Brazing, soldering and heat exchangers research laboratory is a part of the UK ISM, a unit of the University of Kentucky’s College of Engineering, and Department of Mechanical Engineering. Brazing Laboratory has received support from national and state agencies and science/engineering foundations, such as National Science Foundation, NASA, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation, as well as from industry.
Laboratory performs fundamental and applied research for development of state-of-the art brazing technologies (such as controlled atmosphere brazing of aluminum, brazing of refractory materials, wetting and spreading of liquid metals). Industrial partners include: GE Aviation, Caterpillar, SAPA, Delphi, HARRIS-Lincoln Electric, Semicon Associates, KB Alloys, and many others. This program combines fundamental research and technological advances relevant for practical applications.
Brazing of aluminum in space (BRAINS) NASA 2022 – Grant #NNX17AB52G, PI Sekulic, D.P., 6 year contract
BookSekulic, D.P. and Shah, R.K. Fundamentals of Heat Exchangers Design, Wiley, Hoboken, ISBN 978-1-119-88326-5, https://www.wiley.com/en-ie/Fundamentals+of+Heat+Exchanger+Design%2C+2nd+Edition-p-9781119883289
Controlled Atmosphere Brazing Furnace.
Hotstage Microscopy.
Optical Contact Angle Analyzer.
Heat Exchanger Analyzer.
Casting Furnace.
High/Low Temperature Furnace.
Electron Microscopy Center, College of Engineering
Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing Secat J. G. Morris Aluminum Professor of Mechanical Engineering
