Darin McFadden is a graduate student in the Industrial Engineering Department at New Mexico State University. His research is focused on application of ultrasound testing in rapid quality control of additive manufacturing parts. His research is supported by Department of Energy as part of Consortium for in and ex-situ quality control of additive manufacturing (QCAM). through his research he could develop a rapid qualification method to optimize directed energy deposition (DED) parameters for Ti64 materials.