Robert “Bobby” Lee Satcher, Jr. has always been driven by learning and helping others. As both an engineer and surgeon, he became a NASA astronaut and the first orthopedic surgeon in space. Like those in the additive manufacturing, he uses knowledge in diverse fields to accomplish things that are sometimes difficult to imagine. Join Dr. Satcher as he shares insights on how different ideas, different worlds like aerospace and medical devices, can come together to explore, find answers, and do more.

Robert Lee Satcher, Jr., MD, PhD is recognized for his varied career interests and notable successes, from his training as a chemical engineer, to his practice as an orthopaedic surgeon in oncology, and service as a mission specialist astronaut for NASA. Dr. Satcher flew on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-129, in November 2009, during which he performed two spacewalks totaling over 12 hours of extravehicular activity.

Dr. Satcher earned his BS and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1994. His postgraduate training included postdoctoral research fellowships at the University of California (Berkeley and San Francisco); a residency in orthopaedic surgery, also at the University of California San Francisco; as well as an orthopaedic oncology fellowship at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He is currently an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Most recently, Dr. Satcher led the initiation of virtual care at MD Anderson Cancer Center that will extend MD Anderson's specialized expertise to cancer survivors, follow up patients, underserved communities, and facilitate the accessibility of cancer care to additional patients. Dr. Satcher's research has focused on understanding how cancer spreads to the skeleton, with a focus on renal cell bone metastasis.

Dr. Satcher is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, to name a few. He is also a member of several boards, including CSTEM, Teach for America, Space Center Houston, and Voorhees College (current Chair) (Denmark, SC). He has been involved in efforts to introduce racial equality in academia throughout his career through committee memberships and scholarly work.

From initial use as a prototyping tool to additive manufacturing’s role as an enabler for lightweighting, MRO efficiencies, and more. Join these aerospace leaders to discuss how the technology is being used, challenges that exist, and how additive manufacturing is impacting aspects of the manufacturing process.

Anna Tomzynska is the Boeing Additive Manufacturing Chief Engineer leading the engineering effort across the Boeing enterprise to ensure all technical data is developed and matured to enable flight certification with numerous regulatory agencies. Anna is a Boeing Associate Technical Fellow (ATF) and has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo and a Master of Science degree in Astronautical Engineering from the University of Southern California.

Mark oversees EWI's growing additive manufacturing (AM) initiatives and helps EWI develop new AM technology opportunities. He directs the Additive Manufacturing Consortium (AMC), a national consortium of industry, government, academic and non-profit research organizations operated by EWI. He also manages EWI's interest in the ASTM AM Center of Excellence (CoE), which involves supervision of the industry consortia focused on AM standards development, ASTM direct-funded projects, education and training, and project bids that leverage the ASTM CoE brand.

A technology and business leader with 20 years of experience in product design, production operations, and strategic management in the Aerospace & Defense industry. In his current role as Technology Fellow, Robert heads up a strategic management group with a portfolio of discriminating technologies at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics business unit. We are at a very exciting time in digital design and manufacturing. From 3D printing and generative design to artificial intelligence, machine learning, IoT, and data analytics, its an amazing opportunity to be able to participate in this industry and to help shape our business operations.

From using as a prototyping tool to becoming a leader in using for final use products, medical manufacturing has demonstrated how additive manufacturing can be used to efficiently produce complex structures, enable innovative designs not possible with traditional manufacturing, and more. Join these medical device leaders to discuss how the technology is being used, challenges that exist, and how additive manufacturing is impacting aspects of the manufacturing process.

This presentation will show the state of the art in academic research regarding the characterisation of surface texture for metal PBF surfaces. Covering the topic from the measurement to the characterisation itself, we intend for this session to act as knowledge transfer between academic reseach to application in wider industry.

Lewis Newton is a Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham within the Manufacturing Metrology Team. His research was initially in the development of methods for measuring and characterising the surface texture of as built and finished additively manufactured surfaces: investigating good practice for surface texture measurement instrumentation and feature-based characterisation pipelines of features specific to the AM process. Currently, his research is in the development of photogrammetric systems for the measurement of aesthetic surfaces and further investigations into feature-based characterisation pipelines for novel applications.

This presentation will discuss the lessons learned for Additive Manufacturing engineering management and implementation from a large aerospace company. The audience will be exposed to the best practices for efficient enterprise wide adoption of AM and how to overcome some expected roadblocks.

