Research Areas:
Additive Manufacturing
Micro and macro to large-scale metal additive manufacturing, process-structure-property relationships in additive manufacturing; smart technologies for additive manufacturing, multi-material additive manufacturing
Sustainable Materials
Energy-efficient material design for manufacture; molecular, microstructural and metallurgical transformation of materials; self-healing materials and memory alloys
Sustainable Manufacturing Systems
Metrics for sustainability performance, design and analysis of sustainable supply chains; sustainable quality systems; energy-efficient supply chain operations and manufacturing systems
Sustainable Product Development
Energy-efficient products; sustainability metrics for products; 6R-based product design for sustainability
Society, Public Policy and Regulatory Issues in Sustainable Manufacturing
Societal impact studies; legislative and administrative issues; policy implementation; product and process liability; ethics
Sustainable Manufacturing Processes
Energy-efficient and environmentally benign manufacturing processes toxic-free, hazardless, safe and secure technologies; minimal use of metal working fluids and chemicals; metrics-based evaluation of manufacturing processes
Economic Analysis of Sustainable Products and Processes
Life-cycle product cost analysis; marketing strategies and business economics for sustainable products and processes
Research Laboratories in ISM
- Next Generation Additive Manufacturing Research Laboratory
- Brazing, Soldering and Heat Exchangers Research Laboratory
- Energy, Nanomechanics, and Surfaces Research Laboratory
- Manufacturing Systems and Supply Chain Research Laboratory
- Sustainable Machining Research Laboratory
- Sustainable Operations Management Laboratory
- Welding Research Laboratory
- Augmented Intelligence for Smart Manufacturing (AISM) Lab
Participating UK Academic Units and Centers
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Gatton College of Business and Economics
- College of Design
- Center for Applied Energy Research
- Center for Aluminum Technology
Research Sponsors
Agencies
- DMDII (Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute)
- KSEF (Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation)
- LIFT (Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow)
- NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
- NSF (National Science Foundation)
- NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- US Air Force Research Laboratory
- US Army
- US Department of Education
Industry Sponsors
- 3M
- Air Products, Inc.
- Boeing
- Caterpillar
- Ford
- General Electric
- General Motors
- HAAS
- IMTI (Integrated Manufacturing Technology)
- Kennametal
- Lexmark
- Mazak
- Sandvik Coromant
- SCRA
- SECO
- SECAT
- Semicon
- Society of Community Research & Action
- STELLRAM Cutting Tools
- Toyota
- UNIST
International Partners
- American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- Bari Polytechnic, Bari, Italy
- ENSAM, Cluny, France
- Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
- Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Polytechnic, Turin, Italy
- Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon, Portugal
- RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Shandong University, Shandong, China
- Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- University of Calabria, Calabria, Italy
- University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- University of Technology, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
- University of Mondragon, Mondragon, Spain
- University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
- University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
- Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey