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David Dietrich

Additive Manufacturing Design Engineering Fellow
Honeywell Aerospace

Dr. David Dietrich is the Additive Manufacturing Design Engineering Fellow for Honeywell Aerospace in Phoenix, AZ. Since 2004, David has worked in the field of additive manufacturing (AM). From 2004-2016, he worked for Boeing Research and Technology. 10 of the 12 years were spent at Boeing – St. Louis site with the remaining 2 years as an industrial research fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Manufacturing Demonstration Facility in Tennessee.

Biography

David holds a PhD in Engineering Management and Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology with research focus areas held in Additive Manufacturing. He also holds a MBA from Maryville University of St. Louis and a BS from Murray State University. He has a number of publications and 1 US patents awarded in the field of AM with expertise in both polymer and metal AM.

In 2011, he was awarded the Society of Manufacturing Engineer’s Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer award.
David currently serves on the Industrial Advisory Board for Arizona State University – Polytechnic Campus and mentors many student senior project teams each semester. In addition, he serves on the Arizona Technology Council Additive Manufacturing Workforce Subcommittee to develop training for the State of Arizona workforce development.

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

    Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, 3D Printing, Lean Manufacturing Systems, Six Sigma

Personal Interests

    Training/Coaching/Mentoring youth baseball. Mountain biking in the desert.

Books

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Articles

International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing mechanical property assessment and part candidate screening


Published: Jun 16, 2011 by International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing
Authors: David M. Dietrich, Michael W. Hayes, Frank Liou
Subjects: Engineering - Mechanical

This research portrays proven techniques developed by industry to evaluate additive manufacturing (AM) for a variety of applications. Data are generated using the techniques provided and are applied to the generation of statistical analysis assessments. These data are compiled and used by design engineers to assess the technical feasibility of RM for integrated designs. The research provided offers a path for technical specification development using case examples.

International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing

Impact of integrative design on additive manufacturing quality


Published: Jan 11, 2011 by International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing
Authors: David M. Dietrich, Elizabeth A. Cudney
Subjects: Engineering - Industrial & Manufacturing

This research aims to express the relationship among AM-enabled integrative design and quality evaluation techniques. The methodology proposed is backed by a comprehensive literature review that covers AM dimensional quality and conventional quality assessment techniques for production. The research proposes modelling the positive impact of integrating design using Taguchi’’s quality loss function (QLF) and tolerance stack-up models

International Journal of Production Research

Methods and considerations for the development of emerging manufacturing technologies into a global aerospace supply chain


Published: Mar 19, 2010 by International Journal of Production Research
Authors: David M. Dietrich, Elizabeth A. Cudney
Subjects: Engineering - Industrial & Manufacturing

The research provided discusses a technique used to assess risk coupled with manufacturing readiness level maturation for emerging technologies using both qualitative and quantitative methods.