ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF OXIDE DISPERSION STRENGTHENED (ODS) NI-BASED SUPERALLOYS VIA POWDER BED TECHNIQUES COULD ENABLE NEAR-NETSHAPE MANUFACTURING OF INTRICATELY SHAPED COMPONENTS FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF HOT SECTIONS OF VEHICLES WHICH FACE EVER RISING DEMANDS FOR HIGHER OPERATING TEMPERATURES. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO LAY THE SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF ODS ALLOYS. THE WORK IS SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO PRIMARY TASKS: QUANTIFY HOW THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE NON-SPHERICAL FEEDSTOCK CONTROLS THE RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE POWDER IN ORDER TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE POWDER PROCESSING ROUTES TO ENABLE POWDER BED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; AND UNDERSTAND HOW THE ADDITIVE PROCESSING SPACE RESULTS IN THE SUBSEQUENT MICROSTRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENTS. STATISTICAL STUDY DESIGN PROTOCOLS WILL BE EMPLOYED TO MINIMIZE THE VARIABLE SPACE WHILE MAXIMIZING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE APPROACH TO SCREEN AND MODEL PROCESS-PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS. IF SUCCESSFUL THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL HAVE TESTED THE VALIDITY OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING ODS NICKEL-BASED ALLOYS AND THUS BE THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS ENABLING MORE ROBUST THRUST SYSTEMS.