2. Design and Manufacture of Water-Jet System for Material Cutting, Paint Stripping & Bridge Demolishing
A. Design Parameters of Water-jet System
B. Fabrication of Water-jet System
C. Application of Water-jet System

3. Comoposite Materials
A. Types of Composite Materials
B. Manufacturing Parameters Influencing Fabrication of Composite Materials
C. Application of Composite Materials

4. Computer integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Application in Metal Casting Process

5. Neural Network Application in Manufacturing: Metal Casting Technology
Students Involved: Breanna Brown (Graduate student)

6. Development of Smart Database for Manufacturing: Materials, Processes, and Products.

7. Sensor Technology: Smart Sensors and Smart Materials

8. Environmentally Concious Manufacturing as Applied to Cast Metals Technology

9. Expert System Application to Solving Defect Problems in Castings.

10. Relationship Between Casting Distortion, Mold Filling, and Interfacial Heat Transfer in Sand Molds.

11. Wastematerials Processing for Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing: Bioconversion of Waste Paper and Paper Pulp into Useful Products

12. Study on Biodegradation of Plastics/Coomposite Materials for the Manufacture of Automobiles.

13. Rapid Prototyping and Sensors for Manufacturing
Graduate Student: Chris Marshall, Joint Research with the Argonne National Lab, Chicago. "Combination of Sensor Technology & Rapid Prototyping"

14. Non-Traditional Manufacturing Processes and Non-Destructive Testing

15. High Speed Machining
Possible Joint Project with the Boeing Company (Dr. Bernard, Chief Engineer).

16 Volcano Defect Problem in Circuit Board Manufacturing (Printed Wiring Board)
Possible Joint Research Project with Boeing Company -- Contact Person is Mr. Mike Chapman, Manager, Operations Technology of Defense & Space Group.

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