Changning Niu

Director of Digital Products

Thomas Kozmel

Director of Applications & Development

As Director of Applications & Development at QuesTek, Thomas leads efforts related to development, scale-up, and application of advanced materials, and pursuit of opportunities for strategic growth. Since joining QuesTek in 2015, his technical focus areas have included advanced characterization, tailored experiments, and advancing the technology readiness level of novel materials from design validation and prototyping, to scale-up and demonstration. Examples include additive manufacturing of a wide range of novel alloys including demonstration components, material process development, structural materials, process-structure-property relationship development, and specification development.

Thomas earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he developed a strong background in microstructural process modeling and materials characterization, after earning a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. One area of constant focus in his career has been bringing together cross-functional teams and new computational and physical tools to solve challenges.

Professional Associations

Member, MMAE Board of Advisors, Illinois Institute of Technology (2024-Present)

Chair, Chicago Regional Chapter, ASM International (2015-2016)

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