-Worked with a team to execute two projects in the area of additive manufacturing (AM): Fundamental Measurement Science for Additive Processes and Materials Standards for Additive Manufacturing-Represented the University of Maryland as the voting member on ASTM-I’s Standards Committee F42 on Additive Manufacturing Technologies

-Investigated measurements and standards needs for metal-based AM processes-Performed extensive literature search in the area of AM to identify key challenges, trends, and metrology and standards needs-Held a division seminar on the findings of the literature study-Wrote a draft of an inter-agency report on the state of the art and challenges of metal-based AM processes-Designed, procured, and measured test parts made via AM on a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) to assess sources of error from different AM processes-Represented NIST as the voting member on ASTM’s Standards Committee F42 on Additive Manufacturing Technologies-Assisted in acquiring high-speed videos of the tool-chip interface while cutting multiple types of materials on an Edgetek Super Abrasive Grinding Center altered to be an orthogonal cutting test bed-Planned and implemented experiments on the orthogonal cutting test bed and machining simulations to analyze the difference in machinability of two different types of stainless steel -Planned and implemented experiments on the orthogonal cutting test bed to evaluate phenomena during interrupted cutting-Coordinated a major maintenance of the Edgetek machine-Trained to operate the Edgetek machine-Trained to perform dynamic material property measurements on NIST's pulse heated Kolsky bar facility-Performed reviews for the Washington Editorial Review Board, journals, and NIST's TIP program

-Designed and built (using my own machining skills on manual machining centers) an experimental apparatus that was comprised of an "off-the-shelf" thermal imaging camera that I converted into a thermal microscope (field of view less than a square mm) so that the apparatus could capture thermal images of dynamic chip formation while orthogonally cutting AISI 1045 and AISI 4140 steels on a CNC vertical milling center -Completed extensive calibration procedures to determine temperature information, since the acquired videos consisted of camera signal and not temperatures-Compared the converted temperature profiles to temperature profiles predicted by a finite element software package in order to validate its fidelity -Gave regular presentations of my progress to the industrial affiliates that were funding the project including Caterpillar, Boeing, Corning, and Intel, so it was imperative that I be as efficient as possible-Assisted other projects that needed thermal measurements