MateriAlZ Seminar: Prabhjot Singh
Friday, January 14th, 2022, 11:00 a.m. MST
Prabhjot Singh
Associate Fellow for Advanced Manufacturing
Lockheed Martin Space
"Additive Manufacturing: Adoption and Industrialization Challenges at Lockheed Martin"
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Abstract
Lockheed Martin has a long history with additive manufacturing (AM) both as a user and developer of AM processes. This talk will cover past and ongoing technology adoption efforts spanning rapid design prototyping, tooling and direct digital manufacturing of aviation & space metallic structures. Business drivers and challenges limiting broader use, especially the lack of material feedstocks compatible with additive process physics and long qualification timelines, will be discussed.
Bio
Prabhjot Singh is an Associate Fellow for Advanced Manufacturing at Lockheed Martin Space’s Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Littleton, CO. His background is in additive manufacturing (AM) process development and the computational aspects of manufacturing technologies. He earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2004). Subsequently, he joined GE Research (GER) in Niskayuna, NY in 2004. While at GE, Singh founded & led GER’s additive manufacturing lab which focused on the development of ceramics and metal additive manufacturing methods spanning aerospace, energy generation and healthcare applications. At Lockheed Martin Singh’s focus is on expanding the use of additive manufacturing for space applications. His research has been supported by the NIH, US Army, ARPAE and U.S. Airforce-funded Manufacturing USA institutes. He holds 15 issued patents.