Progress in additive and digital manufacturing has presented scientists and engineers with a revolutionary capability: the design of novel material systems with tailored, spatially programmed properties and structures. From new bioinspired composites and architected materials to forms of soft robotic and living matter, designer materials assembled through additive and digital means are driving innovations across myriad applications. Still, barriers to continued progress lie in the materials, computational tools, hardware, build resolutions, and throughput of these manufacturing methods. This symposium aims to bring together researchers from materials science and engineering, computational materials design, materials chemistry, and more to share interdisciplinary research and insights to continue advancing materials design through additive and digital manufacturing.

This symposium is structured around three core themes. The first, "New Material Chemistries and Designs", will focus on developments in new chemistries and design strategies tailored for 3D printing and the digital assembly of materials. The second, "Novel Capabilities", will focus on emerging strategies for additively and digitally fabricating materials that overcome current limitations. The third, "Data-Driven Design", will highlight advances in computational materials design and engineering. The symposium will also broadly showcase new opportunities for innovating through additive and digital manufacturing of multifunctional materials.

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