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Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad
Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Carolyn Conner Seepersad is the J. Mike Walker Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, the direct of the Center for Additive Manufacturing and Design Innovation, and a member of the U.T. System Academy of Distinguished Teachers. She received a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech, an MA/BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University (as a Rhodes Scholar), and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University. Dr. Seepersad’s research involves the development of methods and computational tools for engineering design and additive manufacturing. Her research interests include data-driven design of engineered systems and materials, design for additive manufacturing, innovation, and environmentally conscious design of products and energy systems. Dr. Seepersad has earned many awards for her research and teaching, including the inaugural International Outstanding Young Researcher Award in Freeform and Additive Manufacturing from the additive manufacturing community, the University of Texas Regents’ Award for Outstanding Teaching by an Assistant Professor (the highest teaching award for faculty in The University of Texas System), the Outstanding Young Investigator award from the ASME Design Automation Committee, and the ASEE Outstanding New Mechanical Engineering Educator award. Dr. Seepersad is the recipient of a Best Paper Award from the ASME Design Automation Conference, the ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, the ASME International Conference on Design Education, and the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, and four papers on the list of top 10 papers for the annual Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium and ASME IDETC Design Automation Conference. She is the author of more than 140 peer-reviewed conference and journal publications and one book. She co-organizes the annual Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, and she is a member of the ASME Design Engineering Division Executive Committee. She has been a member of the executive committee for the ASME Design Engineering Division (2018 – present) and the IDETC Design Automation Conference (2015 conference chair) and the advisory board for the Design Society (2017-present) and SME (Additive Manufacturing Advisory Group, 2021-present). She has also been a participant and session organizer for the annual NAE Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, a symposium organized by the NAE for a select group of emerging engineering leaders ages 30-45, and an invited speaker for the German-American FOE on the topic of design for additive manufacturing. She has been a keynote speaker for several international conferences, including the 2015 International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED) on the topic of design for additive manufacturing. She teaches courses on product design, additive manufacturing, and computational methods for engineering design. Her research has been featured by several popular media outlets, including Popular Science, The Conversation, US News and World Report, The Christian Science Monitor, Time Warner Cable News, 3DPrint.com, and the Daily Dot.
Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Michael Fogg
Michael Fogg
Research
Robotic Reactive Extrusion Additive Manufacturing.
Previous Degrees
Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Engineering) - Boston University - 2019
Francisco Javier Gonzalez-Castill
Francisco Javier Gonzalez-Castill
Research
Model-based design for AM and design guidelines for material jetting
Previous Degrees
Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) – New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology – 2020
Daphne Lin
Daphne Lin
Research
Design for Additive Manufacturing (AM), focusing specifically on applications of machine learning for process-aware design for AM
Previous Degrees
Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) - MIT- 2019
Nick Rodriguez
Nick Rodriguez
Research
Development of a new Projection Microstereolithography (PµSL) 3D printing system that is capable of printing paste-like, high viscosity resins over large volumes and with fine feature sizes. This involves exploring novel methods of delivering high intensity, digitally patterned UV light to large regions of the resin as well as spreading the paste-like resin in controlled, thin layers over said large regions. Being able to process these materials will enable the manufacturing of porous elastomers with a range of macroscale and microscale structures resulting in controllable properties and performance.
Previous Degrees
Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo- 2014
Master of Science (Mechanical Engineering) - UT Austin - 2017
Papers
Song, H., N.A. Rodriguez, C. C. Seepersad, R.H. Crawford, M. Chen, E.B. Duoss, 2021, “Development of a Variable Tensioning System to Reduce Separation Force in Large Scale Stereolithography,” Additive Manufacturing, Vol. 38, pp. 101816 (15 pages).
Hongtao Song
Hongtao Song
Research
Design and fabrication of a paste microstereolithography system.
Previous Degrees
Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) - Dalian University of Technology (China) - 2016
MS (Industrial Engineering) - Texas Tech - 2018
Papers
Song, H., N.A. Rodriguez, C. C. Seepersad, R.H. Crawford, M. Chen, E.B. Duoss, 2021, “Development of a Variable Tensioning System to Reduce Separation Force in Large Scale Stereolithography,” Additive Manufacturing, Vol. 38, pp. 101816 (15 pages).
Sofia Valdez
Sofia Valdez
Research
Interactive design exploration, specifically an interactive design framework that is both designer-guided and data-driven so that human designers can work together with computational algorithms to search design spaces more effectively and efficiently
Previous Degrees
Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) - UT Austin - 2020
Papers
Valdez, S., C.C. Seepersad, S. Kambampati, 2021, “A Framework for Interactive Structural Design Exploration,” IDETC/CIE Design Automation Conference, Virtual Conference, Paper No: DETC2021-71775.
