Tadek Kosmal
Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering

Tadeusz (Tadek) Kosmal is a Ph.D. student in the Virginia Tech DREAMS Lab. He is also a U.S. Navy SMART Scholar at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division. He graduated summa cum laude in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech, with a major in Mechatronics and Robotics. Tadek’s research focuses on robotics and autonomy within Additive Manufacturing. As an undergraduate, he led a design team that built the first additive manufacturing robotic workcell capable of autonomously fabricating an entire drone. In his free time you can find him foraging, building Lego, or playing basketball.
Robotic Additive Manufacturing Path Planning
In-Situ Monitoring
Hybrid Robotic Manufacturing and Assembly
Processes
- Multi-Axis Robotic Deposition
- Hybrid Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing