Thursday, November 9, in ETRL 101 at 11 a.m. to noon
Refreshments served in ETRL 119 at 10:30 a.m.
Dr. David L. Bourell
Temple Foundation Professor of Mechanical Engineering Director, Laboratory for Freeform Fabrication, University of Texas, Austin
Metals for Additive Manufacturing
Abstract
Additive Manufacturing (AM) has exploded into the public arena over the last seven years, although the first direct metal part was made using a modern AM fabricator over 25 years ago. This presentation covers the development of metal additive manufacturing and provides a snapshot of the current state of the art in terms of process development and part service properties. Current research will be presented on the use of elemental powder feedstock in AM to create crack-free metallic parts in otherwise difficult-to-process metal alloys.
Biography
Dr. David L. Bourell is the Temple Foundation Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He is a leading expert in materials for Additive Manufacturing (AM), having worked in this area since 1988. Dave was the lead author on the original materials patent for Laser Sintering technology (1990); this patent has been cited by over 200 other patents. He holds 9 primary patents and has published 250 papers. He is a founding member of the ASTM F42 Technical Committee on Additive Manufacturing and currently serves on the ten-member ASTM/ISO Joint Group 51 on Terminology for AM. Dr. Bourell is a Fellow of ASM International and TMS, and he is also a lifetime member of TMS. In 2009, he received the TMS Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award. In 2017, he received the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Albert M. Sargent Progress Award for “significant accomplishments in the field of manufacturing processes”.
