Acquisition of a Laser Rapid Manufacturing System, Beam: Broadening Education through Advanced Manufacturing at the University of the District of Columbia
Abstract
University of the District of Columbia (UDC), the nations only urban land grant institution and a historically black college and university (HBCU), aims to infuse additive manufacturing to enhance both the research and education infrastructure. Currently, none of the ~100 HBCUs nationwide have the metal-based additive manufacturing equipment for both research and education purposes. The major goal of this DoD HBCU/MI Instrumentation Grant Award titled "Acquisition of a Laser Rapid Manufacturing System, BEAM: Broadening Education through Advanced Manufacturing at UDC", is to acquire a Laser Rapid Manufacturing (LRM) System through this grant support. This system along with other on-going educational and research activities at UDC can allow UDC to establish itself as: 1) a lead HBCU institution in advanced manufacturing research and education and 2) a collaborator for novel research and educational development between aerospace, defense, energy, and medical sectors. Specifically, the proposed equipment will allow UDC faculty researchers to perform the following research goals: 1. Investigate the deposition, cladding, hardening and machining mechanisms for various materials, including, steel- and titanium-based alloys 2. Investigate and validate the methodology of surface finishing of electropolishing for 3D printed metal components 3. Investigate the in-process monitoring and control schemes for the optimum quality in laser cladding, laser deposition, laser hardening and surface engineering.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 21, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1052473
Entities
People
- Devdas Shetty
- Jiajun Xu
- Kate Klein
- Lara Thompson
- Pawan Tyagi
Organizations
- University of the District of Columbia