Laboratory for Advanced Materials Manufacturing & Analytics

Engineering the
materials that fly,
built without the autoclave.

LAMMA develops next-generation thermoplastic composite manufacturing processes — combining automated fiber placement, laser consolidation, and machine-learning inverse design to reshape aerospace structures manufacturing.

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Research thrusts All projects →
AFP · ISC
Thermoplastic Composite Manufacturing
In-situ laser consolidation of CF/LM-PAEK via automated fiber placement — eliminating autoclave processing from aerospace production.
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Inverse Design
Bayesian Process Optimization
Surrogate-assisted inverse design using Gaussian processes and PGD to map desired crystallinity to process parameters.
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DEMI-Lab
Directed Energy Survivability
High-power laser ablation of composite materials for defense applications — materials response under directed energy exposure.
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The team All members →
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Paul Davidson
Principal Investigator · Associate Professor
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Sandesh Amgai
Graduate Researcher · PhD
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Oscar Valdez
Graduate Researcher · PhD
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Open positions
PhD and postdoc openings in composites and ML
Latest news All news →
Aug 2026 LAMMA Lab opens at FAMU–FSU College of Engineering Lab news Jan 2025 Welcome to Kiran Lotey and Hans Selvan, Master's Thesis researchers New member Nov 2024 Dr. Davidson presents at University of Washington Advanced Composite Center Talk Aug 2024 Welcome to Juan Ruiz, PhD researcher New member