Andrew Thompson has 4 years of additive manufacturing experience, focusing on the development of new materials, design for additive manufacturing, and program adoption. As an intern at Encore Interiors, Andrew was instrumental in the creation of the in-house AM center for rapid prototype and qualification in aircraft seating. Since joining Northrop Grumman in 2017, Andrew has worked on a number of AM projects for implementation on flight worthy programs. Andrew is an Additive Manufacturing Product Champion and AM Design Lead at the Space Park location. He holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and Material Science with a minor in Aerospace Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.

Steven Floyd co-leads additive manufacturing strategy and product development for Northrop Grumman Space Systems Sector. Steven has over 7 years of additive manufacturing design engineering and R&D experience, and has led the development of engineering manuals, processes, training courses and best practices within the air and space sectors at Northrop Grumman. Steven has also been responsible for coordination with commercial tools providers on tailoring and enhancing their tools to better support NGC needs for additive manufacturing design engineering. Steven's teams have succeeded with driving adoption of additive manufacturing products into multiple production programs across both air and space.

The audience will gain an understanding of real MRO applications for AM technologies that have been utilized for critical need spares and repairs of Aerospace and Defense platforms to date, as well as learn about advancements that have been seen in Aerospace AM for fleet / aircraft sustainment.

Dan Braley is a Boeing Associate Technical Fellow and the Boeing Global Services Additive Manufacturing Technical Focal & Initiatives Leader. In this role, he serves sustainment of all Boeing military, commercial, and derivative aircraft platforms through use of Additive Manufacturing technologies and implementation of advanced composites. Dan has greater than 16 years of aerospace program and R&D experience in additive manufacturing, technical program management, materials and process engineering, composites, electromagnetic product development, and manufacturing technology development.

Prior to his current role, Dan was the USN/USMC Air Vehicle Technical Integrator through Boeing, with a focus on F/A-18 Flight Control Surfaces, wings, complex spares and repairs. He has held positions with Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, L-3 Communications ESSCO, and the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Aerial Vehicle (MNAV) directorate at Eglin Air Force Base as well. Dan currently holds26 patents in the areas of additive manufacturing and next gen conductive composite materials development withdozens more still pending. He is a past recipient of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, the Boeing Meritorious & High Honors Invention Awards, the Northrop Grumman Innovation Award, and the F-35 Lightning Rod Award. Dan received his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University, andan MS in Engineering Management from Drexel University. Dan is also a Certified Additive Manufacturing Technician (CAM-T) through UL, America Makes, and SME Tooling University.

This presentation will demonstrate the process followed for designing a compression molding tool using a physics-based simulation workflow for additive manufacturing. The compression molding tool was printed and used successfully for compression molding a demonstration blocker door part made from a thermosetting prepreg platelet molding compound (PPMC).

Dr. Eduardo Barocio is a postdoctoral researcher at the Purdue Composites Manufacturing and Simulation Center. He holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University (US) and a BSc in Mechatronics Engineering from Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico). Dr. Barocio research interest is on the modeling of composites manufacturing processes as well as on developing new manufacturing processes for composites. His work is primarily in the field of extrusion deposition additive manufacturing with fiber-reinforced polymers. During his Ph.D., Dr. Barocio developed together with two other Ph.D. students, the composites additive manufacturing research instrument (CAMRI) and a physics-based process simulation workflow for extrusion-basedadditive manufacturing processes.

Unique setup of high speed transmission x-ray imaging for L-PBF provides levels of detail rarely seen. Keyhole dynamics can be probed. Formation of subsurface defects as they are occurring can be studied. Combined with high speed infra-red imaging allows for correlation between surface level thermal history and subsurface damage modes.

Dr. Benjamin Gould is a mechanical engineer and materials scientist in the Interfacial Mechanics and Materials Group at Argonne National Laboratory. His research focuses on microstructural transformations, additive manufacturing, and synchrotron based x-ray techniques.

Attendees will learn:

• Material properties that make Inconel 718 appealing in a variety of additive applications
• What industries and applications can benefit most from metal 3D printing Inconel
• DMLS manufacturing options, including large-format printing, available for Inconel 718 parts

David Bentley is a Senior Manufacturing Engineer at Proto Labs, a digital manufacturing company specializing in quick-turn 3D printing, CNC machining and injection molding. David has been with Proto Labs for 15 years with different roles ranging from a SLA Model Finisher to a Build Preparation Supervisor and is now a Senior Manufacturing Engineer focusing on Metal 3D printing. David has an education in Mechanical Engineering from NC State and he has gained great amount of knowledge in the 3D Printing process while watching a young startup company, FineLine Prototyping, grow from a handful of machines to what is Proto Labs today. While at Proto Labs, David has worked closely with many engineers and product designers from a large array of different industries to collaborate and manufacture their designs into tangible parts for product testing to being ready for entering production of their products.

