University of Auckland
Auckland · NZ · publishing in AM since 1996
Process simulation and software for metal AM; ANSYS Additive co-founder
Brent Stucker is a long-standing figure in additive manufacturing whose work bridges academic research and commercial software. He co-authored the foundational textbook "Additive Manufacturing Technologies" (with Ian Gibson and David Rosen), now in multiple editions and used in AM courses worldwide. As co-founder and CEO of 3DSIM, he developed the part-scale thermo-mechanical simulation tools for LPBF that were acquired by ANSYS in 2017 and became the basis of ANSYS Additive Print and Suite. He held faculty positions at Utah State, the University of Louisville (where he led the Rapid Prototyping Center), and currently contributes to AM research at the University of Auckland. His co-authored paper with Haijun Gong on Ti-6Al-4V powder bed defect generation is among the most-cited empirical defect studies in the field.
Analysis of defect generation in Ti–6Al–4V parts made using powder bed fusion additive manufacturing processes
Gong H, Rafi K, Gu H et al. · 2014 · Additive Manufacturing
DOILast reviewed: 2026-05-16 · Sources: 3
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