{"id":1099,"date":"2026-06-16T21:47:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2026-06-16T21:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:47:25","slug":"oak-ridge-visit-and-invited-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/2026\/06\/16\/oak-ridge-visit-and-invited-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Oak Ridge Visit and Invited Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2026\/06\/ORNL-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1100\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/2026\/06\/16\/oak-ridge-visit-and-invited-talk\/ornl-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2026\/06\/ORNL-logo.png?fit=1704%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1704,495\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2026\/06\/ORNL-logo.png?w=1352 1352w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2026\/06\/Jimesh-Alex-ORNL.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1101\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/2026\/06\/16\/oak-ridge-visit-and-invited-talk\/jimesh-alex-ornl\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2026\/06\/Jimesh-Alex-ORNL.png?fit=640%2C449&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,449\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jimesh-Alex-ORNL\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2026\/06\/Jimesh-Alex-ORNL.png?fit=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2026\/06\/Jimesh-Alex-ORNL.png?fit=640%2C449&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-1101 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2026\/06\/Jimesh-Alex-ORNL.png?resize=325%2C228\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2026\/06\/Jimesh-Alex-ORNL.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2026\/06\/Jimesh-Alex-ORNL.png?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2026\/06\/Jimesh-Alex-ORNL.png?resize=600%2C421&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Jimesh Bhagatji and Alex gave invited talks to research team at Manufacturing Demonstration Facility during the visit to Oak Ridge National Lab in the Fall 2025. Jimesh presented his doctoral work on additive manufacturing using hot powder bed compaction. It was a productive visit and a great opportunity for a technical exchange and discussion for collaborative work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimesh Bhagatji and Alex gave invited talks to research team at Manufacturing Demonstration Facility during the visit to Oak Ridge National Lab in the Fall 2025. Jimesh presented his doctoral work on additive manufacturing using hot powder bed compaction. It&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/2026\/06\/16\/oak-ridge-visit-and-invited-talk\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6960,"featured_media":1100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4488\/2026\/06\/ORNL-logo.png?fit=1704%2C495&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9azNq-hJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1046,"url":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cmsl\/2025\/04\/10\/hpbc-finalist-in-camx-manufacturing-innovation-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":1099,"position":0},"title":"HPBC Finalist in CAMX Manufacturing Innovation 2024","author":"okravche","date":"April 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Our research on Hot Powder Bed Compaction (HPBC) of thermoplastic composites was featured as a finalist in Manufacturing Innovation during CAMX-2024. 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