Learn how AI, machine learning, and other advances in digital technologies are impacting AM/3D printing in medicine. Additional topics to be addressed include: how standards are becoming a powerful tool in predictive intelligence the application of digital technologies in personalized medicine the unique cybersecurity concerns facing the AM/3DP medical community – and what you can do to meet those challenges

Women in 3D Printing

Women in 3D Printing

Women in 3D Printing

• How complex AM geometry can be implmented on real hardware.
• Material tesing and constituive modeling of lattice structures.
• Design and process simulation of additive structures.
• Printing of real AM parts with complex geometry.

Zach Dyer has worked for Siemens Energy, Inc. for the last 13 years. His experience includes general design and structural mechanics of steam turbines, gas turbines, and generators. Prior to AM, Zach was focused on lifing and constitutive model developement for the gas turbien Mechanical Integrity organization. Moving into the Siemens Additive organization, Zach's initial role was on the design and implementation of various components made from powder beed fusion. Zach is currently the Application Engineering lead for Siemens Additive 3rrd party business, focusing on external aerospace, defense, and motorsport consulting and printing support.

An introduction into the most cutting edge design techniques that make it possible to solve hard engineering problems applicable to aerospace. The Boundary representation (B-Rep) has been core to design since the early days of CAD. However, with the shift to advanced manufacturing (things like 3D printing, composite layup, etc), we can now manufacture parts with orders of magnitude more complexity like complex lattices that blend from structure to surface & back. A new modeling technology, implicit modeling, opens up an entire new realm for engineering: the ability to control & design structures driven by engineering intent, that would be far too complex to draw. Integration with the existing CAD, simulation, & manufacturing stack is critical to successfully implement implicit modeling.

Bradley Rothenberg is the founder and CEO of nTopology, an advanced software company based in New York City that focuses on enabling engineers to design, manufacture and ship high-performance products in the least amount of time. nTopology's breakthrough computational-modeling technology unifies geometry and simulation results into finely tuned manufacturing models, supporting engineers as they collaborate to develop lightweight, optimized parts with functional requirements built right in.

Bradley graduated with a degree in architecture from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and has been developing computational design tools for advanced manufacturing for the last 10-plus years.

All additively manufactured pieces begin with a digital model. Using this digital twin in a digital environment for testing, prediction, and analytics has the ability to enhance aerospace MRO efforts, medical device design, and more. This panel will bring together both aerospace and medical device experts to discuss how digital twins are being used throughout the value chain.

Christine Reilley is senior director of Strategy and Innovation for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), based in New York City. Previously, she led the Healthcare Technology Team, which focuses on creating and growing the Society's portfolio of programs, products, and services in this area. Christine had previously served as program manager in the ASME Emerging Technologies unit, developing content and conferences in areas focusing on bioengineering, nanotechnology, thermofluids, and materials. Previously, she spent more than 10 years in ASME Codes and Standards Publishing as an editor, overseeing the production of codes from manuscript to final bound and digital product.

She had been a senior editor for Research and Education Association (REA), an educational publishing company, and also had served as a technical editor and science writer for UC San Diego's Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) and the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR). At that position, she developed content plans, researched and wrote web copy and news articles, and edited grant proposals and journal articles. In addition, Christine had been a report editor for XenoBiotic Laboratories (XBL), a contract research organization specializing in pharmaceutical, environmental, and metabolism chemistry. At XBL, she coordinated the production and editing of technical reports for submission to corporate sponsors and regulatory bodies.

She earned an MS in Biomedical Engineering with a concentration in Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). She received a BA in Journalism and Mass Media with a minor in Biological Sciences from Rutgers University, Douglass College.

With both aerospace and medical device working in highly regulated environments, both the FAA and FDA have spent time understanding quality processes and applicable standards for additive manufacturing. This panel discussion will bring together these two agencies to share some of the discussions and topics they have explored.

Process verification and process validation are two important activities in the development of medical devices. Experienced additive manufacturing leaders will share some of the questions, key considerations, and other factors in developing their V&V processes.

Process verification and process validation are two important activities in the development of medical devices. Experienced additive manufacturing leaders will share some of the questions, key considerations, and other factors in developing their V&V processes.

