Kirk Rogers, Ph.D., Principal Consultant
Kirk is Principal Consultant for M&P Gravity Works. He has used additive technology to solve manufacturing & supply chain problems since 2010. From 2015 through early 2018, he was Technology Leader for Additive Manufacturing at the GE Additive Customer Experience Center in Pittsburgh, PA. His priorities at the CEC were startup, university partner identification and relationship building, matching the technology portfolio to business projects, and team leadership in engineering design for Additive Manufacturing. Prior to CEC, Kirk spent 15+ years at in the Healthcare industry where he designed manufacturing processes for and launched new products; Identified and applied new process methodologies and inspection techniques; and developed patent and technology strategy. Between GE assignments, he also did a short stint at Carlisle Brake and Friction, developing methodologies to transform carbon composite materials.
Dr. Rogers has 25 years of experience in materials processing and advanced manufacturing, more than 15 of which have been focused on P/M of refractory metals. He has also done research on novel joining methods, novel alloys, recycling and sustainable manufacturing.
Kirk obtained his B.S. Materials Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and masters and Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering from Purdue University. He completed postdoctoral work at The Ohio State University, and is a certified Six Sigma Blackbelt.