Research Thrusts

An interdisciplinary team of faculty and students from the Colleges of Engineering, Science, Optical Science, and Medicine, along with the Lunar and Planetary Labs, all contribute to innovation in AM research.

Design for AM

Samy Missoum

Associate Department Head for Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics Graduate Interdisciplinary Program

Kavan Hazeli

Associate Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department
Associate Professor, College of Optical Sciences

Construction, In Situ Resource Utilization, and Off-Planet Manufacturing

Hee-Jeong Kim

Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Assistant Professor, Mining and Geological Engineering
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

New Materials Chemistry and Alloy Development

Optical and Biomedical Applications

John A. Szivek

Adjunct Associate Professor, Aerospace-Mechanical Engineering
Adjunct Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP

Education and Outreach

In Situ Monitoring and Non-destructive Evaluation