Lonnie Love, Ph.D.

Lonnie Love, Ph.D., is a Corporate Fellow and Group Leader of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Manufacturing Systems Research Group.  He is the project lead for the Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) program at ORNL that is focusing on large scale, high speed composite additive manufacturing that is now being commercialized by Cincinnati Incorporated. His team has demonstrated the technology on a number of high profile projects including the first 3D printed car (the Strati with Local Motors), the printed Cobra for the Department of Energy as well as high speed, low cost tooling for Boeing and Ford. Dr. Love also has been the lead on ORNL’s efforts in fluid power, robotics, prosthetics and strength amplification systems. Dr. Love is a Fellow of SME, was ORNL’s 2014 Distinguished Research Scientist, 2009 Inventor of the year, has over 30 patents and invention disclosures and 125 peer reviewed publications.  He serves on the scientific advisory board for NSF’s Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power. Dr. Love has a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and M.S. and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University.