Faculty
| Dr. Albert E. Patterson
PI/Lab Director of Manufacturability-Driven Design Lab (MDDL) Email: aepatterson5@tamu.edu The PI/Lab Director Albert E. Patterson, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, with affiliate appointments in the Departments of Mechanical and Multidisciplinary Engineering and Materials Science at Texas A&M University. He holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as BS and MS degrees in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is the director of the Manufacturability-Driven Design Lab at Texas A&M University, where he leads an interdisciplinary team to solve fundamental and applied problems in mechanical design, manufacturing science, and life cycle engineering. Dr. Patterson is active with several major professional societies and serves on the Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle (DFMLC) Technical Committee for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as well as the Integrated Design and Manufacturing (IDM) Technical Committee for the Society of Automotive Engineers. Prior to pursuing an academic career, Dr. Patterson worked for several years in the aerospace industry with the Boeing Company and the US Department of Defense through the GMD program under the Missile Defense Agency and the automated construction field with Autonomous and Unmanned Vehicle Systems Lab and the Army Corps of Engineers. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Progress in Additive Manufacturing from Springer-Nature. |
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PhD Students
Maharshi Arindom Sharma
PhD student – Mechanical Engineering
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering, NIT Rourkela, India
Dissertation topic: Co-design of passive control systems for dynamic positioner systems applied to additive manufacturing
Joshua Montano
PhD student – Multidisciplinary Engineering
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University
Dissertation topic: Metrology for additive manufacturing
Timothy J. Barrett
PhD student – Industrial Engineering
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University
Dissertation topic: Design and systems engineering for large-scale autonomous construction systems
Masters Students
Alina Guzman
MS student – Engineering Technology
B.S. Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology, Texas A&M University
Thesis topic: Dirty environment electronics manufacturing systems
Samuel Afolabi
ME student – Multidisciplinary Engineering
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Lagos, Nigeria
B.E. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria
Lillian Olkkola
MS student – Engineering Technology
B.S. Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology, Texas A&M University
Thesis topic: Micro-impact testing of additively-manufactured materials
Jonathan Sanchez
MS student – Engineering Technology
B.S. Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology, Texas A&M University
Thesis topic: Drag reduction effects of using additively-manufactured structures in wind tunnels
Jensen Jones
MS student – Engineering Technology
B.S. Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology, Texas A&M University
Thesis topic: Additively-manufactured small CVT transmission
Manasa Narisetty
MS student – Industrial Engineering
B.Tech. Electrical Engineering, Amirta Vishwa Vidypeetham
Thesis topic: Manufacturability-driven design for SIMP toplogy optimization
Undergraduate Students
Graduate Lab Alumni
Michael Townsend – Master of Science in Engineering Technology, 2025 – Thesis: “Property degradation of FFF PLA after feedstock recycling” – Current role: Project Manager at Axle Box Innovations (College Station, Texas)
George B. Harmon – Master of Science in Engineering Technology, 2025 – Thesis: “The effect of 3D printed pipe roughness on fluid flow behavior” – Current role: SCADA and Compliance Specialist at Bryan Public Utilities (Bryan, Texas)
Mondray Matus – Master of Science in Engineering Technology, 2025 – Thesis: “Flexible frequency selective surface rectenna for ambient energy harvesting applications” – Current role: Test Engineer, Collins Aerospace (Florida)
Brandon Jones – Master of Science in Engineering Technology, 2025 – Thesis: “An experimental investigation of debinding and sintering parameters for copper material extrusion” – Current role: Mechanical Engineer, LoneStar NDE Innovations (Waco, Texas)
Jose Beltra Mira – Master of Science in Engineering Technology, 2024 – Thesis: “Effect of sample size on linear elastic fracture toughness of FFF-processed PLA compact tension specimens” – Current role: Mechanical Engineer, Kraft Tool Company (Shawnee, Kansas)
Isha Gujarathi – Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, 2024 – Thesis: “Decision-making framework for customized additively manufactured lower-limb prosthetics” – Current role: Operations Engineer, Micron Technology (Boise, Idaho)
Henry Hu – Master of Science in Engineering Technology, 2024 – Thesis: “EMF shielding of stepper motors as a means of improving the security of CNC operations” – Current role: Project Manager at Horton Controls Group (Dallas, Texas)
Luke Goehring – Master of Science in Engineering Technology, 2024 – Thesis: “Ultrasonic spot welding of FFF printed samples as a means of improving interlayer adhesion” – Current role: Technologist, Los Alamos National Lab
Maharshi Sharma – Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 2023 – Thesis: “Dynamic modeling of cartesian-frame FFF 3-D printer gantry” – Current role: PhD student, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
Gabriel Peterson – Master of Science in Engineering Technology, 2024 – Thesis: – Current role: Test Engineer, Renesas Electronics America (Austin, Texas)