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James W. Sears TMS Director/Chair, Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division

James W. Sears is director of Additive Manufacturing at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and executive director of the Quad Cities Manufacturing Laboratory, a nonprofit research and development company in the Rock Island Arsenal—Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center. Sears also serves as chief technical officer for Black Hills Nanosystems and as a consultant for Control Systems Technology.

Since joining TMS in 1989, he has contributed to a number of technical and administrative committees and organized numerous symposia. His leadership positions at TMS include serving as the MPMD JOM representative, chair of the Powder Materials Committee, and MPMD representative for the Member and Student Development Committee.