CHE 598 Seminar: Application of Metal Additive Manufacturing for Structural and Biomedical Applications
About the event
SPEAKER: Dr. Amit Bandyopadhyay, Boeing Distinguished Chair Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, WSU
BIOGRAPHY:
Amit Bandyopadhyay is a Boeing Distinguished Chair Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and an Affiliate Professor of the College of Medicine at Washington State University (WSU). In 1997, he joined WSU as an assistant professor, was promoted to an associate level in 2001, and reached the full professor level in 2006. His research expertise focuses on additive manufacturing / 3D Printing, emphasizing bone implants and multi-material structures. He has worked with 24 Ph.D. and 32 MS graduate students, several post-doctoral research associates, visiting faculty members, and over 50 undergraduate students at WSU. He has written over 385 technical articles, edited 11 books, is an inventor of 21 issued patents, and is a member of several journals’ editorial boards. He received the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation and the Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research. He is a Fellow of the Materials Research Society, American Ceramic Society, American Society for Materials, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Inventors, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and an elected member at the Washington State Academy of Science (WSAS). His work has been cited over 39,000 times, and the current “h” index is 102 (Google Scholar). During the past 27 years at WSU, Prof. Bandyopadhyay received research funding from various federal and state agencies, foundations, and companies over $19.0 million as a PI or Co-PI.
ABSTRACT:
Additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D Printing (3DP) 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. Different parts can be built using the same machine since there is no need for any part-specific tooling. Most of these parts are net-shape or near-net-shape and may or may not require finishing operation. Over the last twenty-seven years, we have worked on metal AM primarily for structural and biomedical applications. We have used fused deposition modeling, laser-based directed energy deposition (DED), powder bed fusion (PBF), and wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) processes. Using these approaches, we have manufactured parts with compositional and functional gradation. My presentation will focus on some of the key success stories from our research and current challenges in the field.