; Nazarian, S. Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing of Concrete using a 6-Axis Robotic Arm for Autonomous Habitat Construction, in Proceedings of the 30th International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, August 12-14, 2019.
Ko, M.; Memari1, A.; Duarte, J.; Nazarian, S.; Ashrafi, N.; Craveiro, F.; and Bilén, S. Preliminary Structural Testing of a 3D Printed Small Concrete Beam and Finite Element Modeling of a Dome Structure, in Proceedings of the 42nd IAHS World Congress on The Housing for the Dignity of Mankind, Naples, Italy, 10-13th April, 2018.
Hojati, M.; Nazarian, S.; Duarte, J.; Ashrafi, N.; Radlinska, A.; Craveiro, F.; and Bilén, S. 3D Printing of Concrete: A Continuous Exploration of Mix Design and Printing Process, in Proceedings of the 42nd IAHS World Congress on The Housing for the Dignity of Mankind, Naples, Italy, 10-13th April, 2018, pp. 124.
Craveiro, F.; Bártolo, H.; Bártolo, P.; Nazarian, S.; Duarte, J.; Additive Manufacturing of Functionally Graded Building Parts: Towards Seamless Architecture, in Proceedings of the 4th RBDCC – Residential Building Design and Construction Conference, State College, PA, 27th February-1st March, 2018, pp. 529-540.
Hojati, M.; Nazarian, S.; Duarte, J.; Seamless Architecture: Design and Development of Functionally-Graded Green Materials for Building Construction, in Proceedings of the 4th RBDCC – Residential Building Design and Construction Conference, State College, PA, 27th February-1st March, 2018, pp. 515-528.
Craveiro, F., Bártolo, H., Duarte, J.P., Bártolo, P.J. (2016). A Strategy to Locally Optimize the Material Composition of AM Construction Elements, in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing, Singapore, May 16-19, pp. 188-193.
Masters Theses
Watson, N. Concrete Additive Manufacturing System Design for Earth and Mars, M.S. Thesis in Additive Manufacturing and Design, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, August 2020.
Park, K. Structural Considerations in Additive Manufacturing of Concrete as Part of NASA’s Centennial 3D Printed Mars Habitat Challenge, M.S. Thesis, Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, August 2020.
Ph.D. Dissertations
Ashrafi, N. Experimental prediction of material deformation and toolpath design compensation in large-scale additive manufacturing of concrete, Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, The Pennsylvania State University, 2021.
Muthumanickam, N. Multidisciplinary design optimization framework for multi-phase building design process, Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, The Pennsylvania State University, 2021.
Craveiro, F. Automated multi-material fabrication of buildings, Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Architecture, University of Lisbon, 2020.