Katy Bradford is currently an IBUILD Fellow with the DOE Building Technologies Office, researching sustainable construction materials for 3D-printed housing as a doctoral student at the Georgia institute of Technology. She is also a licensed structural engineer with more than five years of experience in the construction industry, including structural design, climate-specific architecture, envelope performance, building component manufacturability, construction product development, and building information modeling. She is passionate about simultaneously reducing the carbon footprint of building materials and improving the availability of affordable housing in the United States.
Represented Organization
Cassette Construction
Key Innovation
An advanced manufacturing process for the offsite fabrication of extruded wall and floor panels made from low-cost, low-carbon building materials.
ORNL Principal Investigator
- Soydan Ozcan - Group Leader, Country, Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies, Energy Science and Technology Directorate