Current research projects
- Mitigation of Stress Relaxation Cracking in 347 Stainless Steel Weldments
- Custom Titanium Alloys for Laser Wire Directed Energy Deposition to Attain Isotropic Properties
- Development of Welding Procedure for Joining of ATP Coiled Tubing
- High Entropy Alloy Filler Design for Dissimilar Joining of Al Alloys to Steels
- Multi-Principal Element Alloy Interlayer for Manufacturing of Multi-Material Structures
- Control of Liquid Metal Embrittlement in Galvannealed Advanced High Strength Steel Weldments by Resistance Spot Welding
- AI-Enabled Robots for Automated Nondestructive Evaluation and Solid-State Repair of Power Plant Boilers
Physical Metallurgy in Welding
- Effect of Post-weld Heat Treatment on External Attachment Welds
- Laser Weld Parameter Optimization of Nickel-based Alloys
- Laser Weld Parameter Optimization of Automotive Grade Sheet Steel Alloys
Consumable Development
- Development of Low Transformation Temperature Welding Consumables for GMAW
- Development of Low Transformation Temperature Welding Consumables for SAW
Additive Manufacturing
- Development of Metal Matrix Composite Powder Cored Wires for Additive Manufacturing
- Laser Freeform Fabrication of Stainless Steel and Nickel Alloys
- Weldability of AM Components
- Weld Repair of AM Components
Brazing and Soldering
- High Temperature Braze Repair of Nickel Superalloy Gas Turbines
- Active Metal to Ceramic Brazing
- Laser Assisted Brazing
- Intermetallic Growth of Soldered Printed Circuit Boards
Non-Destructive Evaluation
- SCC Crack Detection of Nuclear Waste Containment Vessels in a Marine environment
- Ultrasonic Modelling of Stainless Steel Stress corrosion Crack Tip
Corrosion
- SCC Testing of Austenitc Stainless Steels for Nuclear Fuel Casks
Past Research
Welding
- Effect of Nickel on Toughening Mechanisms of HSLA Submerged Arc Welds
- Hot Cracking Susceptilbity of High Nitrogen Austenitic Stainless Steels
- Characterization of Nitrogen and Mechanical properties of Heterogeneous Microstructure Laser Welds
- Investigation of Hydrogen Ingress during processing of consumables and Reduction of Hydrogen in Welding consumables
- Low Transformation Temperature Welding Consumables–Corrosion
- Low Transformation Temperature Welding Consumables–Modelling
- Implant Testing of Line Pipe Steel Weldments
Brazing and Soldering
- Spreadability testing of Nickel-based Superalloy Braze Powders
Additive Manufacturing
- Alloy Replenishment in Freeform Fabricated Ti-6-4 and Al 6061 Structures
- Grain Refinement of Ti-6-4 Freeform Fabricated Structures
Non-Destructive Evaluation
- Ultrasonic Testing of Nuclear Grade Materials
