US Patents:
- Farhang Pourboghrat, “Method for Determining the Radius of a Bending Die for Use With a Bending Machine for Bending a Part and an Associate Apparatus”, Patent No. 5,508,935, April 16, 1996.
- Farhang Pourboghrat, “An Improved Bending Machine and A Method for Bending A Part”, Patent No. 5,519,623, May 21, 1996.
- Farhang Pourboghrat, Zampaloni, M., and Benard, A., “Hydroforming of Composite Materials”, Patent No. 6,631,630, October 14, 2003.
- Dave Genise, Suzanne Zampaloni, Andrew Harman,Michael Zampaloniand Farhang Pourboghrat, “Hydroformed Port Liner”, Patent No. 2007,0022,982.
- Farhang Pourboghrat and Nick Kuuttila, “Apparatus and Methods for Thermo-hydroforming”, Patent No. US 2016/0129495 Al.
Funded Research Proposals:
- Kyriakides, S. and Pourboghrat, F. (co-PI) “Stretch Forming of Aluminum Extruded Tubes for Automotive Applications”, Funded by NSF, Division of Design, Manufacture, & Industrial Innovation (Proposal No. DMI-9522774), March 1995 – March 1998, $103,202.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI) “Developing Design Capability for Aluminum Tube Hydroforming”, Funded by Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA), $67,000 (open ended).
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI) “Development of PC-Based Analysis Tool for Hydroforming of Thin-Walled Hollow Extrusions,” Funded by Manufacturing Research Consortium (MRC) at MSU, $29,602, August 1998 – August 1999.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI) and Benard, A, “Hydroforming of Composite Materials,” Research Excellence Fund (REF), $9,500, September 1998 – September 1999.
- Averill, R. and Pourboghrat, F. (co-PI), “Microstructural Evolution During Stamping of Textile Preforms,” Research Excellence Fund (REF), $29,156, September 1998 – September 1999.
- Averill, R. and Pourboghrat, F. (co-PI), “Microstructural Evolution During Stamping of Textile Preforms,” Research Excellence Fund (REF), $23,500, September 1999 – September 2000.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI) “Development of PC-Based Analysis Tool for Hydroforming of Thin-Walled Hollow Extrusions,” Funded by Manufacturing Research Consortium (MRC), $15,000, August 1999 – August 2000.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI) and Benard, A, “Hydroforming of Composite Materials,” Research Excellence Fund (REF), $29,000 September 1999 – September 2000.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI) “A Micro-mechanics (Polycrystalline) Model of Tube Hydroforming,” Funded by Manufacturing Research Consortium (MRC), $40,500, August 1999 – August 2000.
- Averill, R. and Pourboghrat, F. (co-PI), “Microstructural Evolution During Stamping of Textile Preforms,” Research Excellence Fund (REF), $20,800, July 1, 2000 – 31, 2000.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI) and Benard, A, “Hydroforming of Composite Materials,” submitted to Research Excellence Fund (REF), $27,300,July 1 – Dec. 2000.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI) “An Experimental and Numerical Study of Thermo-Hydroforming (Fluid Forming) of Aluminum Sheet Alloys,” Funded by Manufacturing Research Consortium (MRC), $35,000, August 2000 – August 2001.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI),”NSF-GOALI: Constitutive Modeling for Polycrystalline Aluminum Alloy Extrusions and Application to Hydroforming of Thin-Walled Tubes,” Funded by National Science Foundation, $227,738, 9/1/00 – 8/31/03.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “NSF-GOALI: Constitutive Modeling for Polycrystalline Aluminum Alloy Extrusions and Application to Hydroforming of Thin-Walled Tubes,” Funded by Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA), $45,000, 9/1/00 – 8/31/03.
- (UTPA: Chen, J.G., Bose, S.C., Freeman, R.A., Gonzalez, M.A., LeMaster, E.) and (MSU: Lloyd, J.R., Chung, M.J., Goodman, E.D., Kwon, P., Pourboghrat, F.), “Rapid Product Development in International Production,” Funded by National Science Foundation – Partnerships for Innovation (NSF-PFI), MSU partnership with the University of Texas – Pan American, $589,216, (MSU: $289,215 and UTPA: $300,001), 01/01/01 – 01/01/03.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “An Experimental and Numerical Study of Hydroforming (Fluid Forming) of Aluminum Sheet Alloys,” Manufacturing Research Consortium (MRC), $33,600, August 2001 – August 2002.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “Thermo-hydroforming of Aluminum Sheet Alloys,” GM R&D – $239,194, 1/1/02 – 8/31/05.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “3D Simulation of Sheet Hydroforming of Complex Aluminum Automotive Parts,” Manufacturing Research Consortium (MRC), $30,000, August 2002 – August 2003.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “Accurate Yield Functions for Finite Element Analysis of Hydroforming of Seamless Aluminum Tubes,” Manufacturing Research Consortium (MRC), $30,000, August 2002 – August 2003.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), NSF-GOALI: Constitutive Modeling for Polycrystalline Aluminum Alloy Extrusions and Application to Hydroforming of Thin-Walled Tubes,” $12,000, 9/1/02 – 8/31/03.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “Hydroforming of Manifold Sleeve Inserts for Diesel Cylinder,” $82,000, Eaton Corporation, 9/1/03 – 5/30/04.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “Manufacturing and Modeling of Multi-Material Layered Structures Utilizing Bio-Composites,” $84,561, REF, 1/1/04 – 12/30/04.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulation of 3D Sheet Forming Processes (Numisheet 2005),” Proposal to GM, Ford, Daimler-Chrysler, and AISI to provide $80,000 for the organization of the Numisheet 2005 conference and benchmark experiments, 1/1/04 – 8/31/05.