Using additive manufacturing for flight-worthy parts means certification. Being able to certify quickly and reliably means a longer production life. Experienced additive manufacturing leaders will share some of the questions, considerations, and general strategies that are using to maximize their use of additive manufacturing for aerospace.

New biodegradable implants made of magnesium alloys which can be individualized to a patient specific indication by means of outer shape and designed porosity and exhibit high mechanical strength.

Laser-based powder bed fusion (PBF) and directed energy deposition (DED) additive manufacturing have been embraced by much of the aerospace and defense industry for part production and repair. Unfortunately, there still remains considerable uncertainty regarding the causes and effects of many defects types observed in PBF and DED components.

Medical devices often require producing accurately fine features, sometimes at the micro-scale. What systems are capable of reliably producing these features? What materials are best suited? What are the considerations? These questions and more will be discussed by medical leaders looking at how small can you 3D print

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is the first manufacturing process to be developed in the age of data. The use of this data can reduce costs of inspection and part validation. The audience will see proof of concept as well as the latest on AM data ecosystem to guide adoption.

The limitations of existing NDE technqiues prevent further adoption of the complex shapes made possible by AM. This rapid and cost-effective technology enables quick go/no-go evaluation of part quality. It has also been applied as an anti-counterfeiting technology by enabling tracking of individual parts throughout the supply chain.

While still early in development, bioprinting is rapidly evolving as a promising new option to produce, repair and regenerate human tissue. In this presentation, the audience will learn about Johnson & Johnson's approach to developing a deeper expertise in tissue regeneration and bioprinting technologies to create new ways of diagnosing, planning for and treating patients.

Additive manufacturing will be a significant part of expanding space travel whether visiting the International Space Station, going back to the moon, or reaching Mars. Working with NASA, Techshot is not only developing machines that can operate in micro-gravity on but also be used with limited operator skill. Machine vision systems that can validate the process during the build, combined with remote control of the machines from the ground offer insights into how anyone using additive manufacturing could use complex systems almost anywhere. Join this closing keynote to hear what everything discussed at the AM Industry Summit means and how 3D printing and bioprinting on the International Space Station could impact what you can do with additive manufacturing.

Part inspection and qualification is a necessity for many aerospace applications. Time and cost can be prohibitive for CT inspection of parts, but proof of concept results for this methodology indicate the ability to save significantly on these two factors.

CDR James Coburn is the Senior Advisor for Emerging Technologies in the U.S. FDA Chief Scientist's Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats. He currently provides leadership and expert advice on advanced manufacturing technologies, to FDA's 3D Printing core research facility, and to external stakeholders and interagency partners. In addition to his advisory role, CDR Coburn co-chairs the Agency's Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Working Group and facilitates interagency coordination and community engagement on program activities across a range of advanced manufacturing technologies.CDR Coburn is an officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, the only uniformed service dedicated to protecting and promoting public health. In his time, he has deployed for emergency response to several natural disasters, humanitarian crises, and disease outbreaks.

Dr. Matthew Di Prima received bachelors in Materials Science and Engineering from Rice University (2005) and his doctorate in Materials Science and Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (2009). For the last 9 years, he has been working as materials scientist at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health in the US Food and Drug Administration. His areas of research are investigating how the additive manufacturing process can alter material properties, the interplay between corrosion and durability testing, and explant analysis. Along with his research duties, he is the co-Chair of the Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Working Group which is spearheading efforts across the Agency to address how additive manufacturing and other emerging manufacturing technologies affects medical devices and other regulate medical products. These efforts include guidance and standards development, device review harmonization, and performing regulatory science with the intent to foster innovative and high-quality products while maintaining they have the same safety and effectiveness that Americans have come to expect.

Terry Wohlers is principal consultant and president of Wohlers Associates, Inc., an independent consulting firm he founded 33 years ago. Through Wohlers Associates, he has provided consulting assistance to more than 275 organizations in 27 countries, as well as to 180+ companies in the investment community. He has authored 425 books, articles, and technical papers and has given 160 keynote presentations on six continents. Wohlers served as a featured speaker in events held at the White House in 2012 and 2014. He has appeared on many television news programs, including Bloomberg TV, CNBC, CNN, Fox Business, MSNBC, NPR, and Australia's Sky News. Wohlers is a principal author of the Wohlers Report, the undisputed industry-leading report on additive manufacturing and 3D printing worldwide for 25 consecutive years. In 2004, Wohlers received an Honorary Doctoral Degree of Mechanical Engineering from Central University of Technology in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Jesse Boyer is the technical lead for the development, implementation, and driving the manufacturing effort to bring metal additive parts into production and part of the Process Control Center for Additive Manufacturing at RTX. He has led numerous successful projects implementing advanced (Blue Light) and traditional gaging methods and sensors into manufacturing processes. Jesse also represents P&W/RTX on several committees and conferences including AESQ Standard for MSA, ASTM F42.01 Sub-Committee Chairman, and the Chair of the Executive Committee of America Makes. He is involved in the instruction and curriculum development at UCONN and University of Hartford to address the gap of manufacturing capable engineers ready for the workforce in the New England Area. In addition to induction in 2015 as an Additive Manufacturing Fellow, Jesse was inducted as a fellow in 2011 for advanced Manufacturing Metrology. He hold two BSE degrees from the University of Michigan in aerospace engineering and naval architecture & marine engineering.

