Welcome, Emre Tekoglu! Emre will be joining the Mechanosynthesis Group as a Postdoctoral Fellow beginning Fall 2021. Emre is working on laser powder bed melting of In718 based composites and refractory alloys for aviation industry.

Welcome, Nicholas Diaco! Nick will be joining the Mechanosynthesis Group as a PhD student beginning Fall 2021. Nick is working on developing polymeric 3D printing techniques for spatially graded and multi-material structures.

Welcome, Zachery Kutschke! Zach will be joining the Mechanosynthesis Group as a MS student beginning Fall 2021. Zach is working on building a hybrid SLM/inkjet printer for making spatially graded parts in refractory metals.

Farewell and congratulations to Dr. Adam Stevens, who successfully defended their doctoral thesis,  “High-throughput extrusion additive manufacturing – rate limits and system design”.  Dr. Stevens accepted a position as an associate staff researcher working on applications of automation and robotics to additive manufacturing at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, part of Oak Ridge National Lab in…

Welcome, Carl Thrasher! Carl will be joining the Mechanosynthesis Group as a PhD student beginning Summer 2021. Carl is working on 3D printing self-assembling nanoparticle composites and responsive liquid metal structures.

Farewell and congratulations to Dr. Dan Oropeza, who successfully defended their doctoral thesis,  “Testbeds for Advancement of Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing with Application to Reactive Binder Jetting of Ceramics”.  Upon departure Dr. Oropeza will work at NASA’a Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, CA as part of the NASA postdoctoral program.  We look forward to the…