- Drzal, L., Mohanty, A. K., Misra, M., Dale, B. E., Pourboghrat, F. (co-PI), “Design and Engineering of Green Composites From Bio-Fibers and Bio-plastics,” $599,172, 5/15/04 – 5/14/08, NSF- PREMISE (Product Realization and Environmental Manufacturing Innovative Systems)-PHASE II.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “Quantitative Comparison of Aluminum Alloy Sheet Forming Methods,” GM R&D – $199,737, 3/1/06 – 2/28/08.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “Micromechanical Modeling of Fracture at Grain Boundaries in Aluminum Alloys,” Alcoa Research Lab – $20,000, 9/1/06 – 8/31/08.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), Drzal, L., Mohanty, A. K., Misra, M., Loose, A., “NSF-MRI: Acquisition of a Thermo-hydroforming Stamping Press for Research and Education in Forming of Multifunctional Nanocomposite and Biocomposite Polymer Structures,” NSF, $457,000, 9/15/07 – 9/14/11.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), Jayaraman, K., “Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Long-term Performance ofPolymeric Liner in Total Hip Joint Replacements,” IRGP, $56,625, 1/1/08 – 6/30/09.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “A Survey of Emerging Biocomposite Materials,” GeneralDynamicLand System – $25,000, 5/1/09 – 5/30/10.
- Drzal, L., and Pourboghrat, F. (co-PI), “Replacement of Glass fibers with Natural fibers in PP/GF Structural Parts,” Faurecia Interior Systems – $50,000, 5/1/10 – 12/30/10.
- Bieler, T., and Pourboghrat, F. (co-PI), “NSF-GOALI: Microstructural evolution and damage nucleation mechanisms during thermomechanical cycling in the Sn phase of lead-free solder joints,” NSF,$419,979, 8/1/10 – 9/30/13.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “Thermo-hydroforming of graphene nano-platelet polymer composite,” TARDEC/Army Research Lab – through Composite Vehicle Research Center, $323,841, 06/20/2011-09/01/2013.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “Combined theoretical/experimental development of a constitutive model for steels with the transformation induced plasticity effect,” GM R&D, $90,000, 1/1/2012 – 12/30-2012.
- Bieler, T., Pourboghrat, F., Wright, N.T., and Compton, C., “The Cost of Grain Boundaries on the Performance of Superconducting Cavities,” DOE, $600,000, 09/01/2013 – 08/31/2016.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “Thermo-hydroforming of Thermoplastic Helmets,” BAE Systems, $32,061, 02/01/2013 – 05/31/2014.
- Bieler, T., Pourboghrat, F., “Seamless Nb Tubes for SRF Cavities,” Shear Form Inc., DOE, $60,000, 03/01/2013 – 03/31/2015.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), Loos, A., and Gianaris, N., “Development of Fiber-reinforced, Polymeric Resin, Pre-pregged Blanks for Manufacturing Composite Structures by the Thermo-hydroforming Process,” Mott Community College, Army US Dept. of, $258,356, 08/16/2013 – 06/30/2014.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “Integrated Computational Approach to Development of Lightweight Third Generation AHSS Vehicle Sub-Assembly,” DOE funding of $6,000,000 (plus $3M industry match) distributed between 5 universities and one national lab (Pourboghrat’s share: $641,597), 02/2013 – 01/31/17.
- (MSU: Bieler, T., Eisenlohr. P, Wright, N., Compton C.), (ASU: Solnaki, K.), (OSU: Pourboghrat, F.), ” The Effect of Process History on Grain Boundaries and Dislocation Substructures on Functional Properties of Nb for SRF Cavities: Plastic Formability and Microstructure Evolution” DOE-Office of High Energy Physics. Total Funding: $1.3M (Pourboghrat’s share: $300,000). Funding Duration: June 1, 2016 – May 31, 2019.
- F. (PI), and Daehn, G., “Agile Fabrication of Sheet Metal Components with Assured Properties,” DOD/ONR/ALMMII/LIFT, $770,184). Funding Duration: 6/1/16 – 5/30/2018.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “Friction Stir Extrusion,” DOD/ONR/ALMMII/LIFT, $779,412). Funding Duration: 7/15/16 – 12/30/2018.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “Finite Element Modeling of Lightweight UAM Reinforced Structures,” Honda R&D, $112,630. Funding Duration: 1/1/17 – 05/30/2018.
- Ames, N., Pourboghrat. F., and Benatar “Ultrasonic Pre-Consolidation of Armor,” DOD Office of Naval Research, $100,000. Funding Duration: 6/1/16 – 03/30/2017.
- Krishnaswamy, S. and Daehn, G. (US senior personnel: Niezgoda, S., Cao, L., and Pourboghrat, F.; TUD German Senior Personnel: Tekkaya, E., Stommel, M., Walther, F., and Menzel, A.) “NSF-IRES: Forming and Manufacturing Research in Germany,” NSF, $249,974.Funding Duration: 2/01/17 – 1/30/2020 (pending).
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “Finite Element Modeling of CFRP Structures with Discrete Joining Methods,” Honda R&D, $130,400. Funding Duration: 8/24/18 – 8/23/2019.
- Pourboghrat, F. (PI), “Finite Element Modeling of UAM Reinforced Formed Components,” Honda R&D, $130,400. Funding Duration: 8/24/18 – 8/23/2019.
- Pourboghrat. F. (PI), “Finite Element Analysis of Low Cost Agile Tooling (LCAT) – Forming Dies,” Honda R&D, $150,000. Funding Duration: 8/24/18 – 8/23/2019.