April 2024
Congratulations to Stephanie Tussey for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation! Wishing you all the best and good luck in your future career, Dr. Tussey!
Our article entitled “Unveiling the Nanoconfinement Effect on Crystallization of Semicrystalline Polymers Using Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations” has been accepted and available online in the Polymers.
March 2024
Welcome a new MS student, Yashwant Sai Chintha, to the CAMMP lab!
December 2023
Welcome a new PhD student, Hossein Ramezani, to the CAMMP lab!
August 2023
Our article entitled “Controlling Size and Shape of Pores during Metal Solidification for Manufacturing of Functionally Graded Metal Foams” has been accepted and available online in the Manufacturing Letters.
March 2023
Congratulations to Saheem Absar for having their papers accepted by SME NAMRC51/ASME MSEC 2023!
October 2022
Our article entitled “Numerical study of chipping during friction element welding” has been accepted and available online in the Manufacturing Letters.
August 2022
Our article entitled “Numerical study of temperature evolution during friction element welding” has been accepted and available online in the Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering.
April 2022
Congratulations to Nikhil Mahajan for successfully defending his M.S. thesis! We wish you all the best and good luck in your industrial career at Itron!
March 2022
Congratulations to Gaurav Awate and Nikhil Mahajan for having their papers accepted by SME NAMRC50/ASME MSEC 2022! Additionally, our article entitled “Investigating the effects of SiC abrasive particles on friction element welding” has been recommended by SME NAMRC50 for fast-track to the Journal of Manufacturing Processes.
January 2022
Welcome a new MS student, Swathi Geddam, and two seniors, Alex Arias and Luis Mantilla, in undergraduate program of our ME department to CAMMP lab!
December 2021
Congratulations to Gaurav Awate for successfully defending his M.S. thesis! We wish you all the best and good luck in your industrial career at M.C. Dean!
November 2021
Congratulations to Chao Zhang for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation! Wishing you all the best and good luck in your future career, Dr. Zhang!
September 2021
Our article entitled “Failure modes and bonding strength of ultrasonically-soldered glass joint” has been accepted and available online in the Journal of Materials Processing Technology.
Our article entitled “Strain rate effects on thermoplastic composites with mechanical interlocking” has been accepted and available online in the Polymer Composites.
August 2021
Congratulations to Saheem Absar for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation! Wishing you all the best and good luck in your future career, Dr. Absar!
June 2021
Our article entitled “Study of the Effect of the A206/1.0 wt. % γAl2O3 Nanocomposites Content on the Portevin-Le Chatelier Phenomenon in Al/0.5 wt. % Mg Alloys” has been accepted and available online in the Journal of Composites Science.
April 2021
Our article entitled “Enhanced wettability in ultrasonic-assisted soldering to glass substrates” has been accepted and available online in the Journal of Manufacturing Processes.
January 2021
Welcome a new PhD student, Hyunsoo Lee, to CAMMP lab! Hyunsoo completed his undergraduate studies at Incheon National University in 2018 and has received his master degree at Clemson last year. Welcome to the lab, Hyunsoo!
October 2020
Congratulations to Saheem Absar for having him selected as 2020 Hitachi High Technologies Electron Microscopy Graduate Fellow! A fellowship award ceremony will be held on Thursday, November 5th at 8:30am. Please join us in congratulating him. The ceremony will be virtual this year via Zoom.
September 2020
Our article entitled “Study of segmented chip formation in cutting of high strength lightweight alloys“, co-authored by Chao Zhang, has been accepted in the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.
March 2020
Congratulations to Saheem Absar and Rohit Tandon for having their papers accepted by SME NAMRC48/ASME MSEC 2020!
October 2019
Our article entitled “Development of an Open-sourced Automated Ultrasonic-assisted Soldering System” has been accepted and available online in the Journal of Manufacturing Processes.
Welcome three new MS students, Nikhil Mahajan, Gaurav Awate, and Sankeerthana Panicker, to CAMMP lab!
