Recordings of presentations from the CDFAM Computational Design Symposium held worldwide. Leading experts in computational design, AI and machine learning for industrial design, engineering and architecture from industry, academia and software development. www.designforam.com
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Sep 29, 2026 · 20:19
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — DC 2026 Andreas Vlahinos · Advanced Engineering Solutions PCMs provide cooling without requiring an extra power source, unlike fans or…
Sep 29, 2026 · 15:00
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — DC 2026 Steve Massey · SysGit Software development was transformed when version control became infrastructure rather than afterthought.…
Sep 25, 2026 · 21:54
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Michael Frei · ARENA Physica Most advances in computational design focus on mechanical structure — domains we can…
Sep 25, 2026 · 20:34
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Sai Nelaturi · C-Infinity The gap between digital design and physical assembly is not primarily a geometry problem. It…
Sep 24, 2026 · 20:07
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Juan Alonso · Luminary The next decade of great-power competition will be won or lost in the engineering loop.…
Sep 23, 2026 · 11:24
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Alexander Htet Kyaw · MIT Recent advances in 3D generative AI make it possible to create object geometries directly from…
Sep 23, 2026 · 17:18
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Brandon DeMille · General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Computational design methodologies, including topology…
Sep 22, 2026 · 18:28
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Chris Helmerich · Celedon Solutions Most ‘AI for engineering’ tools today sit beside the design process with a chat…
Sep 21, 2026 · 19:27
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Jan Vandenbrande · nTop Current Computer Aided Design systems excel in static detailed design but are too fragile and…
Sep 21, 2026 · 20:15
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 William Steadman · Quanscient We present the results of the largest CFD simulations to date deployed on IBM and IonQ…
Sep 21, 2026 · 20:51
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Austin Herrema · Istari Digital As the Department of Defense accelerates adoption of digital engineering and advanced…
Sep 18, 2026 · 19:18
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Rhushik Matroja · Cognitive Design Systems Artificial intelligence is poised to automate a large share of design…
Sep 18, 2026 · 22:55
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Daniel Hambleton · Metafold Generative AI is rapidly expanding what designers and engineers can create in 3D, but visual…
Sep 17, 2026 · 16:24
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 TJ Root · InfinitForm The gap between optimized geometry and manufacturable components has been the defining constraint…
Sep 17, 2026 · 21:59
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Sergey Pigach · CORE studio | Thornton Tomasetti CORE studio spent a decade building machine learning tools for…
Sep 17, 2026 · 14:46
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Rik Baruah · Intact Solutions AI is reshaping engineering as it drives demand for surrogate models, large design…
Sep 17, 2026 · 23:23
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Andrew Acuff · SimScale Simulation is central to engineering decision-making, yet in many organizations it remains an…
Sep 15, 2026 · 22:46
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Ryan McClelland · NASA Goddard AI is transforming how we design and build space missions. At NASA, we’ve already shown…
Sep 14, 2026 · 34:07
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Brian Ringley · Boston Dynamics Atlas is a general-purpose humanoid aimed squarely at industrial work, and Brian Ringley…
Sep 12, 2026 · 19:24
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Luis Salazar Betancourt · Tech Soft 3D Advances in computational design and additive manufacturing have enabled increasingly…
Sep 12, 2026 · 19:01
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Maria Claudia Valverde Rojas · University of Stuttgart, IntCDC This presentation introduces a design and research framework…
Sep 12, 2026 · 25:01
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Nikolas Borrel Jensen, Oliver Littlewood · Pasteur Labs Real multiphysics necessitates coordination along multiple…
