- Responsible for teaching design courses and conducting research in metal additive manufacturing.
Jakub (Kuba) Preis
Academic & Research Appointments
Industry R&D Experience
- Part of a team of 5 engineers developing a novel aluminum additive manufacturing technology.
- Responsible engineer for design, development, and testing of hardware and PLC programming (i.e. system control and modeling).
- Responsible for build preparation, machine operation, and testing of parts printed using a prototype 12 laser laser powder bed fusion machine.
- Submitted recommendations to laser powder bed fusion machine designers with the goal of improving end user experience.
- Developed a statistical laser powder bed fusion machine health model using C++ database software.
- Prepared parts for additive manufacturing using Materialise Magics (build orientation and support addition).
- Conducted R&D experiments to quantify additive manufacturing design constraints and document results.
- Worked on testing 3D prined aluminum suspension components.
- Worked on the recently released Tesla Model 3 HVAC unit and center console manufacturing lines.
Education
- Main Project: Developing metallurgical pathways for the defect free fabrication of Inconel - Cu alloy multi-metal components via additive manufacturing.
- Advisor: Dr. Somayeh Pasebani
- Main Project: Redesign, validation, and printing of a 1U cubesat frame using laser powder bed fusion.
- Advisor: Dr. Xuan Wang
Publications
Preis, J., Lawson, S.B., Wannenmacher, N., Pasebani, S., 2025, Joining Inconel 718 and GRCop42: A framework for developing transition compositions to avoid cracking and brittle phase formation. Materials & Design, 252, p.113733.
Preis, J., Lawson, S.B., Lee, I., Kawasaki, M., Bay, B.K., Manoharan, S., Paul, B.K. and Pasebani, S., 2024. Influence of travel speed on microstructure and mechanical behavior of Inconel 625 fabricated using wire fed laser directed energy deposition. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, p.118464.
Preis, J., Wang, Z., Howard, J., Lu, Y., Wannenmacher, N., Shen, S., Paul, B.K. and Pasebani, S., 2024. Effect of laser power and deposition sequence on microstructure of GRCop42-Inconel 625 joints fabricated using laser directed energy deposition. Materials & Design, 241, p.112944.
Preis, J., Xu, D., Paul, B.K., Eschbach, P.A. and Pasebani, S., 2024. Effect of Liquid Miscibility Gap on Defects in Inconel 625–GRCop42 Joints through Analysis of Gradient Composition Microstructure. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, 8(1), p.42.
Zardoshtian, A., Rezaei, A., Esmaeilizadeh, R., Preis, J., Minasyan, T., Keshavarz, M., Pasebani, S., Jahed, H., Toyserkani, E. Insights into Microstructural Evolution in Functionally Graded Additive Manufacturing of IN625–CuCrZr Alloys: A CALPHAD-Based Thermodynamic Analysis and Experimental Study on the Role of Metastable Miscibility Gap. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 39, p.1612.
Zardoshtian, A., Keshavarz M., Rezaei, A., Preis, J., Minasyan, T., Pasebani, S., Jahed, H., Toyserkani, E. Liquid-state miscibility gap enabled crack suppression in functionally graded additively manufactured Ni-Cu alloy systems. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1050, p.185705.
Teaching Experience
- Led laboratory sections for MFGE 337 (Materials and Manufacturing Processes) to provide a hands-on counterpart to the lecture.
- Responsible for developing course material, rubrics, and grading student lab reports.
- Developed content and conducted lectures for the following classes:
- MFGE 337 (Materials and Manufacturing Processes)
- MFGE 551 (Additive Manufacturing)
- Taught a 1 unit, bi-weekly workshop in mathematics to supplement lecture course, class size ranging from 10 - 30 students.
- Instructed the following workshops:
- MATH 128 (Precalculus Algebra Workshop)
- MATH 151 (Calculus 1 Workshop)
- MATH 192 (Calculus for Architecture and Construction Management Workshop)
Research Mentoring
- Project: Design and fabrication of automated nozzle cleaning solution for aluminum 3D printing.
- Project: Design and fabrication of automated nozzle resurfacing solution for aluminum 3D printing.
- Project: Integration of polymer extrusion into existing molten-aluminum additive manufacturing machine.
- Project: Characterization of Inconel 718 - GRCop42 mixtures
- Project: Characterization of 4043 Al fabricated via Molten Metal Deposition
- Project: Characterizing Cu-Inconel bimetallic joints via Laser Powder Bed Fusion
- Project: Fabricating Cu-Inconel bimetallic joints via Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Book
Preis, J., Core Engineering Concepts and Derivations, Manuscript in Preparation.
Description: This book takes a pyramid approach by presenting axioms in the mathematics, applied statistics, physics, and chemistry chapters, and using these to derive fundamental equations within classical mechanics, materials engineering, solid mechanics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and electrical engineering. Work in progress.
Service
- Academic journal reviewer for Nature Advanced Manufacturing and Additive Manufacturing • September 2023 - Present
- Academic tutor working with foster youth and unhoused populations, San Luis Obispo, CA • September 2016 - June 2019
Conferences
- AMPM 2019, Phoenix, Arizona (Presenter)
- Westec 2019, Long Beach, California (Attendee)
- Formnext 2019, Frankfurt, Germany (Attendee)
- TMS 2023, San Diego, California (Presenter)
- ICAM 2023, Washington DC, California (Presenter)
- Formnext 2023, Frankfrut, Germany (Presenter)
- Formnext 2024, Frankfurt, Germany (Attendee)
- SFF 2025, Austin, Texas (Presenter)
Other
- English (Native)
- Polish (Native)
- Spanish (professional working proficiency)
- German (professional working proficiency)
- Dutch / Flemish (intermediate)
backpacking, running, biking, traveling