Alex Riensche

Alex Riensche joins the ASTRO America team embedded at FSU InSPIRE as an advanced research scientist currently overseeing the second annual ASTRO | InSPIRE Tech Challenge on Distortion Prediction and Compensation in Laser-Based Powder Bed Fusion.

He joins the team from Sooner Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory in Oklahoma, where he served as a researcher with a focus on process simulation, control, digital twin, and fault detection and prevention in additive manufacturing. His specific research focused on the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process and directed energy deposition processes. Alex has specialized in working towards feedforward control of part quality and working with modeling approaches to control thermal history and digital twin techniques to detect and control part properties.

His prolific work on additive manufacturing modeling and property predictions has been published in Additive Manufacturing, Materials and Design, the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, and Rapid Prototyping Journal, among others.

Alex received his doctorate in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech and his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.