Research Projects

  • High Productivity Direct Energy Deposition (DED) Additive Manufacturing (AM) with In-Situ Cryogenic Cooling Control, Graduate Student: Alexey Kuprienko, Sponsor: Office of Naval Research (ONR) ManScience Program, Collaborators: Dennis Harwig (OSU MSE/WE), Caroline Vail (NSWC Carderock)

  • Development of Computational Tools for Determining Process Conditions for Laser and Electron Beam Welding of Strategic Materials – Phase II, Graduate Student: Sydney Coates, Sponsor: NSF I/UCRC Manufacturing and Materials Innovation Center (Ma2JIC), Collaborators: Boyd Panton, John Lippold (OSU MSE/WE), Los Alamos National Lab (LANL)

  • Waveform controlled gas metal arc welding of corrosion resistant alloys without back purging, Graduate Student: Jeremy McNicol, Sponsor: NSF I/UCRC Manufacturing and Materials Innovation Center (Ma2JIC), Collaborators: Narasi Sridhar (OSU MSE), Lincoln Electric, Shell, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

  • Mechanisms of Hierarchical Microstructure Formation under Rapid Solidification of Functional Heusler Alloys, Graduate Student: Emily Flitcraft, Sponsor: National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research (NSF DMR), Collaborators: Markus Chmielus,  Wei Xiong (University of Pittsburgh)

  • Insight into Liquid Metal Embrittlement in the Fe-Zn and Fe-Cu Systems, Graduate Student: Dean Sage, Sponsor: OSU Institute for Materials Research (IMR), OSU Fellowship, Collaborators: Joerg Jinschek, Antonio Ramirez (OSU MSE/WE)

  • Development of a High Chromium, Ni-Base Filler Metal for Nuclear Applications, Graduate Student: Luke Johnson (graduated with MS in Autumn 2019), Sponsor: Electric Power Research Institute, Collaborators: John C. Lippold (OSU MSE/WE)

  • Effect of Interstitial Elements on the Weldability of Nickel Base Alloys, Graduate Student: Louie Aguilar (graduated with MS in Summer 2019), Sponsor: Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)/NSF I/UCRC Manufacturing and Materials Innovation Center (Ma2JIC)

  • Weldability of High Entropy Alloys for High Temperature Applications, Graduate Student: Alexander C. Martin (graduated with MS in Summer 2019), Sponsor: AWS-Miller Electric Graduate Fellowship