Research Group Members

Current

Principal Investigator Research Interests:
My research interests range across the field of Design and Manufacturing with emphasis on: Advances in plastic forming of metals at micro, meso, and macro scales; Triboscience and Tribotechnologies pertaining to manufacturing processes; Numerical modeling via FEA; Manufacturing process optimization; and Design of machinery.

bandar

Mr. Bandar Alzahrani, PhD Student :
Theme: Hydroforging

lin

Mr. Lin Li, PhD Student :
Theme: Dieless Hydroforming

kyle

Mr. Kyle Pender, MS Student :
Theme: Hybrid Processes

james

Mr.James Lowrie, MS Student :
Theme: Microforming.

ryan

Mr. Ryan Kordsmeier, MS Student :
Theme: Instrumentation for micro-level materials characterization

Alumni

	Mr. Joseph Cochran, MS (2006) : Theme: Development and Evaluation of Environmentally Friendly Cold-Forging Lubricants Based on an Emulsion Polymerization System.
	Mr. Chris Gibson, MS (2007) : Theme: Investigation of Tube Hydroforming Process Envelope for Macro/Meso Scalability.
	Cristina Bunget, PhD (2008): PhD Theme: Mechanics of Ultrasonic Tube Hyroforming. MS Theme: Ultrasonic Microforming.
	Mr. Nikhil Sudhakar Karkahanis, MS (2008) : Theme: An Integrated System Approach to Lubricant Development in Cold Forging.
	Mr. Karan Deshmukh, MS (2009) : Theme: Database for Real-Time Loading Path Prediction for Tube Hydroforming.
	Obadiah Kilonzo, PhD (2010) : Theme: Process control Modeling and Real-Time Error Compensation in Tube Hydroforming.
	Mr. Grant Welch, MS (2010) : Theme:Simplifying Tube Hydroforming Press Control by Load Path Creation
	Mr. Michael Thomas, Undergraduate Researcher(2009) : Theme: Dual Pressure Tube Hydroforming.
	Mr. Jason Royster, Undergraduate Researcher(2009) : Theme: Tube Hydroforming Control.
	Mr. Ankeet Patel, Undergraduate Researcher(2010) : Theme: Tube Hydroforming Press Design
	Mr. Robert Clark, Undergraduate Researcher(2010) : Theme: Microforming.
	Chen Yang, PhD (2011) : Theme: Preform Optimization in Forging and Tube Hydroforming. Resume and information on PhD work
	Angshuman Ghosh, PhD (2011) : Theme: Temperature Prediction in Ultrasonic Microextrusion. Resume and information on PhD work
	Mr. Stephen Hummel, MS (2012) : Theme: Tube Hydroforming
	Mr. Chris Sturgis, Undegraduate Researcher (2011) : Theme: Tube Hydroforming