Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing and Active Thermal Management Systems

Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM) offers a transformative approach to the design and manufacture of heat exchangers and radiators for active satellite cooling systems. Research from Utah State University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and the Active Thermal Architecture (ATA) program demonstrates that UAM can improve thermal performance while simultaneously reducing mass, manufacturing complexity, and development time.