FIXTURING AND MACHINING PROCESSES RESEARCH GROUP

Members

FACULTY

Ph.D. Students

M.S. Students

Xavier Brun is a PhD candidate working on research in the area of Silicon Wafer Handling. He expects to graduate by Spring 2008. You can contact Xavier at gtg590i@prism.gatech.edu

Mukund Kumar is a graduate student pursuing his Ph.D. in the area of Laser assised micromachining. You can contact Mukund at mkumar8@mail.gatech.edu

Thomas Newton is a graduate student pursuing his Master’s. He is working on Wire-EDM process. You can contact Tommy at gtg354a@mail.gatech.edu. He expects to graduate by Spring 2008.

Christopher Golden is a graduate student pursuing his Master’s in the area of fixturing. You can contact Chris at christopher.golden@gatech.edu. He expects to graduate by Spring 2008.

Joel Neff is a graduate student pursuing his Master’s. You can contact Joel at jneff3@mail.gatech.edu 

Cody Hellstern is a graduate student pursuing his Master’s. You can contact Cody at chellstern@gatech.edu

Adam Witkop is a graduate student pursuing his Master’s. You can contact Adam at awitkop3@gatech.edu

Sead Dzebo is a graduate student pursuing his Master’s. You can contact Sead at gtg741t@mail.gatech.edu

 

Professor Shreyes Melkote heads our group. Dr. Melkote's research expertise is in the areas of machining process modeling for metals and advanced materials, surface texture characterization and evaluation, laser assisted mechanical micromachining, computer-aided design and analysis of machining fixtures, and application of geometric modeling techniques for the simulation of manufacturing processes. He earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Michigan Technological University in 1993. Prior to joining the Georgia Tech faculty, he served as a postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where he actively participated in the Agile Fixturing and Process Modeling projects of the NSF/DARPA Machine Tool-Agile Manufacturing Research Institute. Dr. Melkote is a Fellow of the ASME and a recipient of several honors including the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Dell K. Allen Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award and the ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award. He is currently the director of the Precision Machining Research Consortium (PMRC) at Georgia Tech.