Associate Professor
Purdue University
Dr. Michael Sealy is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Alabama, where he began developing hybrid manufacturing approaches that integrate materials processing with biological design. His research now bridges additive manufacturing, surface engineering, and tissue engineering to advance hybrid systems for both biodegradable metal implants and cultured meat scaffolds. Before joining Purdue in 2021, Sealy co-founded the Nebraska Engineering Additive Technologies (NEAT) Lab at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, pioneering hybrid additive manufacturing for health and food applications. His work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the United States Department of Agriculture. He received the 2022 SME David Dornfeld Manufacturing Vision Award, 2020 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, and 2019 NSF CAREER Award. An advocate for engineering-driven entrepreneurship, Sealy has earned multiple commercialization recognitions by the Materials Research Society and NSF for hybrid manufacturing startup companies. He is an active member of SME, ASME, CIRP, and Pi Tau Sigma.
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