Bio
Mithulan Paramanathan is a hybrid manufacturing engineer with the Manufacturing Automation and Controls Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Before working at ORNL, Mithulan researched nano-system design and simulation at Kansas State University with an emphasis on graphene use in electronics. At ORNL's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility his research on hybrid manufacturing utilizes additive and subtractive processes to provide solutions for defense, naval, aerospace, automotive, and advanced energy systems. Additionally, he's worked on flow and computational simulations for liquid heat transfer systems to improve manufacturing efficiency.. His focus is on multi-axial Hybrid Manufacturing design and optimization strategies. Mithulan received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University.