Summary
Craig Mansfield is a chemical engineer and software-minded researcher with nine years of experience developing advanced polymer processing methods, thermoplastic composites, and simulation tools for R&D applications. His PhD work at Virginia Tech combined hands-on dual-extrusion processing, high-temperature hot-end hardware design, and ANSYS Fluent UDF modeling—efforts that ranged from lightweight hydrogen storage tanks to 3D-printable medical filaments and NASA-collaborative Mars-printing studies. Comfortable moving between lab bench and code, he has built custom data- and simulation-software to characterize complex rheology and process behavior, and he teaches practical engineering methods to students and collaborators. He aims to transition his multidisciplinary skill set into industrial R&D and pursue a PE license, bringing a rare mix of polymer chemistry, high-accuracy modeling, and practical fabrication experience. Notably, he eliminated toxic solvent processing in favor of melt-based dual extrusion for several novel filaments, demonstrating both safety-driven engineering and translational thinking.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Chemical Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech
BSChE, Chemical Engineering, 3.52, BSChE, Chemical Engineering, 3.52 at University of Florida
English, Spanish