Paul D. Prichard

Prior to joining ORNL Paul Prichard was a Corporate Research Fellow at the Kennametal Technology Center, and served the R&D leader for the Additive Manufacturing Technology Team for commercializing binder jet of WC-Co materials. Previously, he was a Senior Staff Engineer in the Innovation Ventures Group at Kennametal, which evaluated, developed, and commercialized emerging technologies to create new business opportunities including:  hybrid grinding-milling tool, Beyond Blast^TM metal cutting tools, lightweight claddings for aluminum, titanium powder processing and Additive Manufacturing technologies. 

During the past 20 years, he has collaborated with numerous academic institutions, government labs and entrepreneurial organizations throughout his career. He has served as the Industrial Liaison to CMU for Kennametal’s University Alliance, University of Pittsburgh MOST consortium, Penn State ARL Laser consortium, Industrial Advisory Board to MSE at Michigan Tech, founding member of America Makes, led a $1 million NAVAIR funded project on lightweight claddings and has led numerous Open Innovation projects. 

In addition to Kennametal, Paul has worked in R&D roles at 3M, Ames Laboratory and Howmet Aerospace, and has over 20 patents related to materials and manufacturing. He is the past-Chairman of the TMS Powder Committee, member of the TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division Council, Additive Manufacturing committee and actively participates in ASM, APMI and SME.