Ryan Dehoff
Director
Manufacturing Demonstration Facility
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Dr. Ryan Dehoff is the Director of the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Technical Area Lead for Advanced Manufacturing under the Nuclear Energy AMMT Program.
His focus of research includes understanding correlations between process conditions of advanced manufacturing processes materials microstructure and mechanical performance. His research expertise lies in the field of additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, with a particular focus on metals and alloys. He has worked on multiple additive manufacturing technologies including electron beam and laser powder bed, large scale directed energy deposition technology, and solid state-based AM processes. He is working to integrate the digital thread into manufacturing for the certification and qualification of advanced manufactured components. His work at ORNL has been instrumental in pushing the boundaries of additive manufacturing, particularly in metal additive manufacturing, where he has developed innovative techniques to improve the properties, performance, and scalability of printed materials. Ryan's research has resulted in numerous publications in prestigious scientific journals and has been recognized with several awards and accolades, including the prestigious R&D 100 Award.
He joined ORNL in 2009 after completing his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University where he specialized in the fabrication and characterization of advanced materials using additive manufacturing techniques. He joined ORNL as a Research Scientist and has since made significant contributions to the field of additive manufacturing, pioneering new techniques, processes, and materials that have advanced the state of the art.