Research Areas

 Manufacturing cost modeling, sustainability assessment, energy

efficient manufacturing, environmental life cycle assessment of novel
manufacturing systems
 Powder metallurgy, design and manufacturing of high temperature
alloys, additive manufacturing of multi-functional iron-based and
nickel-based alloys and composites for energy and other high
temperature applications
 Formulation of polymeric resins for polymer additive manufacturing
including thermosets and smart/active polymers
 Precision motion control, and optimal trajectory generation for multi-
axis machine tools, and intelligent machining process control
 Model-enhanced sensor design and characterization for in-situ
monitoring of manufacturing processes, energy-efficient sensor
networks, and MEMS-enabled sensor miniaturization and packaging
 Additive manufacturing of functional materials, carbon fiber
composites, and metal matrix composites, bio-inspired
manufacturing, and machine learning enabled manufacturing process
optimization.

Advanced Manufacturing research in the School of MIME is highly

interdisciplinary in nature spanning the fields of mechanical design,
engineering mechanics, fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer,
thermodynamics, materials science, and system engineering and involving
both experimental and computational efforts. Depending on the nature of
the research, graduate students pursue degrees in Industrial Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering, or Materials Science.

Advanced Manufacturing graduate students experience a rich,

interdisciplinary environment supported by numerous research
collaborations. We leverage academic opportunities by partnering with
other engineering schools at Oregon State including Chemical, Biological
and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science, and Wood Science and Engineering. As well, we work closely
within state-level collaboratives such as VertueLab and ONAMI (Oregon
Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute). Research investigations
span over the nano-, micro-, and macro- length scales, utilizing
technologies housed at OSU’s Advanced Technology and Manufacturing
Institute (ATAMI).

Our faculty have continuous engagement with industry; our partners

include Boeing, HP, Intel, North American Hoganas, Oregon Tool, and
Tektronix, as well as OMIC R&D member companies. In addition, our
research has been supported by NASA, the U.S. Army, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Commerce,
and U.S. National Science Foundation.

Our vision is to improve productivity, quality, cost efficiency, sustainability,

and flexibility of current manufacturing paradigms, as well as conceive,
investigate, and develop novel hybrid manufacturing techniques to enable
the commercial realization of emerging products. Effective unit-process
innovation and development derives from an understanding of the physical
and chemical phenomena influencing manufacturing processes, as well as
an integrative systems view. Therefore, key aspects of our research involve
the creation and experimental validation of computational models of the
physics behind tool-material interactions in manufacturing processes, as
well as the modeling and understanding of machine tool dynamics and tool-
machine interactions. This fundamental knowledge is supplemented with
the study of the metrology and characterization techniques needed to
monitor the quality of manufacturing production, and system-level
assessment to assure commercial viability and sustainability.

Current areas of investigation in the field of process innovation and

development at the Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Institute, a
key research facility for the Advanced Manufacturing group, include:

 Additive manufacturing
 Machine tool dynamics and controls
 Machine learning-based process modelling and control
 Multi-material additive manufacturing
 Conductive materials for printed electronic devices
 Smart/active materials for smart structures

At the systems level, we utilize bottom-up cost and material-energy flow

analyses of manufacturing systems to evaluate the economics and
environmental impacts of competing manufacturing routes with the goal to
streamline manufacturing production in the digital world prior to capital
investment. Current research related to manufacturing systems includes:

 Design for manufacturing

 Industrial energy analysis
 Manufacturing cost modeling
 Sustainable manufacturing assessment
 Resilient manufacturing systems