Sep 12, 2026 · 19:15
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Wasil Rezk · BeyondMath A new generation of AI models is emerging — not just faster approximators, but intelligent systems…
Sep 12, 2026 · 18:11
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Shahroz Khan · Compute Maritime Water transport, which accounts for approximately 90% of global trade, is essential to…
Sep 12, 2026 · 24:54
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Max Gaedtke, Markus Lempke · nTop, Siemens Energy Turbine blade thermal management demands tight coupling between design…
Sep 12, 2026 · 20:25
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Thomas Rees · ToffeeX Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence have enormous potential as tools for generative design in…
Sep 12, 2026 · 18:31
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Wesley Essink · Siemens Digital Industries Software Engineering design is increasingly shaped by diverse sources of data…
Sep 12, 2026 · 19:09
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Rhushik Matroja · Cognitive Design Systems Mechanical engineering has been limited by the capabilities of traditional CAD…
Sep 12, 2026 · 20:29
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Jon Wilde · Simscale Simulation is central to engineering decision-making, yet in many organizations it remains an…
Sep 12, 2026 · 16:41
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Moritz Rietschel · Raven Twenty years of community-built Grasshopper infrastructure, decades of firm knowledge, scattered…
Sep 12, 2026 · 18:01
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Anne Pasman, Emmy Kerssen · Saxion Hogeschool CPAP therapy is used to treat patients with sleep apnea by providing constant…
Sep 12, 2026 · 17:33
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Michele Pescatore, Carol Fanjul · AiA Life Designers Michele Pescatore and Carol Fanjul of AiA Life Designers present a…
Sep 12, 2026 · 21:31
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Verena Vogler · McNeel Europe Verena Vogler introduces Rhino.Ecologic, an ecological simulation framework for Rhino and…
Sep 12, 2026 · 22:51
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Mary Baker · Palace 3D Computational geometry has advanced considerably. Color and texture in additive design have not kept…
Sep 12, 2026 · 16:14
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Oluwaseyi Sosanya · Gravity Sketch Spatial computing is regularly framed as a future breakthrough. In certain workflows, it…
Sep 12, 2026 · 16:22
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Rebeka Melber · Istari Digital AI coding tools didn't just accelerate software development — they changed who gets to build.…
Sep 12, 2026 · 15:45
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Javier Blanco Cordero · Quix Engineering teams have found AI useful for discrete tasks: SQL queries, graphs, summaries.…
Sep 12, 2026 · 17:32
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Barcelona 2026 Quercus Hernández · Emmi AI Engineering is entering a new paradigm where AI is no longer limited to accelerating isolated…
Sep 4, 2026 · 19:58
Beyond Parametric: Explorable Simulation for Real Design Iterations Presentation Abstract Design space exploration promises engineers the ability to evaluate thousands of…
May 11, 2026 · 17:03
Deterministic engineering analysis assigns fixed values to loading conditions, geometry, and material properties. The approach is tractable, but it forces a choice between…
May 4, 2026 · 19:32
Body-in-White development sits at the intersection of structural performance, manufacturability, and schedule pressure — and traditional workflows are increasingly strained by…
Apr 27, 2026 · 16:49
The gap between geometric modeling and structural simulation has always been a workflow problem as much as a technical one. Every time a designer changes a shape, the mesh…
Apr 22, 2026 · 25:21
Topology optimization has long been constrained by the computational cost of working at meaningful scale. For architectural and civil engineering applications — where domains…
Apr 20, 2026 · 22:00
Most 3D generative AI has been built to produce things that look right. Hao (Richard) Zhang argues that for the built environment, that is the wrong objective. Buildings must…
Apr 16, 2026 · 21:58
Mike Frei, of ARENA Physica , joins CDFAM Barcelona 2026 to discuss the company’s AI foundation model for electromagnetism and what it means for the future of electronic hardware…
