research
Journal articles, conference papers, patents, and industry work in additive manufacturing process innovation, fracture mechanics, and applied mechanical engineering.
My work centres on a single question: why are extrusion-printed parts weak between layers, and what can be changed during printing to fix it? Answering it has meant building hardware, running designed experiments, imaging what happens inside the bond, and modelling the result.
Doctoral Dissertation
Improving Strength and Fracture Resistance in Fused Filament Fabrication Through Printhead-Integrated In-Situ Annealing. Ph.D., UT Arlington, 2026. The work that ties the rest of this page together: a patented printhead that anneals the bond line as it forms, validated through designed experiments, thermography, μ-CT, fracture testing, and cohesive-zone modelling.
Journal Articles
Peer-reviewed journal work, manuscripts under review, and research in progress, with the methodology and numbers behind each result.
Conference Papers
Peer-reviewed conference proceedings spanning SAMPE, SFF, IISE, and MARTEC.
Patents
One granted and one pending U.S. patent covering printhead-integrated in-situ annealing.
Industry Projects
Process equipment, piping design, and capital project work in the petrochemical sector, plus commercialization at Increscent.