The Additive Microstructure Engineering Laboratory (AddME Lab) in the school of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at NTU (Singapore) is a young, diverse, and interdisciplinary research group with interests in in-line microstructure control and assessment during selective laser melting (SLM) processes. In this framework, we are collaborating with the Institute of High Performance Computing under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), to simulate the microstructure of metals produced during SLM.

Dear Colleagues, 

Please consider submitting abstracts to our mini-symposium at the 14th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XIV), Paris, France. The abstract submission deadline is December 15, 2019. 

MS397: COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS AND MULTISCALE MODELING IN MANUFACTURING OF LOW-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES

Abstract 

The NUMISHEET conference series is the most significant international conference on the area of the numerical simulation of sheet metal forming processes. Within Numisheet 2020, we are organizing a mini symposium on “Challenges and Opportunities in Forming Aluminum”.

Additive manufacturing of ceramics from preceramic polymers

Following extensive research by our outstanding doctoral candidate here, Dr. Wang, a publication in the journal Additive Manufacturing is now in press.

Nanostructural insights into the dissolution behavior of Sr-doped hydroxyapatite

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2018.07.056

Full text is available here

Improved oxidation resistance of high emissivity coating s on fibrous ceramic for reusable space systems

Here novel disilicides were explored for use in heat shields. 

WSi2 and MoSi2 were applied as coatings on an insulating zirconia substrate.

The high emissivity of these compounds and their mixtures, makes them very attractive for use in spacecraft.

Compressive performance and crack propagation in MAX phase composites 

Here micro CT was used to reveal the structure performance relationships in metal/ceramic composites based on Ti2AlC / Al alloy combinations.

The results show the promise of infiltrated max phase materials in the production of high performance composites.

Theoretical study into the hydrophobicity exhibited by a representative rare earth oxide, CeO2.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169433219302399

The Advanced Manufacturing and Energy Lab (AMEL) directed by Prof. Yanliang Zhang at the University of Notre Dame (a top 15 University in US) have multiple fully-funded graduate students opening positions with full tuition coverage plus a competitive stipend. The AMEL is working on cutting-edge research topics including additive manufacturing and scalable nanomanufacturing of functional devices, micro/nanoscale thermal science and thermoelectric energy conversion, flexible electronics and advanced sensors.