Dr. Kirk Rogers - Expert Lead on AM for Castings, Training, Materials & More
Meet TBGA technical innovator and adept thinker Dr. Kirk Rogers, TBGA’s expert lead on AM for castings, training, facility safety, and materials! His involvement and eagerness to share his additive insights and knowledge are a true representation of the passion he has for this industry. He has been instrumental in facilitating TBGA's Purdue Additive Manufacturing Certificate program and supporting in-person training for customers. This week he is back at it, delivering a valuable materials and processes workshop at TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition in San Diego!
Additionally, Dr. Rogers is the American Foundry Society Additive Manufacturing Division Chair. His first involvement goes back to 2015 when his team at GE installed an ExOne sand binder jet printer at the Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence to help companies advance additive-enabled castings to solve supply chain challenges. Although he is passing the torch at the end of spring, Kirk has been heavily involved in supporting organizations in their additive manufacturing journey.
The AM Division is currently wrapping up an American Foundry Society-funded project comparing the dimensional accuracy of castings produced by conventional molding and cores versus 3D-printed sand - a reasonably complex casting with complicated features expected to open a lot of eyes in the industry. To learn more, catch up with Kirk at Metal Casting Congress this April to discuss how AM is opening new possibilities for entrepreneurs, businesses, designers, and engineers across a wide range of industries!
Missing out on Metal Casting Congress? Meet up with Kirk at RAPID+TCT this May, as he delivers a dynamic workshop with TBGA President John Barnes and Director of Programs Jennifer Coyne on "How to Build A Business Case in Additive Manufacturing."
Kirk’s Accomplishments:
SAE AMS-AM and F-42 committee member
Member of Youngstown State University Research Advisory Board and Materials Science Advisory Board
5+ patents and registered trade secrets in Advanced Manufacturing and Materials
American Foundry Society Additive Manufacturing Division Chair
Led $20M multi-year AM investment strategy for Fortune 100 aerospace company
Led implementation of $40M in AM technical R&D center site development
Led an Engineering team responsible for designing parts in 6 of the 7 ASTM forms of AM
Led process engineering on the layout, relocation, and requalification of more than 80 pieces of manufacturing equipment in less than one year without missing a customer delivery
Designed, specified, installed, and qualified advanced manufacturing work cell that has produced over 1M medical device components
Founding member of NE Ohio Additive Manufacturing Cluster advisory board, now Smart Manufacturing Cluster of Northeast Ohio
Architect of TBGA tool, "Essential Elements of Facilities Safety," which draws from ISO1300, NFPA 484, NFPA 654, and 20+ years of manufacturing experience
Dr. Kirk Rogers has used additive technologies for the last ten years to solve manufacturing, repair, and supply chain problems. He recently was the technical leader on the startup of a $40M Additive Manufacturing R&D center, culminating a nearly 20-year career at GE. Most of Kirk's career has been in medical device manufacturing, where he built manufacturing lines for and qualified numerous products. Kirk has 25 years of experience in materials processing and business strategy, including metal powder production, novel joining methods, metal additive manufacturing, novel refractory alloys, sustainable manufacturing, carbon composite materials, powder metallurgy, technology portfolio management, identification, and application of new process methodologies. Additionally, he is experienced in the development of patent and technology strategies. Kirk has obtained 5 U.S. patents and has filed more than 20 trade secrets and patent applications. Kirk received his B.S. in Materials Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Purdue University. He completed postdoctoral work at The Ohio State University and is a certified Six Sigma Blackbelt.