Materials Science

Mechanical Engineering

Status: yes

Patent: 5941110; 6769280; 8408039; 8545142; 8741079; 8905748; 9144845; 9168580; 9221091; 10913100; 9283671; 10583552; 9321090; 9455127; 10692700; 9500540; 9688015; 98641085; 10274644; 9951397; 10162329;11077477

About This Innovation

2015 founding Director of the Research Center on Manufacturing Science & Innovation at Northwestern University; program director at NSF2003-05; Senior Institute Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory 2016; her work has made fundamental contributions to the characterization of the effects of material structures on forming behavior of metals & woven composites; her research has integrated analytical & numerical simulation methods, control & sensors, design methodologies to advance manufacturing processes; her group has designed unique manufacturing equipment for microforming, dieless sheet forming & additive manufacturing; current research impacts on energy-efficient manufacturing, surface engineering & distributed manufacturing

The Invention

Adaptive method & apparatus for forming tailor welded blank; Real-time draw-in sensors & methods of fabrication; Microforming method & apparatus; Deformation machining-a hybrid process; Electrical-assisted double side incremental forming & process thereof; Desktop deformation-based micro surface texturing system; Cutting tools with textured surfaces; System & method for accumulative double sided incremental forming; System & method for incremental forming; Tri-pyramid robot: a novel 3-DOF translational parallel manipulator; Forming tool having textured surfaces; Laser induced plasma micromachinery (LIPMM); Methods & apparatus for monitoring microrolling processes using embedded sensing; Stress manipulated coating for figure reshape of optical substrates; Apparatus for electrical-assisted incremental forming & process thereof; An automated toolpath generation method for double sided incremental forming of 3 dimensional freeform shapes from sheets; Incremental rotary rolling mill & method

Key Information

Category:
Mechanical Engineering

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
5941110; 6769280; 8408039; 8545142; 8741079; 8905748; 9144845; 9168580; 9221091; 10913100; 9283671; 10583552; 9321090; 9455127; 10692700; 9500540; 9688015; 98641085; 10274644; 9951397; 10162329;11077477

Co-Inventor:
B. Kinsey; J.H. Lee; M. Peskin; A. Swanson; T. Davis; K.S. Smith; B. Woody; J. Ziegert; J. Roth; R. Zhou; K. Ehmann; D. Rajesh Grzina; Q. Wang; Z.C. Xia; T.D. Ling; P. Liu; R. X. Gao; Z. Fan; Y. W. Yao; X. Wang; M. Ulmer; E.E. Ndip-Agbor; Q. Zeng; M. K. Ng

Patent Information

Patent Number: 5941110; 6769280; 8408039; 8545142; 8741079; 8905748; 9144845; 9168580; 9221091; 10913100; 9283671; 10583552; 9321090; 9455127; 10692700; 9500540; 9688015; 98641085; 10274644; 9951397; 10162329;11077477

Technical Specifications

Collaboration

Co-Inventor: B. Kinsey; J.H. Lee; M. Peskin; A. Swanson; T. Davis; K.S. Smith; B. Woody; J. Ziegert; J. Roth; R. Zhou; K. Ehmann; D. Rajesh Grzina; Q. Wang; Z.C. Xia; T.D. Ling; P. Liu; R. X. Gao; Z. Fan; Y. W. Yao; X. Wang; M. Ulmer; E.E. Ndip-Agbor; Q. Zeng; M. K. Ng