Nathan W Lambert

Bio

I served in the United States Army from 2003 until 2008, as an airborne infantryman with the 82nd airborne infantry division. During this time, I deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan. After exiting the military and earned BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering from UNC Charlotte. Upon Graduation I accepted a position with the Los Alamos National Laboratory specializing in quality and metrology engineering. Additionally I served as the line manager for a team of inspection and metrology, Research and Development engineers. This team was responsible for designing and implementing inspection processes to capture product quality requirements for weapon system detonators. In May of 2023, I came to ORNL as a technical professional in support of the innovative manufacturing research being conducted at the manufacturing demonstration facility. 

Outside of work, I am interested in Photography/Cinematography, Motorcycle racing, and playing the guitar. 

Professional Experience

While completing my graduate studies I performed research funded by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, to develop a high dynamic range optical creep measurement system. This work involve a great deal of research and design for optical systems, electronics design, uncertainly analysis,  and software development. From late 2019 until mid 2021 I was a metrology engineer working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. This work often involved developing new inspection methods and procedures, to inspect a continuously changing series of components. The inspection techniques used included, tactile CMMs, scanning while light interferometry, computed tomography, scanning electron microscopy, and more.  From mid 2021 until mid 2023 I was a line manager, leading a team of metrology engineers, engineering technologists, and inspectors. During my time as a line manager the team's size and mission scope increase by a factor of 5. This role involved extensive management of personnel, schedule, and budget planning, as well as development of future plans and facilities. 

Areas that I have experience include, metrology, optics design, precision machine design, nonlinear dynamics, control systems, polymer and metal additive manufacturing, software development, uncertainty analysis, electromagnetic system design, and machine vision. 

Education

2015 BSME from UNC Charlotte - Focus on robotics and aerospace applications

2019 MSME from UNC Charlotte - Focus in dynamics, control systems, precision machine design, and metrology.

Professional Affiliations

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Specialized Equipment

Significant experience with optical and tactile CMM systems from a variety of manufacturers. 

Publications

Other Publications