Postdoc - Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign - 2025
Connor Armstrong
Assistant Professor - Mechanical Engineering
+1 (972) 883-3122
ECSW 4.355F
Materials Engineering & Advanced Manufacturing Lab
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Currently accepting undergraduate and graduate students
Professional Preparation
Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology - 2023
Georgia Institute of Technology - 2023
M.S. - Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park - 2019
University of Maryland, College Park - 2019
B.S. - Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park - 2017
University of Maryland, College Park - 2017
Research Areas
Polymers
AI/ML
Material discovery
Additive manufacturing
Autonomous experimentation
Publications
Robotic Conformal Material Extrusion 3D Printing for Appending Structures on Unstructured Surfaces 2024 - Journal Article
Enabling direct ink write edible 3D printing of food purees with cellulose nanocrystals 2022 - Journal Article
Supporting Information for "Unstructured Direct Ink Write 3D Printing of Functional Structures with Ambient Temperature Curing Dual-Network Thermoset Ink" 2022 - Other
Unstructured Direct Ink Write 3D Printing of Functional Structures with Ambient Temperature Curing Dual-Network Thermoset Ink 2022 - Other
A 3D Printed Morphing Nozzle to Control Fiber Orientation during Composite Additive Manufacturing 2021 - Journal Article
Awards
Grainger Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship - University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign [2023]
Georgia Tech Tower Award - Georgia Institute of Technology [2023]
NSF Student Award for Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium [2021]
Georgia Tech Presidential Fellowship - Georgia Institute of Technology [2019]
GEM Fellowship - The National GEM Consortium [2019]