Dr. D. Carlos Capdevila Montes.

CEO, Director of R&D+I and metallurgy in AENIUM Engineering S.L. Industrial engineer in materials, he has pursued his professional career starting off in a research group at the University of Valladolid and later the SpinOff research group until his current career. With more than 8 years of experience in research, development, qualification, certification and industrialisation of components developed through LASER SLM and DED additive manufacturing technologies. Responsible for the development of new alloys and nanostructured alloys for LASER processes, qualification and research on their implementation for satellite structures, rocket engine and turbo machinery systems in the space and defence sector, reactors and magnets in high radiation, vacuum and cryogenic environments for the energy sector among others. Experience in numerous flight, orbit and critical class components for space, defence and energy sectors with major US, US and Israeli OEMs.

The development of new materials is facilitating the improvement of the operational characteristics and safety of new aerospace systems. New manufacturing processes, such as 3D printing, are opening new horizons in the specific strength of materials, their response to the demanding operational requirements of these systems, their resilience or the possibility of rapid repair under the restrictive operating conditions. These new materials require not only new paradigms of rapid analysis and calculation, but likewise the development of new inspection methods to ensure the quality thereof and identify potential breakdowns both during the manufacturing process and in service. This round table will analyse new aerospace materials, paying special attention to the use of 3D metal printing technologies, as well as the new related inspection methods.