Rate My Professor Chad Duty

Duty's research focuses on additive manufacturing of polymer and composite structures, including anisotropic mechanical behavior, new material development, melt flow characterization, and process-structure-property optimization. He co-developed the Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) system for multi-meter scales and deposition rates over 100 lbs/h, and contributed to the world's first 3D printed car, Strati. His earlier work addressed roll-to-roll manufacturing, solar energy, pulse thermal processing, and nanoparticle production. Duty has over 170 publications and more than a dozen patents. Key publications include "Highly oriented carbon fiber–polymer composites via additive manufacturing" (Composites Science and Technology, 2014), "The importance of carbon fiber to polymer additive manufacturing" (Journal of Materials Research, 2014), "Structure and mechanical behavior of Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) materials" (Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2017), and "What makes a material printable? A viscoelastic model for extrusion-based 3D printing of polymers" (Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2018). Major awards include R&D 100 Awards (2009, 2011), ORNL Director’s Award for BAAM (2014), National FLC Award for Pulse Thermal Processing (2013), Innovation Award at RAPID 2014, MABE Outstanding Faculty Initiative and Leadership Award (2018), Pi Tau Sigma Excellence in Teaching Award (2018), and Eugene P. Wigner Fellowship (2004).