Dr. Jennifer Bennett, Ph.D. Assistant Professor jennifer.bennett@westpoint.edu Biography Jennifer Bennett is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Innovation and Engineering. She holds a masters in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University. Prior to joining the West Point team, she spent seven years as an Advanced Solutions Engineer at DMG MORI where she developed turnkey additive and subtractive machine tool solutions for industry leaders including SpaceX, Toyota, and Boeing. Dr. Bennett's research focuses on additive manufacturing for defense applications, including optimizing materials for ballistic and hypersonic uses. She was awarded a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grant in 2023 and leads the AMBITION Laboratory. Her teaching philosophy emphasizes developing high-order thinkers through project-based learning and hands-on experiences. Dr. Bennett is committed to mentorship and increasing female representation in STEM. In 2021, she was recognized as one of SME's 30 Under 30 Manufacturing Innovators. Ongoing Research Projects AMBITION: Additive Manufacturing and Ballistics Innovation for Technological Impact, Optimization, and NoveltyHypersonic Gradient Material Development Cold Weather Additive Manufacturing Publications & Presentations PUBLICATIONS Byers J., Jafari J., Eungard A., Bennett J. (2024) “Powder Feed Mechanism for Convection of High-Cohesion, Sub-20-Micron Powders in Directed Energy Deposition” SFF Symp.Byers J., Larsen M., Webster S., Bennett J. (2024) “Assessing melt pool temperature independence from mechanical properties via photodiode-based plank thermometry (PDPT)” Manufacturing Letters.Cooper C., Zhang J., Huang J., Bennett J., Cao J., Gao R. (2023) “Tensile Strength Prediction in Directed Energy Deposition Through Physics-Informed Machine Learning and Shapley Additive Explanations” Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 117908. Nowicki M., Sheward S., Zuchowski L., Addeo S., States O., Omolade O., Andreen S., Ku N., Vargas-Gonzalez L., & Bennett J. (2022) “Additive Manufacturing with Ceramic Slurries” ASME 2022 IMECE, vol. 3, 96033. Kafka O., Cheng Y., Cheng P., Wolff S., Bennett J., Edward G., Cao J., Xianghui X., & Liu W. K. (2022) “X-ray computed tomography analysis of pore deformation in IN718 made with directed energy deposition via in-situ tensile testing” International Journal of Solids and Structures, 111943.Bolin E., Bigelow M., Mooney C., West L., Pearce N., Galliand C., Dietz J., Reddington J., Bennett J., Humburt N., (2022) “Hypersonic Sounding Rocket System Design Optimization and Manufacturing” AIAA Aviation Forum, p. 3426.Bennett J., Webster S., Byers J., Johnson O., Wolff S., Ehmann K., & Cao J. (2022) “Powder-borne porosity in directed energy deposition” Journal of Manufacturing Processes, vol. 80, pp. 69-74. Fang L., Cheng L., Glerum J., Bennett J., Cao J. & Wagner G. (2022) “Data driven analysis of thermal simulations, microstructure and mechanical properties of Inconel 718 thin walls deposited by metal additive manufacturing” npj Computational Materials, vol. 8, no. 126. Xie X.*, Bennett J.*, Saha S.*, Lu Y., Cao J., Liu W. K. & Gan Z. (2021) “Mechanistic data-driven prediction of as-built mechanical properties in metal additive manufacturing” npj Computational Materials, vol. 7, no. 86. *equal contributorsBennett J., Glerum J., & Cao J. (2021) “Relating additively manufactured part tensile properties to thermal metrics” CIRP Annals, vol. 70 (1). Glerum J., Bennett J., Ehmann K. & Cao J. (2021) “Mechanical properties of hybrid additively manufactured Inconel 718 parts created via thermal control after secondary treatment processes” Journal of Materials Processing Technology, vol. 291. Bennett J., Liao H., Buergel T., Hyatt G., Ehmann K. & Cao J. (2021) “Towards Bi-Metallic Injection Molds by Directed Energy Deposition” Manufacturing Letters, vol. 27, pp. 78-81. Bambach M., Sizova I., Szyndler J., Bennett J., Hyatt G., Cao J., Papke T. & Merklein M. (2020) “On the hot deformation behavior of Ti-6Al-4V made by additive manufacturing” Journal of Materials Processing Technology, vol. 288.Webster S., Wolff