Douglas Bristow

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Dr. Douglas A. Bristow is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T). He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Missouri S&T in 2001. He received his M.S. and Ph.D., also in Mechanical Engineering, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2003 and 2007, respectively. Dr. Bristow is the Director of the Center for Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies, an industry consortium focused on developing and implementing next generation manufacturing technologies, primarily in additive manufacturing and robotic manufacturing. He has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and his research interests include precision motion control and iterative process control with applications in additive manufacturing, atomic force microscopy, and machine tools and robotics. Dr. Bristow’s research is funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, MxD, and multiple companies. He is an Associate Editor at the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control.