- Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution,
- Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology,
- Affiliated Faculty, Mechanical Engineering,
- Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering,
- Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science and Engineering
- Charlotte & Walter Buchanan Faculty Fellow
- Phone: 979-845-4953
- Email: aepatterson5@tamu.edu
- Office: THOM 224
- Research Website
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 2021
- M.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville - 2014
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville - 2013
Research Interests
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- Mechanical Design and Design Methods
- Experimental Fracture and Impact Mechanics
- Fracture- and Impact-Focused Design
- Design under Manufacturability Requirements
- Design-for-Manufacturability
- Additive Manufacturing Processes (FDM/FFF, SLA, polymer/metal SLS, and metal SLM)
- Formative Manufacturing Processes (Injection and compression molding, casting, and powder metallurgy)
- Systems Engineering (Manufacturing, Agricultural, and Aerospace systems)
- Engineering Design Practice
- Computer-Aided Design (CAD)