September 2019
Our article entitled “Acoustic Analysis of Ultrasonic Assisted Soldering for Enhanced Adhesion,” has been accepted and available online in the Ultrasonics.
August 2019
Dr. Choi has been approved for promotion to Associate Professor, with tenure! The official promotion will be effective August 15.
May 2019
Congratulations to Mikayla Bridges for completing her ME departmental honor thesis and graduating! We wish you all the best for your new challenges in NC state university and will miss you!
Congratulations to Saheem Absar on successfully passing his Ph.D. comprehensive examination! He became a Ph.D. candidate on May 8.
April 2019
Congratulations to Jennifer Brown for having her selected as a winner of 2019 Graduate Teaching Assistant award of mechanical engineering department!
March 2019
Congratulations to Saheem Absar and Sai Amruth Venkatesh Ganduri for having their papers accepted by SME NAMRC47/ASME MSEC 2019!
February 2019
Congratulations to Chao Zhang on successfully passing his Ph.D. comprehensive examination! He became a Ph.D. candidate on February 27.
Welcome three new MS students, Purvang Desai, Harsh Divyesh Shah, and Meet Lakhani, to CAMMP lab! All of them completed their undergraduate studies at University of Mumbai (Mumbai, India) in 2018. Welcome to the manufacturing world in CAMMP lab, Purvang, Harsh, and Meet!
January 2019
Welcome Kyle Steigerwalt, a junior in undergraduate program of our ME department, to CAMMP lab! Kyle will work on a research project about nanoparticle effect on corrosion resistance of lightweight alloys.
December 2018
Congratulations to Jennifer Shaffer for having her poster about “Ultrasonic Soldering with Glass Substrate” selected as one of the top three posters for the ME Poster Competition!
September 2018
Welcome Mikayla Bridges, a senior in undergraduate program of our ME department, to CAMMP lab! Mikayla will work on a research project about hybrid mixing of nanomaterials for metal matrix nanocomposites.
August 2018
Congratulations to Jennifer Brown on passing her Ph.D. qualifying examination!
June 2018
Congratulations to Jennifer Shaffer for her design team on the project entitled “Automated Ultrasonic Soldering Design Project using Ceramic Substrates” placed the 2nd out of 27 project teams in the Student Manufacturing Design Competition in SME NAMRC46/ASME MSEC 2018.
Mechanical Engineering Blogs Link: https://blogs.clemson.edu/mechanical-engineering/clemson-students-place-in-asme-competition/
May 2018
Dr. Weidong Yang, a visiting scholar in our lab, returned back to Hebei University of Technology, China. We will miss you!
Our article entitled “Investigation of simultaneous ultrasonic processing of polymer-nanoparticle solutions for electrospinning of nanocomposite nanofibers” has been selected by SME NAMRC46 for fast-track publication in the Journal of Manufacturing Processes.
April 2018
Congratulations to Saheem Absar for having him selected as a winner of 2018 Eastman awards for excellence of mechanical engineering department!
Our article entitled “Investigation of simultaneous ultrasonic processing of polymer-nanoparticle solutions for electrospinning of nanocomposite nanofibers” has been selected as a finalist (8 papers) in the student presentation competition in SME NAMRC46.
Congratulations to Saheem Absar, Stephanie Hulsey, and Jennifer Shaffer on winning NSF Student Travel Award for SME NAMRC46/ASME MSEC 2018!
March 2018
A project entitled “Automated Ultrasonic Soldering Design Project using Ceramic Substrates”, led by Jennifer Shaffer, has been selected as a finalist (8 teams) in the Student Manufacturing Design Competition in SME NAMRC46/ASME MSEC 2018.
Congratulations to Saheem Absar and Stephanie Hulsey for having their papers accepted by SME NAMRC46/ASME MSEC 2018!
