Joseph Kubalak, PhD

Joseph Kubalak is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech, where he also received his B.S. and Ph.D. His research focuses on tool path planning for material extrusion additive manufacturing, leveraging a robotic arm for multi-axis deposition to improve mechanical properties. His research has contributed to four journal publications, six conference papers, and one patent, and he has presented in nine talks and seven poster presentations. Additionally, he has presented at the SXSW Conference (2016) and the ACCelerate Festival (2017) and won the America Makes Innovation Sprint for Smart Structures (2016).