Heinrich, Lauren

Lauren Heinrich is a technical staff member who provides research support with her experience in hybrid manufacturing in the Manufacturing Science Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She received her bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Lipscomb University in 2020 then completed her master's degree in mechanical engineering with a focus on wire arc additive manufacturing processing from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2022.  Heinrich started at ORNL in 2022 and her work at the Department of Energy's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility consists of utilizing hybrid manufacturing, a combination of additive and subtractive (machining) manufacturing, to further support manufacturing in the tool and die, aerospace, energy systems, and automotive industries. Heinrich’s current research has focused on hybrid manufacturing of tooling inserts with conformal fluid channels, the repair of tooling, and multi-material tooling manufacturing strategies.