S., Bennett J., Sun T., Cao J. & Ehmann K. (2019) “Porosity formation and meltpool geometry analysis using high-speed, in situ imaging of directed energy deposition” Microscopy & Microanalysis, vol. 25, pp. 2556-2557.Bennett J., Garcia D., Kendrick M., Hartman T., Hyatt G., Ehmann K., You F. & Cao J. (2019) “Repairing automotive dies with directed energy deposition: industrial application and life cycle analysis” Journal of Manufacturing Science & Engineering, vol. 141, no. 2.Gan Z., Li H., Wolff S., Bennett J., Hyatt G., Wagner G., Cao J. & Liu W. K. (2019) “Data-driven microstructure and microhardness design in additive manufacturing using a self-organizing map” Engineering, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 730-735.Wolff S., Gan Z., Lin S., Bennett J., Yan W., Hyatt G., Ehmann K., Wagner G., Liu W. K. & Cao J. (2019) “Experimentally validated predictions of thermal history and microhardness in laser-deposited Inconel 718 on carbon steel” Additive Manufacturing, vol. 27, pp. 540-551.Bennett J., Kafka O., Liao H., Wolff S., Yu C., Cheng P., Hyatt G., Ehmann K. & Cao J. (2018) “Cooling rate effect on tensile strength of laser deposited Inconel 718” Procedia Manufacturing, vol. 26, pp. 912-919.Bennett J., Wolff S., Hyatt G., Ehmann K. & Cao J. (2017) “Thermal effect on clad dimension for laser deposited Inconel 718” Journal of Manufacturing Processes, vol. 28, pp. 550-557.Bennett J., Dudas R., Cao J., Ehmann K. & Hyatt G. (2016) “Control of heating and cooling for direct laser deposition repair of cast iron components” International Symposium on Flexible Automation, pp. 229-236. PATENTSSystems and Methods for Solidification Rate Control During Additive Manufacturing June 2016WO Patent 2018226844A1Powder Delivery Systems and Methods for Additive Manufacturing Apparatus July 2015US Patent Number 10,226,917 INVITED PRESENTATIONSAdditive Manufacturing: Equipment, Instrumentation & In-Situ Process Monitoring Oct 2024Invited Speaker, Materials Science & Technology 2024, Pittsburg, PATailoring Material Properties in Additive Manufacturing Dec 2021Army Research Lab Seminar Series, USMA, West Point, NYDistinguished Speaker Oct 2021Manufacturing Lecture Series, Texas A&M University, TXManufacturing Innovators Panel Oct 2018Women in Manufacturing Day, mHUB, NSF, Goose Island, IL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONSAssessing Melt pool Temperature Effect on Hardness via Photodiode-Based Plank Thermometry Jun 2024North American Manufacturing Research Conference, Knoxville, TNRelating Additively Manufactured Part Tensile Properties to Thermal Metrics Aug 2021Virtual 70th CIRP General Assembly, Munich, DEStrategies for End-to-End Manufacturing Workflows with Metal AM May 2021Additive Manufacturing Users Group, Orlando, FLActive Cooling of Directed Energy Deposition Aug 2019Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX Cooling of Thermal History and Material Deposition in Directed Energy Deposition Apr 2019Center for UAS Propulsion Workshop, University of Illinois at Chicago, ILEffect of Standoff Distance and Pre-heated Substrate in Directed Energy Deposition Aug 2018Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TXCooling Rate Effect on Tensile Strength for Laser Deposited Inconel 718 June 2018North American Manufacturing Research Conference, College Station, TX Thermal Control of Additive Manufacturing Apr 2018CHiMaD Renewal Site-Visit, Northwestern University, IL Deposition of Reactive Alloys in Open Atmosphere Sept 2017Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show, Toronto, ONThermal Effect on Clad Dimension for Laser Deposited Inconel 718 June 2017North American Manufacturing Research Conference, Los Angeles, CAControl of Heating and Cooling for Direct Laser Deposition Repair of Cast Iron Components Aug 2016International Symposium on Flexible Automation, Cleveland, OHFeedback Control of Powder Mass Flow Rate in Laser Metal Deposition Processes July 2015US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Diego, CAPredictive Theoretical and Computational Approaches to Additive Manufacturing July 2015US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Diego, CA