Engineering Design and Manufacturing Group Page
Engineering Design and Manufacturing Group
Members:
- C. Batur, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
- W.K. Binienda, Ph.D., Civil Engineering
- M.J. Braun, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
- F.K. Choy, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
- G.C. Gaikos, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
- Y.J. Lin, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
- M. Savage, Ph.D., Mechanincal Engineering
- T.S. Srivatsan, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
I. Goals:
To broaden and integrate the academia with industry by providing:
- new tool
- methodologies
- engineering techniques
which may ultimately lead to significant advances of the engineering
design and manufacturing principles and techniques.
II. Motivation
In face of global competition, industry demands that students should develop
strengths in a number of areas including:
- leadership
- communication skills
- quantificaiton skills
- interpersonal relations
- ability to work in cross-functional teams
This can be achieved by promoting a strong interdisciplinary academic
interaction with industry, with a bi-directional transfer of knowledge and
expertise, so that both parts could benefit.
III. Research Areas
- Control of Transparent Crystal Growth Furnaces
- Control of Polymer Processing Machines
- Fuzzy and Neutral Network based Identification and Control
- Automated Knowledge Acquisition through Artificial Intelligence
- Mechanics, Processing and Fabrication of Composite Materials
- Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of Concrete Structure Techniques
- Machine Vision
- Equipment Design for Chemical and Polymer Industry
- Lubrication, Experimental Tribology and Imaging
- Dynamics of Rotating Machinery-Gear Transmission Analysis
- Design and Development of Low Cost but Efficient Medical Imaging Systems
- Computer Graphics and Automation
- Computer Controlled Machining
- Smart Structure Technology for Aerospace Applications
- Mechanical Design of Systems and Components
- Computer Modeling of Machines
- Application of Optimization and Reliability in Design
- Mechanical Behavior of Materials
- Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Material
- Fracture Mechanics
- Electron Microscopy and Failure Analysis
IV. Summary
- The interdisciplinary interests of the Engineering Design and Manufacturing
Group were presented.
- This initiative is inteded to enhance the interdependencies and
multi-disciplinary team-oriented nature of work and decision making in
today's global industries.
- As a result, industry will be able to tackle the global competition more
effectively
- In addition, local and global economies will be improved significantly
Lehigh University's Educational Program in Integrated Product
Development (IPD)
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