Biography

Dr. Douglas Bristow, Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was named the director of the Center for Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies (CAMT) at Missouri S&T in May 2016.

Dr. Bristow joined Missouri S&T’s faculty in 2008 as an assistant professor and was named associate professor in 2014 and Professor in 2020. Dr. Bristow is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Missouri S&T in 2001. He earned master of science and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2003 and 2007, respectively.

Dr. Bristow’s research interests include dynamic modeling and control with applications in laser metal deposition additive manufacturing, selective laser melting additive manufacturing, glass-wire laser additive manufacturing, atomic force microscopy, active vibration isolation, and precision motion systems. He is also interested in volumetric error compensation for machine tools and industrial robotics.

Disciplines

Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing

Research Interests

Dynamic modeling and control of micro- and nano-positioning systems, atomic force microscopes and additive manufacturing systems, volumetric error compensation for machine tools and robotics, precision motion control, iterative learning control, multi-dimensional control, and signal processing

Education

• 2007 – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 2003 – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 2001 – B.S. in B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, Missouri University of Science and Technology