Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, 9am in Ford Hive Annex, DOD's Dr. Bindu Nair, Director of the DOD Basic Research Office will showcase DoD’s reasons and methods for doing basic research, how projects are selected and how researchers can engage with DoD program officers. The presentation also will highlight success stories that DoD’s use-inspired, program manager-centered funding model has enabled.
Junior Researcher Catherine Ding from Harvard will discuss mechanics of knitted fabrics for mechanical programmability. 1pm, October 16, Ford 1-230
June 8, 2021 @ 1pm CDT Online Seminar via ZOOM
ABSTRACT
The increasing complexity and severity of service conditions in areas such as aerospace and marine industries, nuclear systems, microelectronics, batteries, and biomedical devices etc., imposes great challenges on the reliable performance of metal subjected to simultaneous surface stress and corrosion. However, the design of strong and corrosion-resistant alloys, especially those containing lightweight elements such as Al are challenged by the tradeoff between strength and corrosion resistance. Solute tends to have a small equilibrium solubility limit in Al due to the relatively large negative enthalpy of mixing with Al. As a result, the formed precipitates strengthen the alloys, but compromises corrosion resistance due to their micro-galvanic coupling with the metal matrix. Towards this end, this talk will focus on the development of novel microstructure design strategies for metals to mitigate the combined attack of wear and corrosion (i.e. tribocorrosion) under harsh conditions. Two design strategies will be discussed to overcome this long-standing dilemma: by forming solid solution alloys and nanostructured multilayers. These studies provide insights for general design guidelines to engineer more robust, high-performance metals for use under harsh conditions.
May 7, 2021 @ 3pm EST Online Seminar via ZOOM
ABSTRACT
Additive manufacturing (AM) provides unprecedented capabilities of building parts with complex geometry and customized properties. Additive manufacturing offers potential forgoing far beyond building complex parts. Despite the explosively growing interest and promising prospective, there remain many grand challenges to overcome to make metal AM widely acceptable in industry. This talk will first highlight various novel applications of AM that have been developed over the last twenty years in my group, spanning from novel material synthesis, functionally gradient materials, remanufacturing and nanoscale AM. Secondly, I will describe the ongoing efforts for developing key enabling technologies that can help expedite the implementation of AM via modeling of processes, microstructure, and resultant properties as well as in process monitoring schemes. Finally, some future challenges and opportunities to be addressed will be described.
Yung C. Shin is the Donald A. & Nancy G. Roach Distinguished Professor of Advanced Manufacturing at Purdue University. He is also director of the Center for Laser-based Manufacturing at Purdue University. His research areas include additive manufacturing, laser processing of materials, advanced machining processes, and intelligent systems. He has published over 420 papers in archived journals and refereed conference proceedings. He is a fellow of SME and ASME and also a member of LIA, ASM and TMS. His honors include the ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award (2007), the best paper awards at the ASME MSEC (2011, 2017), the best paper of the year award from Journal of Laser Applications (2012), the SME Frederick Taylor Research Medal (2015), SME/NAMRIS. M. Wu Research Implementation Award (2016), and College of Engineering Faculty Award of Excellence in Research (2018).
April 23, 2021 @ 3pm EST Online Seminar via ZOOM
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Historically, advancement in manufacturing technology has frequently led to scientific breakthroughs, revolutionary product design, and creation of new consumer markets. These technological improvements can be categorized into two groups: incremental upgrades of the traditional approaches, and disruptive innovation involving outside-the-box thinking. In this talk, Prof. Guo will present research efforts utilizing non-traditional physical principles. Particularly, two examples will be presented to demonstrate outside-the-box thinking in innovation. The first example introduces a vibration-assisted machining method to create wavelength-scale gratings for structural coloration and advanced optics. In the second example, he will introduce new non-contact actuator designs purely based on structural vibration. Finally, he will discuss some new research ideas and hopefully offer inspiration for innovation in future manufacturing.
Dr. Ping Guo is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University. He received his B.S. degree in Automotive Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2009 and his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University in 2014. Before joining Northwestern University in September 2018, he spent four years at the Chinese University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor.
Dr. Guo’s research interests center on the paradigm of micro/meso-scale manufacturing, including surface texturing, process micro-mechanics, miniature machine tools, micro-additive manufacturing, etc. He is the recipient of the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from SME 2020, the Young Investigator Award from the International Symposium on Flexible Automation 2018, and the Hong Kong Research Grants Council Early Career Award 2016.
April 9, 2021 @ 3pm EST Online Seminar via ZOOM
ABSTRACT
Industry already accounts for approximately one-third of global emissions and these emissions are growing quickly as the developing world industrializes. We need sustainable materials processing and Re-X (e.g., recycling) solutions that fit the scale of the challenge and can be deployed in the short as well as long term. This talk first highlights the sources of industry emissions now and in the future, and then the opportunity to reduce emissions by increasing material efficiency in all stages of the product life cycle. We present a fast and easily updateable method for calculating material flows and identifying material efficiency opportunities. We then demonstrate the potential for material efficiency across the life cycle; e.g., manufacturing process innovations for reduction and reuse of light metal scrap, and increased end-of-life metal recycling in the face of increased scrap contamination and changing demand. Finally, we explore some of the most critical basic and applied research directions that can address industrial emissions at a relevant scale.
