2024 GTMI Fall Lunch & Learn Lecture Series: Dr. Kenton Blane Fillingim

Please join us at GTMI (Callaway Bldg.) in Rm. 114 (or via Zoom) for the 2024 GTMI Fall Lunch & Learn Lecture Series featuring guest speaker - Dr. Kenton Blane Fillingim!

*Lunch to be provided for in-person attendees on a first come first served basis while supplies last (35 boxed lunches in total).

Registration is preferred but not required. In-person space is limited to around 40 attendees.

If you can't join us in-person, Zoom link: https://gatech.zoom.us/j/94192905022?pwd=WdMBv2JZaKrj2W8QeaWx0PbNCUI101.1

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Presentation Title: Addressing Human Factors of Convergent Manufacturing Processes

Bio: Dr. Kenton Blane Fillingim is an R&D staff member within the Disruptive Manufacturing Systems Development Group, Manufacturing Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research at ORNL's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility has focused on process development to expand the directed energy deposition (DED) convergent manufacturing design space. He aims to continue improving user experience and success for designers and operators in convergent manufacturing. Blane has a research background in design theory with an emphasis on understanding heuristics and biases in decision-making. Before working at ORNL, Blane received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Alabama, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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