Chase D. Cox, PhD

Dr. Cox is the Director of Technology at MELD Manufacturing Corporation located in Christiansburg, VA, and had previously served as the additive manufacturing manager for Aeroprobe Corporation, the parent company of MELD Manufacturing. Dr. Cox holds numerous patents related to advanced manufacturing and has overseen the qualification of the MELD process for aluminum and titanium applications within the DOD. He has spent more than a decade working with solid-state processes; successfully commercializing the MELD process by developing client-specific solutions throughout the aerospace, defense, automotive and oil and gas industries. Dr. Cox holds a B.S. in physics from Austin Peay State University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Vanderbilt University.