The Hildreth Research Group focuses on phenomena involved in nanometer to centimeter scale additive manufacturing technologies.  Through fundamental studies on mass transport, heat transfer, chemical kinetics, electrohydrodynamics, and corrosion, we are advancing the state-of-the-art for printed electronics and microfluidics; bringing dissolvable supports to 3D printed metals; and are reducing silver consumption in photovoltaic cells by 90%.

Paper connecting dislocations to sensitization and corrosion

Stephanie just got her paper published in Additive Manufacturing connecting the microstructure and dislocation density to sensitization and corrosion phenomenon. Prochaska, S; Hildreth, O.* Dislocation microstructure and its influence on corrosion behavior in laser...

New Paper on Transparent Conductive Electrodes

Steven and Collin, great work getting your paper on Transparent Conductive Electrodes (TCE) published in Scientific Reports! DiGregorio, S.; Miller, C.; Prince, K.; Hildreth, O.; Walker, L.; All-atmospheric Processed Ag-Cu Core-Shell Nanowire Transparent Electrode...

Congratulation Steven on winning the 503 Presentation Competition

Once again, Steven did an amazing job at the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Presentation competition and has won it for the second time.  He has now won the competition both times he entered.  We are all proud of him.

Congratulations to Dr. Subbarao Raikar

We are excited to announce that Subbarao Raikar successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation (Development of Sulfur-Based Self-Terminating Process for Support Removal and Surface Finishing of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V) today.  This is an amazing day and we are...

Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Prochaska

We are excited to announce that Stephanie Prochaska successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation (Evaluation and Optimization of Surface Finishing Methods Toward Improving the Corrosion and Fatigue Performance of Additively Manufactured Laser-Powder Bed Fusion Metals)...