MSE-WE Colloquium: Radovan Kovacevic, Recent Achievements in Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
All dates for this event occur in the past.
264 MacQuigg Labs
105 W. Woodruff Ave
Columbus, OH 43210
United States
Abstract
In order to respond to the industry’s needs and to provide the conditions to educate undergraduate and graduate students in the area of manufacturing engineering, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and SMU as a whole founded the Research center for Advanced Manufacturing (RCAM) in September 1999. More information on this center is available at www.lyle.smu.edu/rcam.
In August 2005, SMU was awarded a grant by the national Science Foundation to join the multi-university Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing also called at SMU as a Center for Laser-aided Manufacturing (CLAM). More information on this center is available at www.lyle.smu.edu/clam
The RCAM and CLAM are nationally and internationally recognized for work done on the development of a number of cutting-edge technologies. Dr. Kovacevic will provide an overview of the most recent results on the development of a rapid manufacturing/repair system based on laser cladding and electron beam melting, real-time visualization of the molten pool; development of a laser-based seam tracking and adaptive fill control system for submerged arc welding; modification of surface properties by high-power lasers, surface texturing of aluminum alloys by an electric arc; hybrid laser/arc welding for welding aluminum, magnesium, steel; numerical simulation of heat transfer and mass flow in different welding processes; friction stir welding of dissimilar aluminum alloys; application of variable-polarity plasma arc welding for repair of high-value aluminum parts; etc.
Bio
Dr. Kovacevic is, a founder of RCAM and CLAM, is in charge to lead the research work on advanced manufacturing at SMU. Before he joined SMU in August of 1997 he was an Associate Professor (1991-1993) and Full Professor (1993-1997) at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, and Associate Professor (1987-1990) at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, and faculty for 16 years at the University of Montenegro, former Yugoslavia. He is a recipient of the 2000 Taylor Research Medal presented by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers for “significant published research leading to a better understanding of materials, facilities, principles and their application to improve manufacturing processes”. He was a Fulbright Scholar, Alexander von Humboldt Scholar (Germany), and Carl Duisberg Scholar (Germany) and he has been awarded a number of prestigious awards. He is a Fellow of the American Welding Society, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Kovacevic has to his credit seven U.S. patents, over 20 invention disclosures, and he has authored and co-authored five books and over 540 technical papers. In the last twenty years his research has been supported with $20 million in grants and contracts from a number of leading corporations and government agencies. His current research team consists of 13 Ph.D. candidates, two research engineers, three Visiting Professor, and five undergraduate interns.