Apr 15, 2026 · 24:03
Pablo Hermoso Moreno, Senior Solutions Architect at NVIDIA, joins CDFAM Barcelona 2026 to discuss how AI is reshaping Computer-Aided Engineering workflows. Pablo draws on his…
Feb 6, 2026 · 18:54
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Organization:MITPresenter:Alfonso Parra RubioCrease, Fold, Transform.…
Feb 6, 2026 · 17:50
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ OrganizationPrinceton UniversityPresenter:Tuo ZhaoSuper-Modular Chiral…
Feb 6, 2026 · 18:44
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Organization: STILFOLD https://www.stilfold.com/ Presenter:Julia…
Feb 6, 2026 · 19:35
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ OrganizationTetmet https://www.tetmet.net/ Presenter:Rachel AzulayConformal…
Feb 6, 2026 · 18:08
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ OrganizationScawo3DPresenter:Philip Schneider + Timo ZollnerComputational…
Jan 26, 2026 · 16:32
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ nTopBradley RothenbergFrom 3 Configurations to 300: Rapid Trades for…
Jan 26, 2026 · 21:24
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Organization: Pasteur Labs Presenter: Alexander Lavin The Unreasonable…
Jan 20, 2026 · 20:16
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Organization: ARENA-A I Presenter: Pratap Ranade Artificial Intuition:…
Jan 15, 2026 · 15:21
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Organization: University of Southern California Presenter: David Gerber…
Jan 12, 2026 · 20:34
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Organization: CORE studio | Thornton Tomasetti Presenter: Sergey Pigach…
Jan 8, 2026 · 41:01
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Organization: NVIDIA Presenter: Ian Pegler Keynote Presentation: How NVIDIA…
Jan 5, 2026 · 23:32
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Organization David Burpee Design Presenter: David Burpee Computational…
Dec 22, 2025 · 17:42
Organization: Harman International Presenter: Austin Mitchell Acoustic-Driven Computational Design: Premium Branded Audio In The Automotive Industry Presentation Abstract In the…
Dec 18, 2025 · 18:48
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Organization: New Balance Presenter: Samuel Whitworth Computational Craft:…
Dec 15, 2025 · 20:43
Organization VARIANT3D Presenter: Will Samosir Knit Everything: Surfaces, Systems, and the Future of Textiles Presentation Abstract What if anyone who can draw could knit?…
Dec 11, 2025 · 21:20
Organization Eaton + Intact Solutions Presenter: Karthik Rajan Venkatesan Neel Kumar Accelerating Metal-to-Plastic Conversion with AI, Implicit CAD, and Mesh-Free Simulation…
Dec 8, 2025 · 19:15
Organization: Novineer Presenter: Dr. Ali Tamijani Simulation and Optimization for FFF/FDM Printed Parts Presentation Abstract Additive manufacturing with FFF/FDM 3D printing has…
Dec 4, 2025 · 16:22
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Organization: Alloy Enterprises Presenter: Ryan O’Hara Shaping Flow:…
Nov 28, 2025 · 21:07
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Organization: Flexcompute Presenter: Gregory Roberts + Qiqi Wang Real-Time…
Nov 27, 2025 · 19:58
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Organization: C-Infinity Presenter: Sai Nelaturi Assembly Configuration…
Nov 24, 2025 · 17:24
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Organization Carbon Presenter: Andrew Sink Podium Performance: The Future…
Nov 17, 2025 · 17:42
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Organization Moon Rabbit Lab X PUMA Presenter: Jesus Marini Parissi Running…
Nov 13, 2025 · 17:14
Organization: Not a Robot Presenter: Matt Shomper Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ Intelligent Anatomic…
Nov 12, 2025 · 19:36
Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Presenter: Chris McComb Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/ AI and the…
Nov 12, 2025 · 21:45
Organization HDR Inc Presenters: Matthew Goldsberry & Junling Zhuang Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025 https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/…
Nov 11, 2025 · 29:41
We open Season 5 of the CDFAM podcast with a keynote presentation from the CDFAM Computational Design Symposium NYC 2025 by Markus J. Buehler, McAfee Professor of Engineering at…
Oct 16, 2025 · 32:09
Organization: Cornell University Presenter: Tiffany Cheng Bioinspired And Biobased 4D-Printing For Adaptive Building Facades Presentation Abstract What if our buildings and…
Oct 13, 2025 · 17:45
