Research

Projects

1. Fundamental Study of Post-surface Processing of Selective Laser Melted Aerospace Alloys (current work on Ti-5553)

 

2. Friction Stir Welding of Dissimilar Materials (current work on Al to BMGs)

3. Surface Integrity Relating to Microstructure Evolution during Hybrid Micro-machining of Bulk Metallic Glasses (BMGs)

4. High Speed Machining of Aerospace Alloys (current work on Ti-5553, FRPs/CFRPs and Al-MMCs)

 

Fabrication Equipment

1. EOS M 100 Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) system

EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems

EOS M 100

2. HAAS CNC Mill (TM-1)

HAAS Automation, Inc.

CNC mill 

3. HAAS CNC Lathe (ST-10) 

HAAS Automation, Inc.

HAAS CNC Lathe

4. Acra Variable Speed Milling Machine (AM2V)

FREJOTH International Ltd

ACRA mill

5. Acra Automatic Surface Grinder (1224HS)

FREJOTH International Ltd

Acra surface grinder

 

Prototyping Machines

1. uPrint 3D Printer (SE Plus)

Stratasys Ltd.

uPrint 3D printer

2.Ultimaker 3D Printer (2+

Ultimaker USA Inc. 

Ultimaker 3D printer

 

Characterization Facilities 

Available from: 

Chemical and Materials Engineeering Department

Materials Characterization and Metrology Center

Microscale Process Engineering Laboratory