Seminar
Title: |
Mechanical Micromachining: A Pathway to Emerging Technologies |
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Speaker: |
Dr. Shreyes Melkote |
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Affiliation: |
Georgia Tech, Mechanical Engineering |
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When: |
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 11:00:00 AM |
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Where: |
MRDC Building, Room 4211 |
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Host: |
Dr. Wayne Book | |
Abstract With continuous advances in engineering materials and the growing demand for miniaturization and economically viable products, research in manufacturing has several challenges to address. An important challenge in current manufacturing research is the development of new processes and related science for producing micro-scale parts and features in conventional and advanced engineering materials for various applications in medical devices, consumer electronics, and optics. Manufacturing process science, as applied to machining of three-dimensional micro-scale features and parts using conventional and advanced engineering materials, is however still in its early stages. In this talk, I will present our ongoing research on mechanical micromachining and laser-based hybrid methods. Specifically, I will discuss our work on understanding the origins of size effects in micro-scale material removal and present an innovative laser-assisted mechanical micromachining process for creating free-form features in very hard materials. In addition to micromachining, I will also discuss our work on breakage-free handling of silicon substrates of micron-level thickness for photovoltaic applications. I will conclude my presentation with brief highlights of other research in emerging areas of manufacturing. |
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Biography Shreyes N. Melkote is a Professor and Woodruff Faculty Fellow in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He also serves as Associate Director of the Manufacturing Research Center, where he directs the interdisciplinary Graduate Manufacturing Certificate Program. Dr. Melkote earned his B.Tech. (Honors) degree in Manufacturing Science & Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1987 and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1993. He did post-doctoral research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign prior to joining Georgia Tech in 1995. Dr. Melkote’s current research activities are in mechanical and hybrid micromachining, photovoltaic manufacturing, surface integrity enhancement methods, and wireless sensors for machining process monitoring. He has published over 140 journal and conference papers on these and other manufacturing topics. Dr. Melkote is an ASME Fellow and the recipient of several honors, most notably the ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award and the SME Dell K. Allen Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award. He is an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science & Engineering and the Journal of Machining Science & Technology. He serves on the Board of Directors of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution (NAMRI) of the SME and is active in the Manufacturing Engineering Division of the ASME. |
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