Chris Robinson is the Senior Manager of Additive Manufacturing (AM) at Ansys. He started his research related to AM while designing satellite components in 2004. He has been involved in AM research for 17 years at Sandia National Laboratories, Utah State University, NAVAIR, Boeing, 3DSIM and Ansys. Chris has worked on AM product, process, material, equipment, and software development projects at every stage of development from fundamental ideation to commercial flight qualification.