Dr. Christopher Saldaña

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering | Georgia Tech

Dr. Christopher Saldaña is the Ring Family Professor and an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech. He previously held the Harold and Inge Marcus Career Development Professorship at the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State. Dr. Saldana’s research has focused on developing integrated frameworks for describing relationships between processing, structure and properties for advanced manufacturing operations. He is an expert on materials processing and nondestructive evaluation with 15 years of experience in the precision manufacturing sector and a focus on multi-scale materials and metrology characterization for supporting new product development and realization of next generation manufacturing processes. His current work is focused on process qualification and process design tools for hybrid additive/subtractive manufacturing and AI-enabled manufacturing. He earned his graduate and undergraduate degrees from Purdue and Virginia Tech, respectively, and has been recognized with several awards, including an NSF CAREER award, the Robert J. Hocken SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer award and an R&D100 Technology Award.

All Sessions by Dr. Christopher Saldaña

  • October 13, 2022


  • 9:00 AM  - 10:00 AM
    Advancements in the use and deployment of sensors, collaborative robots and artificial intelligence in manufacturing plants are transforming the capabilities of manufacturing systems. Simultaneously, convergent manufacturing platforms are emerging that seamlessly integrate new techniques such as additive manufacturing with conventional processing. These rapidly maturing capabilities enable the manufacture of new types of products with unique features such as embedded sensing, multi-functional surfaces, and multi-material interfaces, among others. This talk will discuss the availability and utility of these technologies on the manufacturing floor, and how they are being used to drive enhancements in product design. The presentation will also provide some insight into the direction that artificial intelligence is heading in manufacturing operations, and the types of opportunities and value propositions that they will enable in the very near future. These new areas will revolutionize manufacturing operations from the production floor to the global supply chain, and there is no end in sight in terms of the opportunities and benefits.




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