Completed Research Projects

  1. Development of an Al-Based Structural Alloy Not Requiring Post-Solidification Heat-Treatment
  2. Friction Stir Processing of Aluminum Cast Alloys for High Performance Applications
  3. Predicting the Response of Aluminum Casting Alloys to Heat Treatment
  4. Hot Tearing of Cast and Wrought Alloys and Index for Hot Tearing
  5. Hot Tearing in Aluminum Cast Alloys: Measures and Effect of Process Variables
  6. Castability Control in Metal Casting via Fluidity Measures
  7. Development of an Electronic Data Base for Rapid Selection of Aluminum Die Casting Alloys
  8. Chemistry-Microstructure-Properties Interactions in Aluminum Die-Casting Alloys
  9. Casting Characteristics of Aluminum Die Casting Alloys
  10. Microstructure Evolution During Friction Stir Processing of Aluminum Cast Alloys
  11. Improving Aluminum Casting Alloy and Process Competitiveness
  12. Fatigue Performance of Fluidized Bed Heat Treated Castings
  13. Effect of Mold Vibration on the Performance and Casting Characteristics of Aluminum Alloys
  14. Fatigue Crack Growth Mechanisms in Al-Si-Mg Alloys
  15. Evolution of the Eutectic Microstructure During Solidification of Hypoeutectic Aluminum-Silicon Alloys
  16. Optimization of Heat Treatment Using Fluidized Bed Reactors
  17. Removal of Hydrogen and Solid Particles from Molten Aluminum Alloys in the Rotating Impeller Degasser: Mathematical Models and Computer Simulations
  18. Determination of the Effective Interfacial Heat Transfer Coefficient Between Permanent Molds and Aluminum Castings
  19. The Effect of Key Elements on the Feeding Characteristics of Aluminum-Silicon Casting Alloys
  20. Investigation of Die Soldering Characteristics of Aluminum Die Casting Alloys
  21. Porosity and Fatigue Performance Interactions in Aluminum Cast Alloys
  22. Novel Methods for Grain Refining Aluminum Alloys
  23. Clean Metal Castings
  24. Slurry-Ready SSM: The Continuous Rheoconversion Process (CRP)
  25. SSM Related Publications (2002-Present)
  26. SSM Alloy Development
  27. Optimization of the Heat Treatment of Semi Solid Processed A356 Aluminum Alloy
  28. AlB2 Grain Refined Billet Route – SiBloy®
  29. Quantitative Microstructure Characterization of Commercial Semi-Solid Aluminum Alloys
  30. Yield Stress Measurements and Microstructure Evolution in SSM Al-Based Alloys
  31. Modeling and Simulation of SSM Rheology
  32. Microstructural Evolution in Semi-Solid Alloys: Efficient Formation of Structures Suitable for Semi-Solid Forming
  33. Development of Alternate SSM Aluminum Alloys
  34. Slurry-Ready SSM: Structural Refinement Through Mixing of Two Liquids
  35. Microstructure Evolution in Magnesium Casting Alloys
  36. High Integrity Magnesium Automotive Castings (HI-MAC)
  37. Alloy Development for SSM Processing of Copper Alloys
  38. Helium-Assisted Sand Casting of Aluminium Alloys
  39. The Controlled Diffusion Solidification Process: Fundamentals and Principles
  40. Aluminum Nano-Composites for Elevated Temperature Applications
  41. Clean Aluminum: Processing Methodologies and Performance on Mechanical Properties
  42. Alternate Eutectic Systems for Aluminum Casting Alloys
  43. High-Performance Die Casting Alloys: Castings for Improved Readiness
  44. Processing Routes for Al based Nano-Composites (High Performance Nano Composite Materials – Superior Weapons through Castings Program (US Army – Benet Laboratories)
  45. HyperCAST – Vehicle Energy Efficiency via SHS Composite Cast Components (Funded by the US DOE)
  46. Precipitation Strengthening of Aluminum by Transition Metal Aluminides
  47. Improvement of Impact Strength and Fracture Toughness of Castings Through Chemically Induced Residual Stress
  48. Residual Stress in Aluminum Castings
  49. 60/40/10 Cast Aluminum Alloy
  50. Thin-Walled High Integrity Aluminum Die Casting (Funded by the US DoD)
  51. Nanocomposite Manufacturing (Funded by the US DoD)
  52. Aluminum Nanocomposites for Elevated Temperature Applications
  53. Castable High Strength Al-Mg-Zn Alloys Development
  54. Residual Stress in Al Castings
  55. In-Situ Manufacturing Techniques For Aluminum Matrix Nano-Composites (LIFT)
  56. Thin-Wall Aluminum Die Casting – Optimized Heat Treatment (LIFT)
  57. Friction Stir Processing of Aluminum Cast Alloys for High Performance Applications
  58. Predicting the Response of Aluminum Casting Alloys to Heat Treatment
  59. Fluidized Bed Heat Treatment Of Cast Al-Si Based Alloys
  60. The Effect of Mechanical Mold Vibrations on the Characteristics of Aluminum Casting Alloys
  61. The Controlled Diffusion Solidification Process (CDS): Fundamentals and Principles
  62. Hot Tearing in Aluminum Cast Alloys: Measures and Effect of Process Variables
  63. I-Select-Al: An Electronic Tool for Selection and Prediction of Aluminum Die Casting Alloys
  64. Microstructure Evolution During Friction Stir Processing of Aluminum Cast Alloys
  65. Optimization of Molybdenum Electrodes for Glass Melting Furnace (Industrial Internship)
  66. X-Ray Fluorescence Identification of Molten Aluminum Composition (Industrial Internship)
  67. Die Solder Reduction (Industrial Internship)
  68. Cost Effective Densification of Critical-Application Aluminum Castings through Simultaneous Hot Isostatic Pressing and Solution Heat Treatment (Industrial Internship)
  69. Modeling of Sand Casting Processes (Industrial Internship)
  70. Active Filtration (Industrial Internship)
  71. SSM Processing of 390 Alloy (Industrial Internship)
  72. Heat Transfer Coefficient Variation in Permanent Mold Casting (ACRC)
  73. Innovative Heat Treat Methods for Al Castings (ACRC)
  74. Al-Based High Entropy Alloys (ACRC)
  75. Assessment and Enhancement of Metal Casting Process via Machine Learning
  76. FEA Correlation of 3D Scanned Model of Cast Porosity