Senior Engineer
re:3D
Patrick Ferrell has over 25 years of experience in applied research, engineering design, and systems integration. He has degrees in Physics and Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&I University (now Texas A&M - Kingsville) and has been professionally involved with additive manufacturing since 2014. In 2020, Mr. Ferrell joined re:3D and is now Senior Engineer leading advanced research and development projects for the DOD, NASA, and DOE with an emphasis on additive manufacturing using recycled materials in austere or contested environments. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple projects, including US Army research to develop and demonstrate expeditionary additive manufacturing solutions to recycle waste into useful materiel and co-developing technologies for additively manufactured thermal protection systems applied to atmospheric reentry vehicles. In 2022, Mr. Ferrell began re:3D’s materials investigations and hardware developments for an in-space manufacturing system utilizing in-situ resources in support of NASA’s Artemis program, and also leads re:3D's NASA LunaRecycle Centennial Challenge team, recently announced as a Phase II Milestone Winner for their prototype solution to recycle lunar-mission waste via additive manufacturing.
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Recycling Space Logistics Waste via FGF Additive Manufacturing
Monday, April 13, 2026
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time