Mechanical Engineering University of Alabama

Education:

Other Related Experience:

• Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia/Kansas City (1998-1999)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Automated Production Technology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology (1995-1998)
• Guest Researcher, Precision Machining Research Facility, National Institute of Standards and Technology (1993)

Professional Affiliations and Services:

• Member of ASME and ASM-International
• Member of SME and NAMRI
• Co-chaired, chaired sessions in ASME International Mechanical Engineers Congress and Exposition, Manufacturing Engineering Division (1996, 1997, 1999)

Instructional Activities:

• Manufacturing Processes
• Advanced Machining Processes

Research Activities:

• Machining processes, machining related metrology, tribology, and material characterization

Principal Publications for Last Five Years:

• White Layers and Thermal Modeling of Hard Turned Surfaces, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, Vol. 39, No. 12, pp. 1863-1881, 1999. (with C.J. Evans)

• CBN Tool Wear in Interrupted Hard Cutting, Wear, Vol. 225, No. 1, pp. 234-245, 1999 (with C.J. Evans)

• Machining as an Alternative to Surface Hardening of Steel Parts - A Preliminary Investigation, Proceedings of the 19th Heat Treating Society Conference, in press, 1999.

• Process Effects on White Layer Formation in Hard Turning, Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 26, pp. 117-122, 1998. (with C.J. Evans)

• On Surface White-Etching Layers due to Hard Machining, ‘98 Materials Solutions Conference, ASM International, Rosemont, IL, October 12-15, pp. 100-101, 1998. (with C.J. Evans)

• Tool Wear Mechanism in Continuous Cutting of Hardened Tool Steels, Wear, Vol. 212, No. 1, pp. 59-65, 1997. (with C.J. Evans)

• Finish Hard Turning of Powder Metallurgy M50 Steel, Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 25, pp. 81-86, 1997. (with C.J. Evans)

• Research Challenges and Directions in Precision Machining of Hardened Steels, American Society of Precision Engineers Annual Meeting, Norfolk, Virginia, Oct. 12-14, Proceedings of ASPE, pp. 451, 1997 (invited presentation). (with M.A. Davies and C.J. Evans)

• On Chip Morphology, Tool Wear and Cutting Mechanics in Finish Hard Turning, Annals of the CIRP), Vol. 45/1, pp. 77-82, 1996. (with M.A. Davies and C.J. Evans)

• Microstructural Effects in Precision Hard Turning, Proceedings of ASME IMECE, Manufacturing Science and Engineering, MED-Vol. 4, pp. 237-242, 1996. (with C.J. Evans)

• Finishing Performance and Wear Mechanisms of Cubic Boron Nitride Tools in Turning of Hardened 52100 Steel, Ceramic Industry Manufacturing Conference and Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11-13, 1995. (with M.M. Barash and C.J. Evans)

• Review on Hard Turning and CBN Cutting Tools, Proceedings of the First International Machining & Grinding Conference, Dearborn, Michigan, Sep. 12-14, pp. 949-962, 1995. (with M.M. Barash)

Honors and Awards:

• Research Initiation, SME, Education Foundation (1999)

• David Ross Fellowship, Purdue University Research Foundation (1991 - 1993)