Edward Kinzel

Edward Kinzel is a Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering. He holds a Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and leads the Laser Precision Manufacturing Laboratory.

Research interests include:

• Laser/material interaction
• Manufacturing/fabrication
• Sensing and energy harvesting

Key projects:

• Additive manufacturing of glass for optics/photonics
• Scalable fabrication of metasurfaces/IR antennas for thermal radiation control
• Design of metasurface-enabled uncooled IR microbolometers
• Use of spectrometry/radiometry for microstructure control in metal selective laser melting

His work spans applications in heat transfer, nanofabrication, and photonic device engineering.