William Bernstein
Acting Division Technical Director, DAF ManTech
- Role
- Acting Technical Director at Air Force Research Laboratory
- Location
- Dayton, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About William Bernstein
Dr. William Z. Bernstein is the Acting Technical Director for the Manufacturing, Industrial Technologies, and Energy Division at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). He oversees a large portfolio of high-value technology maturation efforts to benefit the DAF mission. He has published more than sixty technical articles in journals and refereed conference proceedings and has been awarded two US patents. He serves as an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering. He has received multiple honors and awards. Representative examples include the 2019 ASME Computers in Engineering (CIE) Young Engineer Award and a 2020 Department of Commerce (DOC) Bronze Medal Award for his contributions to ASTM Sustainable Manufacturing (E60) standards, and a 2025 Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award (DMTAA).
Experience
Acting Technical Director
Apr 2026 — Present
Education
University of Cincinnati
BSBME, Biomediacal Engineering, Minor: Materials Science Engineering
2004 — 2009
Purdue University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering
2009 — 2015
Purdue University
Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering
2009 — 2015
Skills
- Agent-Based Modeling
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Ansys
- Matlab
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Catia
- Materials Science
- R&D
- Product Design
- Labview
- Design of Experiments
- Product Life Cycle Management
- Engineering Education
- Pro Engineer
- Simulations
- Axiomatic Design
- Engineering
- Solidworks
- Mechanical Engineering
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