Nov 11, 2025
ASTM International’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) today announced three key milestones advancing the reliability and adoption of additive manufacturing (AM):
Leadership of the Industry Transition Team (ITT) under the America Makes Quality Test and Inspection Methods Expediency (QTIME) program;
The launch of WATCHLIST—a coordinated initiative to accelerate in-process monitoring and control, jointly funded by America Makes and NASA;
ASTM’s elevation to Platinum membership in America Makes, the nation’s leading public-private partnership for additive manufacturing technology and education.
Under QTIME, funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology (OSD ManTech), ASTM International will lead the ITT to connect technology outcomes to real-world use across aerospace, defense, and other safety-related sectors.
The ITT includes The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, SAE International, Baker Hughes, and Wohlers Associates. QTIME focuses on developing rapid, cost-effective non-destructive inspection (NDI) methods for large and complex AM parts—both in-situ and ex-situ—across laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) and directed energy deposition (DED) technologies.
Building on that mission, ASTM AM CoE, with the support of NASA and America Makes, is launching WATCHLIST (Workshop on Additive Techniques for Control and Health-monitoring Leveraging In-Situ Technologies). This AM initiative will:
Assess the current state of in-process monitoring (IPM) and in-process control (IPC),
Engage experts through literature reviews, interviews, surveys, and an in-person workshop, and
Deliver a strategic guide and roadmap with actionable recommendations.
Expected outcomes include stronger domestic supply chains through improved process control and faster qualification, targeted workforce upskilling, and alignment with OSD priorities to enable scalable, production-grade AM.
Finally, ASTM’s new Platinum membership in America Makes underscores its continued commitment to national collaboration and technology transition. Joining a select group of top-tier members, ASTM will help shape cross-industry roadmaps, accelerate standards-based qualification pathways, and amplify outcomes that benefit the broader manufacturing ecosystem.
“ASTM International has been a proud partner of America Makes since its inception, collaborating every year on high-impact projects that advance additive manufacturing,” said Mohsen Seifi, Ph.D., ASTM International’s vice president of global advanced manufacturing programs. “Initiatives like QTIME and WATCHLIST represent the next chapter of that collaboration—connecting sensing, control, and qualification in ways that strengthen U.S. manufacturing leadership. Our shared mission is to make additive manufacturing a trusted and scalable production technology.”
“We’re proud to welcome ASTM as a Platinum member of America Makes,” said John Wilczynski, executive director of America Makes. “Their deep expertise in standards and certification will help us drive consistent, measurable progress toward advancing additive manufacturing production readiness and strengthening the competitiveness of the U.S. manufacturing base.”
About the AM CoE
The AM CoE is a collaborative partnership representing industry, government, and academia to conduct strategic R&D to advance AM standardization. The center also aims to accelerate development and adoption of AM by developing training and certification programs, and providing market intelligence, business strategy, and advisory services through Wohlers Associates, powered by ASTM International.
Media Inquiries: Gavin O’Reilly, +1.610.832.9618, goreilly@astm.org
AM CoE Contact: Ethan Myers, tel +1.610.832.9835; emyers@astm.org
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