Ravi Shahani has a metallurgy & materials science background with a PhD from Cambridge (UK) working on powder-based aluminum composite materials. He has designed aluminum solutions for applications including automotive bodies, automotive systems, aerospace plate and consumer electronics. Ravi spent 6 years at Constellium's Neuf-Brisach rolling facility to ramp up automotive body sheet product lines and develop high volume aluminum hoods, doors, roof panels and structures. He then focussed on strategic innovation initiatives including digital manufacturing / Industry 4.0 and additive manufacturing. Ravi is now the Chief Engineer for Constellium Additive Manufacturing, working again with aluminum powder (as for his PhD back in 1991). His team has designed alloys such as Aheadd CP1 specifically for laser powder bed fusion and Ravi’s focus is on bringing printed aluminum applications to market through collaborations across the AM value chain.