Todd 334 on Monday, Sept. 12, from noon to 1 p.m.
The Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering is hosting a seminar presented by Dr. Amit Bandyopadyay, professor in Mechanical and Materials Engineering at WSU.
Additive Manufacturing of Hard Materials
Abstract: Additive manufacturing (AM) is an approach to process parts directly from its computer aided design (CAD) file. AM is changing the landscapes of current industrial practices. On-demand manufacturing using AM technologies is a new trend that will significantly influence many industries and product design protocols. Since there is no need for any part specific tooling, different parts can be built using the same machine. Most of these parts are near net-shape and require only small finishing operation. Unlike even 10 years back, when most of these AM produced parts were used for touch and feel, and design optimization, functional parts via additive manufacturing is becoming common in most industrial sectors.
We have worked on additive manufacturing of hard materials, primarily metals and ceramics, over the last two decades. We have used fused deposition modeling, laser engineered net shaping and powder bed based 3D printing processes. Using these AM approaches, we have manufactured parts with compositional, functional and structural gradation mostly for space and biomedical applications. My presentation will focus some of the key success stories from our research, as well as current challenges in the field.
Personal Bio: Amit Bandyopadhyay received his BS in Metallurgical Engineering from Jadavpur University in 1989 (Kolkata, India), MS in Metallurgy from the Indian Institute of Science in 1992 (Bangalore, India) and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1995. He joined the Center for Ceramics Research at Rutgers University for his post-doctoral training in 1995. In 1997, he joined the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) at WSU as an Assistant Professor and promoted to an Associate level in 2001 and to the full professor level in 2006. Prof. Bandyopadhyay’s research expertise lies with additive manufacturing of metallic and ceramic materials and their composites towards structural, bio- and piezoelectric applications.
Prof. Bandyopadhyay published over 260 technical papers including over 180 journal papers, inventor of 14 US patents, and edited 8 books. His research papers have been cited over 8300 times by various research groups and his current “h” index is 50. Prof. Bandyopadhyay supervised / supervising 16 Ph.D. and 24 MS students in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Physics. Among others, Prof. Bandyopadhyay received the CAREER award from the US National Science Foundation and the Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award from the US Office of Naval Research. Prof. Bandyopadhyay is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), American Society for Materials (ASM International), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
