Love Lonnie

Lonnie Love, Ph.D., is a Fellow in Sandia National Laboratories National Security directorate focusing on advanced manufacturing.  Lonnie has over 30 years’ experience in robotics, automation and advanced manufacturing.  Before joining Sandia National Laboratories in 2023, Lonnie was a Corporate Fellow and Section Head at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and helped develop their advanced manufacturing capabilities at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility.  He led many of ORNL’s large scale advanced manufacturing programs including commercialization with Lincoln Electric, Mazak, Cincinnati Incorporated and GKN.  His team has demonstrated the technology on several high-profile projects including the first 3D printed cars (the Strati with Local Motors and the printed Cobra for the Department of Energy) as well as high-speed, low-cost tooling for Boeing and FordDr. Love is a Fellow of SME and ASME, is a recipient of the SME Eli Whitney Productivity Award, ASME Thomas Edison Patent Award, ORNL’s 2014 Distinguished Research Scientist, 2009 Inventor of the year, has 34 patents and over 300 publications.