Director and Founder of the W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation

• Best Creative Part - 2010 EBM User Group Meeting, Melbourne Beach, Florida, October 5-7, 2010 (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
• Best Presentation Award - 20th Annual Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (08/01/2009-08/31/2009)
• Dissertation Chair - Karina Arcaute, Most Outstanding Dissertation in the University - The University of Texas at El Paso (12/01/2008-12/31/2008)
• First Place - 3D Systems Users Group Advanced Concepts Technical Competition (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)
• STARS Award ($500k for equipment) - University of Texas System Faculty (01/01/2005-12/31/2005)
• Dick Aubin Distinguished Paper Award - , Society of Manufacturing Engineers (01/01/2004-12/31/2004)
• Selected for 2002 W.M. Keck Foundation Annual Report (01/01/2002-12/31/2002)
• Teetor Educational Award Recipient - Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) (01/01/2001-12/31/2001)
• Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2013 - Emerald Group Publishing
• Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, and Sigma Xi

• Ph D in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (1995)
• MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (1991)
• BS in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (1987)

• Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) Artifact Evaluation Based on Standardized Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) Methods Proceedings of the IISE Annual Conference and Expo 2022 (2022), Amit J. Lopes, Jesus Rivas Escarcega, Hunter Taylor, Javier Valles, Ryan B. Wicker.
• Effects of process interruptions on microstructure and mechanical properties of three face centered cubic alloys processed by laser powder bed fusion Journal of Manufacturing Processes 66 (in press), Cesar Terrazas-Najera, Fernando Mayoral, Oscar Garcia, Mohammad Hossain, David Espalin, Alfonso Fernandez, Lawrence E. Murr, Ryan B. Wicker.
• Paste extrusion 3D printing and characterization of lead zirconate titanate piezoelectric ceramics Ceramics International 47 15 (in press), Samuel Hall, Jaime Regis, Anabel Renteria, Luis Chavez, Luis Delfin, Sebastian Vargas, Michael R. Haberman, David Espalin, Ryan B. Wicker, Yirong Lin.
• Comparison of ranking models to evaluate desktop 3D printers in a growing market Additive Manufacturing (2020), Amit J. Lopes, Mireya Flores, David Espalin, Ryan B. Wicker.
• In situ selective laser gas nitriding for composite TiN/Ti-6Al-4V fabrication via laser powder bed fusion Journal of Materials Science and Technology 45 (2020), Philip A. Morton, H. C. Taylor, Lawrence E. Murr, O. G. Delgado, Cesar Terrazas, Ryan B. Wicker.
• Comparison of ranking models to evaluate desktop 3D printers in a growing market (2020), Amit J. Lopes, Mireya A. Perez, David Espalin, Ryan B. Wicker.
• Compressive deformation analysis of large area pellet-fed material extrusion 3D printed parts in relation to in situ thermal imaging (2020), Eduardo Meraz Trejo, Xavier Jimenez, Kazi Md Masum Billah, John Seppala, Ryan B. Wicker, David Espalin.
• Thermomechanical characterization of short carbon fiber and short glass fiber-reinforced ABS used in large format additive manufacturing (2020), Kazi Md Masum Billah, Fernando A. Lorenzana, Nikki L. Martinez, Ryan B. Wicker, David Espalin.
• Non-destructive optical second harmonic generation imaging of 3D printed aluminum nitride ceramics Ceramics International 45 (2019), Anglea C. Aguilar, Carlos A. Diaz-Moreno, Alex D. Price, Rajen K. Goutam, Cristian E. Botez, Yirong Lin, Ryan B. Wicker, Chunqiang Li.
• Binder jetting additive manufacturing of aluminum nitride components Ceramics International (2019), D\'iaz-Moreno, Carlos A., Yirong Lin, Hurtado-Mac\'ias, A., David Espalin, Cesar Terrazas, Lawrence E. Murr, Ryan B. Wicker.
• Characterization of Inconel 625 fabricated using powder-bed-based additive manufacturing technologies Journal of Materials Processing Technology 264 (2019), J. A. Gonzalez, Jose Mireles, Stephen W. Stafford, Mireya Perez, Cesar Terrazas, Ryan B. Wicker.
• Analysis of Powder Removal Methods for EBM Manufactured Ti-6AL-4V Parts Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium – An Additive Manufacturing Conference (2019), Amit J. Lopes, L Ramos, David Saenz, Philip A. Morton, Cesar Terrazas, Ahsan Choudhuri, Ryan B. Wicker.
• Binder jetting additive manufacturing of aluminum nitride components (2019), Carlos A. Diaz-Moreno, Yirong Lin, Alberto Hurtado-Macias, David Espalin, Cesar Terrazas, Lawrence E. Murr, Ryan B. Wicker.
• Electrical and Thermal Characterization of 3D Printed Thermoplastic Parts With Embedded Wires for High Current-Carrying Applications (2019), Kazi Md Masum Billah, Jose L. Coronel, Michael C. Halbig, Ryan B. Wicker, David Espalin.
• Integrating digital image correlation in mechanical testing for the materials characterization of big area additive manufacturing feedstock (2019), Kevin Schnittker, Edel Arrieta, Xavier Jimenez, David Espalin, Ryan B. Wicker, David A. Roberson.
• Mechanical behavior of differently oriented electron beam melting Ti--6Al--4V Components Using digital image correlation Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 141 1 (2019), Edel G. Arrieta Hernandez, Mohammad S. Haque, Jorge Mireles, Calvin Stewart, Cesar J. Carrasco, Ryan B. Wicker, others.
• Microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti-6Al-4V-5% hydroxyapatite composite fabricated using electron beam powder bed fusion JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 35 2 (2019), Cesar Terrazas, Lawrence E. Murr, Diego Bermudez, Edel G. Arrieta Hernandez, David A. Roberson, Ryan B. Wicker.
• Reinforcement of material extrusion 3D printed polycarbonate using continuous carbon fiber. Additive Manufacturing (2019), Mohammad N. Jahangir, Kazi Md Masum Billah, David A. Roberson, Ryan B. Wicker, David Espalin.

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