Ahmed Arabi Hassen

Group Leader & Senior R&D Staff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

Dr. Ahmed Arabi Hassen is the Group Leader for the Composites Innovation Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Department of Energy’s largest and highest-funded open-science institution. Driving the development of smart, high-rate manufacturing for advanced composites and large-scale additive manufacturing, Dr. Hassen is an expert in materials science and structural qualification. His work sits at the intersection of energy innovation and advanced manufacturing.

Dr. Hassen has led multi-million-dollar DOE and industry programs, translating deep-tech innovations into commercially viable manufacturing technologies. Most recently, Dr. Hassen and his team won the 2026 SME Aubin Additive Manufacturing Case Study Award for their breakthrough initiative utilizing Large-Format Additive Manufacturing (LFAM) to create high-precision composite molds for advanced nuclear reactors.

Dr. Hassen has a Master’s Degree in Marine Engineering and a PhD in Advanced Plastics and Composites from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.