Dr. David W. Rosen is a Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for High Performance Computing and the Singapore Institute for Manufacturing Technology, both A*STAR institutes in Singapore. He was a professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology for many years.

Dr. Rosen has played a critical role in the development and publishing of ASM International’s growing content selection on additive manufacturing (AM). He recently served as co-Division Editor and author for ASM Handbook, Volume 24A: Additive Manufacturing Design and Applications (select articles now available in the Digital Library; print edition scheduled to publish later in 2023). He also authored several articles for ASM Handbook, Volume 24: Additive Manufacturing Processes (2020).

Additionally, Dr. Rosen has held faculty and research positions at the Singapore University of Technology & Design. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts in mechanical engineering. His research interests include computer-aided design, AM, and design methodology with a specific interest in design for AM. He is a Fellow of ASME and is the recipient of the 2013 Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, International Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME) Award, and is a co-author of a leading textbook on AM.

In the standards community, Dr. Rosen chairs the ASTM F42 subcommittee on design for AM. He was awarded the ASTM Award of Merit and promoted to Fellow of ASTM in 2022.