PhD Student, Bredesen Center
Department of Energy Science & Engineering
Bredesen Center
Contact Information
- 1321 white avenue
- Phone: (708)712-9288
- E-mail: astiles8@vols.utk.edu
- Department Website
- Personal Website
- Large scale additive manufacturing with continuous fibers
- Photopolymers
- Composites manufacturing and fabrication
- Composites design and FEA
- Space structures and architectural composites
- Bachelor of Science (BS, Mechanical Engineering), Illinois Institute of Technology 2012
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Energy Science and Engineering) University of Tennessee, Knoxville – Expected 2021
- September 2016 – January 2018: Cordata Quads – Composites R&D Engineer
- October 2010 – October 2016: Samambu, LLC – Founder
- December 2012 – June 2016: Holland LP – Product Engineer
- December 2011 – August 2012: A.Finkl & Sons Co. – Metallurgical Lab Technician
- February 2010 – August 2011: Brigham Young University – Physics Dept. Machine Shop Assistant
- President, SAMPE-UTK Student Organization (2018-2020)
- 2018 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention
- Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
- Patents:
Auto-rack railcar panel bumper guard and side post guard apparatuses and methods of using the same. US9789885B2, issued Oct 17, 2017. - Grating connector and spacer apparatus, system, and methods of using the same. US9731730B2, issued Aug 15, 2017.
- Strap tensioning buckle apparatus and methods of using the same. US9623788B2, issued Apr 18, 2017.
- Research Posters:
“The One-Second Cure: UV Cure vs. Thermal Cure in Styrene-Free Vinyl Ester Composites” - Primary author, Poster Presentation, SAMPE 2019 Conference, Charlotte
- “Selection of E-Glass vs S-2 Glass for use in vinyl ester matrix composites”
- Primary author, Poster Presentation, 2019 MDF Peer Review, Oak Ridge National Labs
- “Print Head Design for Additive Manufacturing of Continuous Fiber Polymeric Composites”
- Co-author & mentor, Poster Presentation, IACMI Summer 2019 Members Meeting, Denver
- “Optical Strain Sensing for Fatigue Testing of Carbon Fiber Composite Component with Complex Geometry”
- Co-author & mentor, Poster Presentation, 2019 MDF Peer Review, Oak Ridge National Labs
Biography
Alex Stiles is a PhD student studying composites manufacturing and processing, with an emphasis on large scale rapid fabrication methods such as additive manufacturing.
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