Mr. Richard Russell currently holds the position as the NASA Technical Fellow forMaterials, a position he has held since 2016. Hehas a B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Illinoisand a M.S. degree from the University of Florida in Materials and Science andEngineering.

Russell began his career in 1986 at the Naval Aviation Depot in Pensacola, Florida.In 1989 he joined NASA's Kennedy Space Center supporting the Shuttle EngineeringProject Office serving as a Materials and Processes (M&P) Engineering expert. In 1996. Heleft NASA and worked in aircraft Manufacturing and design at TheAerostructures Corporation in Nashville, Tennessee and Bell Helicopter in Ft. Worth,Texas. In 2001 he rejoined the Shuttle Program working for the United SpaceAlliance at Kennedy Space Center.

In 2004 he returned toNASA serving as the Aging Aircraft Principal Engineer forthe Orbiter Project Support Office. In 2009 Russell became a member of theMaterials Science Division at the Kennedy Space Center supporting the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and assisting in the development of requirements for theCommercial Crew Program. In 2012 he was named the Chief of the Materialsand Processes Engineering Branch. In 2014 joined the Commercial Crew Program asboth the spacecraft and launch vehicle Systems Manager for Specialty Engineering(Materials and Processes and Fracture Control).

"Manufacturing Engineer - University of Limerick, Ireland

8 years of medical device experience in Orthopaedics and joint replacement.

Eoin has worked with laser powder bed fusion machines for the past 5 years; primarily focusing on developing process parameters, material qualification and process qualification."

"Design Engineer for 30 years, last 18 years in Medical Devices

Designed,developed, commercialized 3D printed medical devices since 2012

67patents, 10 patent applications

BSME from Purdue University

Design Engineer for 30 years, last 18 years in Medical Devices Designed, developed, commercialized 3D printed medical devices since 2012 67 patents, 10 patent applications BSME from Purdue University"

"Diploma in Physics, PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Research Associate at Fraunhofer ILT since 2010

Team Leader Medical Applications LPBF (2013-2017)

Team Leader Process Development LPBF (2018-2019)

Chief Expert Additive Manufacturing and Functional Layer (since 2020)"

Dr. Abdalla R Nassar is an Associate Research Professor and a department head within the Materials Science Division of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State. Dr. Nassar also has Graduate Faculty appointments with the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, the Additive Manufacturing & Design Graduate Program, and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State. He has worked in the field laser processing of metals for over a decade and specifically focused on laser-based AM of metals over the past eight years. He has led and participated in numerous programs on powder bed fusion and directed energy additive manufacturing. In particular, he has developed software and algorithms related to direct integration of AM processes with computational models, implemented data acquisition and control systems on lab-scale and commercial additive manufacturing equipment, discovered defect-detection strategies, designed advanced thermal management systems utilizing PBFAM, and investigated novel strategies for microstructural control, part build-up, and post-processing methods for AM components. His work has led to over seven patent filings along with several dozen peer-reviewed publications.

"Jerbrena Jacobs joined Medtronic in 2014 to lead process development programs for biologics therapies. Soon, Bre was asked to apply these successful practices to establishing strategic research programs aimed at developing 3D printed biologic solutions. Her work in 3D-printing focuses on where the industry breaks through critical barriers to executing new product innovation, including in vivo and in vitro study advancements.

Before joining Medtronic, Jerbrena spent 13 years in the pharmaceutical industry focused on characterization strategies and quality management programs for drugs and biologics. Bre Jacobs held positions with Baxter Healthcare and West-Ward Pharmaceuticals where sheled material validations and analytical development for finished products to ensure conformance throughout commercialization.

Jerbrena holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences from Clemson University in South Carolina. She is also certified in Additive Manufacturing Fundamentals through SME."

