Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Conference & Exposition Technical Session Schedule Tuesday, September 9 Laser Additive Manufacturing II (Session Code: AMT26) Room 512C  3:30 p.m. This session continues discussion from session AMT11 and explores developing technology. The focus of this session will be the deposition of cost-disproportionate features on metal substrates for use in aerospace structural applications. Such issues as precision, reproducibility, surface quality and deposited microstructure will be discussed. Organizers - Stephen Varanay, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Chairpersons - Ralph Anderson, Pratt & Whitney Time Paper No. Title 3:30 p.m. ORAL ONLY Process Control for Additive Manufacturing James W. Sears, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology 4:00 p.m. ORAL ONLY Engineering Microstructures with LENS(TM) Powder Deposition John E. Smugeresky, Sandia National Laboratories; William Hofmeister, Vanderbilt Univ. 4:30 p.m. ORAL ONLY The Effect of Process Variables on Steady-State and Transient Melt Pool Size in Laser Additive Manufacturing Processes Jack L. Beuth, Pruk Aggarangsi, Aditad Vasinonta, Carnegie Mellon Univ. 5:00 p.m. ORAL ONLY Laser Consolidation - A Novel Manufacturing Process for Making Net-Shape Functional Components for Aerospace & Defence Applications Lijue Xue, Mahmud-Ul Islam, National Research Council Canada