Duty, Chad

Chad Duty is the CEO of IACMI – The Composites Institute and a Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Department at the University of Tennessee.  Chad also holds a joint faculty appointment with the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), where he previously was a Senior Research Scientist and Group Leader of the Deposition Science & Technology Group.  

Dr. Duty’s research has primarily focused on advanced materials and process developments for additive manufacturing (3D printing) of composite materials.  He was part of a team that developed and helped to commercialize one of the world’s largest 3D printers called BAAM (Big Area Additive Manufacturing) and created the world’s first 3D printed car (the Strati).  Chad’s work has led to over 180 publications, more than a dozen patents, and several R&D100 Awards in this field as well as previous research on roll-to-roll manufacturing and solar energy technologies.  Each year since 2021, he has ranked among the highest 2% of Top-Cited Scientists in the World.