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Dr. Richard Billo serves as the founding director of the Kummer Institute Center for Advanced Manufacturing and as a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. His role includes developing the new center’s mission, vision, and strategic plan and facilitating collaboration with numerous research centers and industrial consortia.
Prior to his current position, Dr. Billo was the associate vice president for research and professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Before Notre Dame, he held numerous leadership and faculty positions at the University of Texas at Arlington, including serving as interim associate vice president for research, professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, and co-director of the Center for Renewable Energy Science and Technology.
Dr. Billo's career also includes significant positions at Oregon State University, the University of Pittsburgh, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, and the Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems Research Center at Arizona State University. His areas of research expertise span advanced manufacturing, industrial information systems, metallurgy and liquid fuels processes.
Dr. Billo holds a doctorate degree in industrial engineering from Arizona State University, which he earned in 1989. His other academic credentials include a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Arizona State University, a master’s degree in psychology from the University of the Pacific, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from West Virginia University. With nearly four decades of experience in academia and research, Dr. Billo's appointment heralds a new era for Missouri S&T and the Kummer Institute's initiatives.
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Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D., Arizona State University
… → 1989
External positions
Associate Vice President for Research and Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Jan 1 2013 → Jan 1 2022
Interim Associate Vice President for Research, University of Texas at Arlington
Jan 1 2005 → Jan 1 2013
Department Head & Professor, Oregon State University
Jan 1 2000 → Jan 1 2005
Assistant and Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Jan 1 1991 → Jan 1 2000
Technical Group Leader, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories
Jan 1 1989 → Jan 1 1991
Faculty Associate, Arizona State University Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Jan 1 1984 → Jan 1 1989
Disciplines
- Manufacturing
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Equipment and Supplies to Improve STEM Degree Programs
Billo, R. (PI) & Billo, R. E. (CoI)
1/1/23 → 1/1/26
Project: Research project
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Advanced Manufacturing Training Program
Billo, R. (PI) & Billo, R. E. (CoI)
1/1/23 → 1/1/26
Project: Research project
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Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Polymer Composites
Billo, R. (PI), Billo, R. E. (CoI), Ch, K. (CoI), Leu, M. (CoI) & Schuman, T. (CoI)
Kansas City National Security Center
1/1/23 → 1/1/23
Project: Research project
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A Wire Drawing Feedstock Process for WAAM
Billo, R. (PI), Billo, R. E. (CoI), Buchely, M. (CoI) & O’Malley, R. (CoI)
1/1/23 → 1/1/24
Project: Research project
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Sustainable Steel Alloy Research
Billo, R. (PI), Bartlett, L. (CoI), Billo, R. E. (CoI) & O’Malley, R. (CoI)
1/1/23 → 1/1/25
Project: Research project
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In-situ thermographic monitoring and numerical simulations of laser-foil-printing additive manufacturing
Turk, T., Liu, T., Hung, C. H., Billo, R., Park, J. & Leu, M. C., 2025, In: Virtual and Physical Prototyping. 20, 1, e2440609.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of surface and pore characteristics on fatigue life of laser powder bed fusion Ti–6Al–4V alloy described by neural network models
Moon, S., Ma, R., Attardo, R., Tomonto, C., Nordin, M., Wheelock, P., Glavicic, M., Layman, M., Billo, R. & Luo, T., Dec 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 20424.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Expert survey to understand and optimize part orientation in direct metal laser sintering
Hoelzle, D., Peng, H., Ghasri-Khouzani, M., Gong, S., Attardo, R., Ostiguy, P., Gatrell, B. A., Budzinski, J., Tomonto, C., Neidig, J., Ravi Shankar, M., Billo, R. & Go, D. B., 2020, p. 1525-1547. 23 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Optimization of build orientation for minimum thermal distortion in DMLS metallic additive manufacturing
Peng, H., Ghasri-Khouzani, M., Gong, S., Attardo, R., Ostiguy, P., Gatrell, B. A., Budzinski, J., Tomonto, C., Neidig, J., Ravi Shankar, M., Billo, R., Go, D. B. & Hoelzle, D., 2020, p. 820-835. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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State of Missouri Awards $9.1M for Higher Ed Collaboration to Boost Manufacturing.
11/1/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Missouri Awards Millions to Higher Education Collaboration
10/19/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research