"James provides invaluable knowledge and expertise in 3D printing technologies, materials, and processes to our customers, gained from his former years as a Business Segment Leader and Regional Account Manager at Stratasys, a global front-runner in additive manufacturing solutions.

James applies his knowledge and skills to assist engineering, product development, and procurement professionals with finding the best possible additive solutions for their project needs. Beyond additive, James has a deep understanding of the product development process. This big picture view allows him to suggestive a comprehensive approach your project from design to manufacturing, and every prototype in between.

His professional background includes Market Segment Leadership, Key Customer Management, Sales Enablement, Product Development, Rapid Prototyping, Contract Management, Customer Service, and Sales Account Management."

Alex Kitt has ten years of experience performing, leading, and identifying needs for industry-relevant research and development. Over that time, Alex's work has included metal additive manufacturing, X-ray CT and optical metrology, augmented reality, and graphene. Alex was a member of the Buffalo Manufacturing Works start up team, created the EWI metrology and inspection team, and initiated EWI's involvement in the ASTM AM CoE. Alex continues to be involved with ASTM F42 as the sub-committee chair for ASTM F42.08 on AM data. Before joining EWI, Alex worked as a post-doc at the University of Rochester Insitute of Optics. Alex has a BS in Physics and a BA in mathematics from the University at Buffalo. He received a PhD in physics from Boston University, where he demonstrated proof of concept for graphene-based threshold pressure sensors for remote oil well application.

Christopher B. Williams is L. S. Randolph Professor and Electro Mechanical Corporation Faculty Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is the Director of the Design, Research, and Education for Additive Manufacturing Systems (DREAMS) Laboratory and Interim Director of the Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII). His research contributions have been recognized by nine Best Paper awards at international design, manufacturing, and engineering education conferences. He is a recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2013), the 2012 International Outstanding Young Researcher in Freeform and Additive Fabrication Award, and the 2010 Emerald Engineering Additive Manufacturing Outstanding Doctoral Research Award. He serves on the Additive Manufacturing Community Advisors for SME. Chris holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia) and a B.S. with High Honors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida).

"As a Johnson & Johnson Research Fellow and Lead for 3D Bioprinting and Tissue Regen Technologies, Orquidea (Orchid) Garcia is the technical lead for 3D bioprinting, and related tissue regen technology development and knowledge transfer.

Orchid has extensive experience identifying novel technologies through scientific discovery and translating them into patentable, marketable technologies both in industry and academia. Having served as the scientific subject matter expert on numerous initiatives, she brings a keen understanding of world-wide technical, scientific, regulatory and policy issues that face the business.

Previously, Orchid held various positions at J&J in Medical Affairs, Clinical Affairs and Regulatory Affairs. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Cellular Biology from the University of California San Diego; a Master of Science degree in Microbiology from California State University Los Angeles; and a PhD from the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Orchid is based in Irvine, CA."

"Eugene Boland, Ph.D., has over 25 years in laboratory research, with a specific focus on developing engineering solutions for cardiovascular diseases as well as chronic wounds. His materials expertise extends from bioinert metals and ceramics to bioactive and bioresorbable electrospun polymers and proteins. After receiving his Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University in 1994, Dr. Boland went on to receive his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2004 after 6 years in cardiovascular medical device field.

Dr. Boland has held senior engineering positions with companies such as St. Jude Medical Inc., Cordis (a Johnson & Johnson Co.) and Cryolife before completing his doctorate. More recently he has held the position of principal scientist with Tissue Genesis, Inc., and Chief of Regenerative Medicine at the University of Louisville's Cardiovascular Innovation Institute before joining Techshot in the role of Chief Scientist in 2013.

He is currently leading a collaborative team managing the Techshot BioFabrication Facility (BFF) installed aboard the International Space Station both for our own tissue and neo-organ commercial efforts and as a materials research and development platform for the microgravity community. In addition, he is leading efforts at Techshot to develop biologically-derived inks (mimetic bioinks) to take advantage of the unique capability that microgravity offers in tissue development as well as a method to induce, expand and differentiate human induced pluripotent stem cells in a microgravity environment."

Luke Mohr, Applications Engineer, develops schema for the additive manufacturing (AM) database at EWI's Buffalo Manufacturing Works. He provides technical and strategic support in data science and management and in x-ray CT algorithm development. Utilizing his background in dynamical systems and probability, Luke applies his subject expertise in determining the need for big data analysis and NDE in AM development and standardization.