Trevor G. Aguirre

Dr. Aguirre joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory in October 2020 as an Alvin M. Weinberg Distinguished Staff Fellow in the Extreme Environments Materials Process Group at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility. His research centers around processing and properties of additively manufactured ceramics, ceramic-metallic composites (cermets) and ceramic matrix composites. His research goals are to help develop the next generation of ultra-high temperature, harsh environment ceramics, composites and hybrid materials with enhanced thermal, mechanical, and oxidation performance. His approach to this is to combine additive manufacturing with material synthesis to create materials and structures that have not been realized with either method individually. 

He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University (CSU) in 2020, where his dissertation focused on development of bioinspired structures for light-weighting and impact attenuation applications. He received a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from CSU where he investigated the spark-plasma sintering of particulate reinforced hydroxyapatite for potential bone replacement. He also received a Bachelor of Science from CSU and an Associates of Science in Engineering and Associate of Science in Mathematics from Western Nebraska Community College. He has published literature in processing, ceramics, additive manufacturing, and bioinspired design. He is a member of the American Ceramic Society, ASM International, Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.