Personnel
R. Byron Pipes - Executive Director, CMSC
Bio
Dr. R. Byron Pipes was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1987 in recognition of his development of an exemplary model for relationships between corporate, academic and government sectors to foster research and education in the field of composite materials. As co-founder and director of the Center for Composite Materials at the University of Delaware, he developed an industrial consortium of over forty corporate sponsors from the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Belgium, Sweden and Finland. Today, almost 40 years after its founding, the University of Delaware Center is the largest and most successful of its kind in the United States. Research expenditures have exceeded $100 million.
In 2013, Dr. Pipes developed the Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB (cdmHUB) to meet the simulation needs of the growing composites industry. To date, the cdmHUB is supported by five corporate sponsors (Boeing, Rolls Royce, Cytec, Dassault Systemes and Henkel) as well as DARPA. His most recent research programs focus on the development of composites manufacturing with emphasis on additive manufacturing. He currently leads the Indiana Center of Excellence of the DOE Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) as Director of the Design Modeling and Simulation Technology Area.
He is the Executive Director of the Composites Manufacturing & Simulation Center (CMSC) housed in the Indiana Manufacturing Institute in the Purdue Research Park. He has active programs in the study of the advanced manufacturing science for composite materials.
Eduardo Barocio - Assistant Director Additive Manufacturing - CMSC
Bio
Dr. Eduardo Barocio is Assistant Director of Additive Manufacturing at the Purdue Composites Manufacturing and Simulation Center. He holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University and a BSc in Mechatronics Engineering from Tecnologico de Monterrey. Dr. Barocio research interest is on modeling and simulation of composites manufacturing processes as well as on developing new manufacturing processes for composites. His work is primarily in the field of extrusion deposition additive manufacturing with fiber reinforced polymers. During his Ph.D., Dr. Barocio led the development of the composites additive manufacturing research instrument (CAMRI) and codeveloped a comprehensive physics-based process simulation workflow for additive manufacturing called Additive3D.
Eduardo is also co-founder of the NGO “Tecnologías Para la Comunidad” based in Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico, which works as a bridge to provide handicapped people access to cutting-edge technology developed in the Biomechatronics lab. Eduardo gained a very useful knowledge on manufacturing and prototyping after completing a technical degree in manufacturing with machine tools, and a one-year internship in a company dedicated to design and manufacture machines for the woodworking industry.
This rich blend of engineering education and practical experience have provided Eduardo the ability to not only design and engineer products or components, but also to materialize those designs into functional prototypes. Additionally, his multi-disciplinary engineering education provides Eduardo with a toolbox for solving problems.