Organization: Key Ward Presenter: Asparuh Stoyanov Building Surrogate Models for Physics Simulation using a No-Code Approach Presentation Abstract This project demonstrates a…
Oct 2, 2025 · 19:58
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization: DTU Presenter: Luca Breseghello Stress-Based Design Of…
Sep 29, 2025 · 18:31
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization: University of Bologna Presenter: Vittoria Laghi How Topology…
Sep 25, 2025 · 19:36
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization: McNeel & cydric.com Presenter: Mathias Fuchs Rhino, Grasshopper…
Sep 22, 2025 · 17:44
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization: Cognitive Design Systems Presenter: Rhushik MATROJA…
Sep 18, 2025 · 22:33
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization: ToffeeX Presenter: Thomas Rees Physics-Driven Generative Design…
Sep 15, 2025 · 18:45
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization: Flexcompute Presenter: Momchil Minkov + Qiqi Wang Real-Time…
Sep 11, 2025 · 18:52
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization: Synera Presenter: Andrew Sartorelli From Days to Hours –…
Sep 8, 2025 · 19:33
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization: ShapeDiver + Orthosolid Presenter: Edwin Hernandez + Age Van…
Sep 4, 2025 · 24:03
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization: Toolkit3D Presenter: Sarah Clevinger From 2D to Mass…
Sep 1, 2025 · 17:17
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam, 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization: MIT Presenter: Kristen Edwards Presentation Abstract The…
Aug 25, 2025 · 25:10
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization: nTop Presenter: Bradley Rothenberg + Max Gaedtke Brad…
Aug 21, 2025 · 21:31
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization SimScale Presenter: David Heiny CEO & Co-Founder In this…
Aug 18, 2025 · 20:26
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam, 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization: Altair Presenter: Wesley Essink Flexible Geometric Modeling and…
Aug 14, 2025 · 20:57
Organization: Ku Leuven Presenter: Vanessa Cool From Structure To Sound: Unlocking The Potential Of Vibroacoustic Design Presentation Abstract Noise pollution is one of the…
Aug 11, 2025 · 18:51
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ https://www.datameister.ai The presentation explores the transformative…
Aug 7, 2025 · 23:58
This presentation delves into our collaboration with Coperni to develop and release the Ariel Swipe Bag for Paris Fashion Week 2024, a project exemplifying the principles of…
Aug 4, 2025 · 14:35
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Open Source, Parametrics, and Lattice Obsession…
Jul 31, 2025 · 18:07
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization: Politecnico di Torino Presenter: Dario Carbonaro Presentation…
Jul 28, 2025 · 19:05
Recorded at CDFAM Amsterdam, 2025 While computational tools have revolutionized design, many approaches focus on explicit modeling of form. This presentation delves deeper,…
Jul 25, 2025 · 19:33
Blending generations of tradition with technology innovation. Exploring how computational tools and additive manufacturing transforms the footwear industry empowering design and…
Jul 24, 2025 · 18:54
Recorded at CDFAM Amsterdam, 2025 Alessandro Zomparelli - AiBuild Multi-axis 3D printing has become a widely adopted technology across a range of industries. In recent years,…
Jul 21, 2025 · 14:42
In this episode, Maia Zheliazkova of ON explores LightSpray , a radical new approach to performance footwear manufacturing from her presentation at CDFAM Amsterdam . Developed by…
Jul 17, 2025 · 36:15
In this first episode of Season 4 of the CDFAM Podcast, we kick off a new series of talks recorded live at CDFAM Amsterdam 2025 . This season will feature presentations from…
Jun 19, 2025 · 31:39
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin , 2024 Presenter: Onur Yüce Gün Organization: New Balance This presentation speaks of computation and design, exploring…
Jun 17, 2025 · 26:32
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin , 2024 Presenter: Kristen M. Edwards Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s DeCoDE Lab Engineering Design…
Jun 12, 2025 · 36:34
Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin , 2024 Presenter: Prof. Ole Sigmund Organization: TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK Ole Sigmund is a Danish Professor in…
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