Dan Cooper is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Michigan. He heads the Resourceful Manufacturing and Design (ReMaDe) group, which is dedicated to pursuing environmental sustainability through process innovations in resource efficiency and optimized manufacturing and recycling supply chains. Dan’s work is at the nexus between Industrial Ecology (IE) and Mechanical Engineering (ME): he uses IE methodologies such as material flow analyses and life cycle assessment to identify opportunities and quantify impacts at the process, factory, and supply chain scale, and then pursues an experimental and mechanistic modeling approach to generate the scientific knowledge underlying those opportunities. Dan received all his degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cambridge before completing a post-doc at MIT. He is the recipient of the 2020 ASME Ben C. Sparks Education Medal, and the 2020 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award.
March 26, 2021 @ 3pm EST Online Seminar via ZOOM
The future of work is shaped by the synergy between ubiquitous automation and artificial intelligence. Automation is currently driven by electric motors, which deliver clean mechanical actuation and are even already replacing engines in transportation, in addition to their role in robotics, prosthetics and energy. In this talk, I will describe a roadmap to replace bulky electric motors and exploit instead bioinspired materials, processes and self-organization phenomena for automation.
First, I will describe the use of liquid surface energy to manufacture surface textures by self-organization, as well as to actuate morphing surfaces. Next, I will describe the design and production of artificial muscles which use electric, thermal, or chemical energy to generate contractile motion.
These examples shed light on the future of work propelled by new materials, nonlinear mechanics and unusual manufacturing processes.
Sam Tawfick is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering and at the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois. Tawfick obtained his PhD from the University of Michigan and was a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT. He is the recipient of the AFOSR Young Investigator Program, the Chaoand Trigger Young Manufacturing Engineer from ASME, the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer by SME, The Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence and the Two-year Alumni Teaching Award from the University of Illinois.
March 12, 2021 @ 3pm EST Online Seminar via ZOOM
Dr. John W. Sutherland is one of the world’s leading authorities on the application of sustainability principles to industrial issues. He has made pioneering research and education contributions, and provided leadership in establishing/advancing the field of environmentally responsible design and manufacturing. He has served as an investigator on over 90 externally funded projects valued in excess of $60M. He has mentored approximately 100 students to the completion of their graduate degrees, including 27 PhD students. He has published nearly 400 papers in various journals and conference proceedings, and is co-author of the textbook: Statistical Quality Design and Control: Contemporary Concepts and Methods. His honors and recognitions include the SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award (1992), Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (1996), SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award (1999), SME Education Award (2009), SAE International John Connor Environmental Award (2010), ASME William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award (2013), and SME Gold Medal (2018). Sutherland is a Fellow of SME, ASME, and CIRP. He received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Feb. 26, 2021 @3pm EST Online seminar via zoom
Dr. Cao served at the National Science Foundation as a program director for two years. She is an elected Fellow of AAAS, ASME, SME, and CIRP. Her major awards include the ASME Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal, SME Gold Medal, and the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship from the DoD. Prof. Cao is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Materials Processing Technology.
Her talk will provide an overview of research philosophy and manufacturing process research using mechanics-driven and data-driven approaches. She will demonstrate the approaches using selected manufacturing processes, i.e., rapid dieless sheet metal forming and metal-based powder-blown additive manufacturing. The goals are to advance the fundamental understanding of the interactions between machine, materials and performance, and to make technical expertise and skills accessible for all experience-levels, democratizing manufacturing access and application.
Feb. 12, 2021 @3pm EST Online seminar via zoom
Chinedum Okwudire received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 2009 and joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at the University of Michigan in 2011. Prior to joining Michigan, he was the mechatronic systems optimization team leader at DMG Mori USA, based in Davis, CA. His research is focused on exploiting knowledge at the intersection of machine design, control and, more-recently, computer science, to boost the performance of manufacturing automation systems at low cost. Chinedum has received a number of awards including the CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation; the Young Investigator Award from the International Symposium on Flexible Automation; the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers; the Ralph Teetor Educational Award from SAE International; and the Russell Severance Springer Visiting Professorship from UC Berkeley. He has co-authored a number of best paper award winning papers in the areas of control and mechatronics.
November 17-18, 2020
Evanston, IL USA
Hosted by Northwestern University
CUP leads research focused on discovery, innovation, and transition of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) propulsion technologies to enable unmatched, enduring power for maneuvering and mobility. The goal of the second CUP workshop is to integrate collaboration in UAS power and propulsion between ARL, academia, industry and government agencies. During this event, ARL technology area leaders and our academic partners will present their project updates and future plans. Industry leaders will also present their recent technology updates. Program will be reviewed by a group of senior industry, academic and government experts. There will be virtual breakout channels on MS Teams.
July 1-3, 2020
Chicago, IL USA
CIRP CMS is a unique and outstanding series of scientific conferences on manufacturing systems. The Conference’s objective is to provide an international forum of researchers a place to share and discuss visions, state of the art and innovations in the field, to disseminate the recent advances, views, and perspectives, and thus, to generate a significant impact on the future of manufacturing systems.
July 5-9, 2020
Chicago, IL, USA
The ISFA Conference provides a focused and intimate setting for dissemination and discussion of advanced manufacturing technologies and other related fields such as dynamical systems and control, logistics and informatics, and design and optimization.
