Daniel Porter Email & Phone Number

Silver Spring, Md, Us

Silver Spring, Md

Regulatory Scientist / Mechanical Engineer who currently performs Additive Manufacturing research at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Investigate and evaluate methods to process and extrude moderate to highly viscous elastomers.• Design, fabricate, program, and operate state of the art 3D printers for nonlinear viscosity polymer materials.• Automation of multi-material extrusion mixing, valve actuation, laser triggering, etc.• Realize Extrude and Cure Additive Manufacturing (ECAM) technology for thermal and UV curable materials.• Process optimization of paste extrusion device through redesign, construction, operation, and testing.• Design and test high pressure extrusion systems for very viscous additive manufacturing.• Mentor and manage undergraduate research assistants to ensure valued contributions to ongoing projects.• Extensively use fused filament fabrication prototyping to obtain functional and quality devices, increasing productivity, lowering project cost, decreasing turnaround time.• Design and machine parts via SolidCAM and LAMRA’s CNC milling machine. • Mathematical modeling and simulation of material curing processes.• Develop and evaluate specialized support materials for non-stick advanced elastomers.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• NSF grant applications.• Piezoelectric/electroded 3D printed devices.• Macro and MEMS level fabrication of energy harvesting devices.• Parameter performance evaluation using experimental and FEA data.• Silicon wafer fracture mechanics.• Buckled diaphragm sensor modeling and testing.• 3D printer construction, operation, and modification.• Experimental vibration table design and construction.• Data acquisition circuit construction.• PZT and PVDF sol gel deposition methods.• Piezoelectric electroding and poling methods.• Corona polling station design and construction.• High voltage (10kv) supply design and construction.