Doug Sassaman (Post-Doc)
Doug Sassaman (Post-Doc)
Research
Additive manufacturing of ceramics
Additive manufacturing of recycled polymer
Previous Degrees
Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) - Alfred University - 2014
PhD (Mechanical Engineering) - UT Austin - 2021
Papers
Sassaman, D., Ide, M, Kovar, D., and Beaman, J.J., Design of an In-situ Microscope for Selective Laser Sintering, AM Letters (2022), Under review.
Sassaman, D., Phillips, T., Milroy, C. et al. A Method for Predicting Powder Flowability for Selective Laser Sintering. JOM (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-021-05050-w
Nissen, J., Sassaman, D.M., Lee, S.M., Desjardins, J.A., Beaman, J.J. and Kovar, D. (2021), Methodology for determining design rules for helical channels in glass components produced by selective laser sintering. Int J Appl Ceram Technol. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijac.13778
Sassaman, D., Beaman, J.J., Kovar, D., and Ide, M. “Geometry Limitations in Indirect Laser Sintering of Alumina”, Solid Freeform Fabrication Proceedings, Austin TX, 2021
Oliver Uitz (Post-Doc)
Oliver Uitz (Post-Doc)
Research
Reactive Extrusion Additive Manufacturing (REAM)
Previous Degrees
Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) – UT Austin- 2017
PhD (Mechanical Engineering) - UT Austin - 2021
Papers
Uitz, O., P. Koirala, M. Tehrani, C.C. Seepersad, 2021, “Fast, Low-Energy Additive Manufacturing of Isotropic Parts via Reactive Extrusion,” Additive Manufacturing, Vol. 41, pp. 1-12.
Koirala, P., O.L. Uitz, A.A. Oridate, C.C. Seepersad, and M. Tehrani, 2021, “Reactive Extrusion Additive Manufacturing of a Short Fiber Reinforced Thermoset Composite,” 36th Technical Conference of the American Society of Composites.
Leng, R., O. Uitz, Z. Ounaies, C. Seepersad, 2021, “Design and Characterization of a Multilayered Multifield-Actuated Polymer Unimorph,” ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems, Paper No: SMASIS2021-68238.
Alumni
Alumni
PhD
Matthew Green, PhD, LeTourneau University (co-advised with K. Wood)
Andrew Tilstra, PhD, 3M (co-advised with K. Wood)
David Shahan, PhD, HRL Laboratories
Sanjiv Shah, PhD, Sandia National Laboratories (co-advised with J. Howell)
Benjamin Gully, PhD (co-advised with M. Webber)
Nathan Putnam, PhD, US Army Corps of Engineers (co-advised with M. Webber)
Peter Backlund, PhD, Sandia National Laboratories
Cassandra Telenko, PhD, Ford Motor Company
Julia O'Rourke, PhD, Post-doctoral Associate at UT Austin
Clint Morris, PhD, PARC
David Debeau, Enthought
Conner Sharpe, Ford Motor Company
Jared Allison, UT Austin Center for Additive Manufacturing and Design Innovation
Ademola Oridate, Wilder Industries (co-advised with M. Pryor)
Tyler Wiest, TBD (co-advised with M. Haberman)
Oliver Uitz, TBD
MS
Darren Keese, MS, Lexmark (co-advised with K. Wood)
Gaurav Gupta, MS, Motorola
Uma Maheshwaraa, MS, Schlumberger
Kaarthic Madhavan, MS, Schlumberger
Neha Takawale, MS, Cummins (co-advised with K. Wood)
G. Ray Ely, Sandia National Laboratories
Lia Kashdan, Sandia National Laboratories (co-advised with M. Haberman and P. Wilson)
Matthew Saunders, Exxon-Mobil
Vikram Sundararajan, Cummins
Bobby Garcia, Manor NewTech High School (co-advised with UTeachEngineering program)
Benjamin Fulcher, Harvest Technologies (co-advised with M. Haberman and P. Wilson)
Daniel G. Johnson, MS, National Instruments
Paul Williams, MS, Ascendant Engineering Solutions
Jordan Matthews, MS,
Ken Bostwick, MS 2015, US Navy
Dixon Correa, MS 2015, Cummins
Mark Kershisnik, MS 2015, SpaceX
Joshua Kuhn, MS 2015, Sandia National Laboratories
Michelle Pang, MS 2016, Sandia National Laboratories
Prashant Alok, MS 2018
Amber Dressler, MS 2018, Sandia National Laboratories
Prashant Alok, MS 2018, Tesla
Andrew Allan, MS 2020,
Oscar Martin Cardenez, MS 2021
Connor Gunsbury, MS 2021
Felipe Quijano-Ortiz, MS 2021
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