Dave Waldbillig

Dr. Dave Waldbillig is Director, Advanced Manufacturing at Exergy Solutions and leads Exergy’s Additive Manufacturing group.  He holds a PhD in Materials Engineering from the University of British Columbia and is a Professional Engineer registered with APEGA.  He has more than 15 years experience in materials and coatings R&D, technology development and product commercialization and is passionate about pushing AM’s boundaries to bring in new materials and AM capabilities into Alberta. Exergy Solutions is Alberta’s largest additive manufacturing company with industrial scale AM equipment including FDM, SLA, SLS and HP MJF polymer printers and a Renishaw metal printer, production scale depowdering and vapour smoothing and CNC machining.  Our AM team develops solutions to AM’s toughest technical and design challenges.  Exergy works with a wide range of partners including universities and colleges, start-ups, SMEs, and Alberta’s largest companies.  The company currently leads a NGEN supercluster project in partnership with a major oil sands producer to use AM to develop new technologies to improve reliability and reduce the environmental impact of oil sands production.  Exergy’s mission is to accelerate innovation for current Alberta industries and to support the growth of clean technology companies and AM is a key enabler of this mission.