The article of Dr. Choi, “Strengthening of Aluminum Wires Treated with A206/Alumina Nanocomposites,” has been accepted and available online in the Materials.
Congratulations to Sai-Amrutha-Venkatesh Ganduri as he starts his industrial career at Schaeffler!
January 2018
Congratulations to Saheem Absar, Stephanie Hulsey, and Chao Zhang for having them selected as the second round of the 2018 Eastman awards for excellence of mechanical engineering department!
Congratulations to Stephanie Hulsey on passing her Ph.D. qualifying examination!
December 2017
Congratulations to Rohit Tandon for successfully defending his M.S. thesis! Wishing you all the best and good luck in your future career!
November 2017
Congratulations to Jennifer Shaffer for having her selected as a winner of 2017 International Italian Technology Machinery Award! She will have a one-week educational and cultural trip to Italy!
Welcome Dr. Weidong Yang, a visiting scholar from Hebei University of Technology, China, to CAMMP lab! Dr. Yang will collaborate in doing research on additive manufacturing, numerical control technology, and intelligent control for manufacturing.
August 2017
Welcome a new PhD student, Jennifer Shaffer, to CAMMP lab! Jennifer completed her undergraduate studies at Georgia Southern University this year and has received Dean’s Scholar which is a highly competitive scholarship in the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences. Welcome to the lab, Jennifer!
Congratulations to Venkat Ganduri for successfully defending his M.S. thesis! Wishing you all the best in the future and good luck on your new adventure!
July 2017
Congratulations to Pavan Pasumarthi for his promotion to be a launch manager for new programs at Grupo Antolin! He is the youngest launch manager in the whole company in all the countries.
June 2017
The collaborative project with Honda R&D Americas, Inc., “Investigation of the Friction Element Welding Process” has been presented in SME NAMRC45/ASME MSEC 2017 and the article entitled “Investigation of the Cleaning and Welding Steps From the Friction Element Welding Process” published in the ASME Conference proceeding.
April 2017
Our article entitled “Numerical and Experimental Studies about the Effect of Acoustic Streaming on Ultrasonic Processing of Metal Matrix Nanocomposites (MMNCs)” has been selected for Fast-Track to the Journal of Manufacturing Processes.
Congratulations to Stephanie Hulsey for having her selected as a winner of 2017 Eastman award for early career graduate students of mechanical engineering department! Please take a look at her presentation from YouTube.
Congratulations to Saheem Absar and Stephanie Hulsey on winning NSF Student Travel Award for SME NAMRC45/ASME MSEC 2017!
March 2017
Congratulations to Saheem Absar and Stephanie Hulsey for having their papers accepted by SME NAMRC45/ASME MSEC 2017!
February 2017
The article of Dr. Choi, “Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites with Interfacial Microarchitectural Anchoring: Computational Study,” has been accepted and available online in the International Journal of Solids and Structures.
January 2017
The article of Dr. Choi, “Insertable Thin Film Thermocouples for in situ Transient Temperature Monitoring in Ultrasonic Metal Welding of Battery Tabs,” has been one of the 5 most highly cited papers published in the Journal of Manufacturing Processes.
December 2016
Congratulations to Anugrah Singh on graduating with his MS degree! Wishing you all the best in the future and good luck on your new adventure!
November 2016
Congratulations to Stephanie Hulsey for having her selected as a winner of 7th Italian Machine Tool Technology (IMTTA) Award! She will have a one-week educational and cultural trip to Italy!
October 2016
Congratulations to Stephanie Hulsey for having her poster selected as the top poster in Early-Career Students category of ME Graduate Student Poster Competition!
September 2016
Welcome a new MS student, Divya Singh, to CAMMP lab! Divya completed her undergraduate studies at Gautam Buddh Technical University (Lucknow, India) in 2013 and had experience working as a system engineer in Infosys Limited. She had also worked with Dr. Monika Katiyar (MS&E) as a Research Assistant at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur. Welcome to the lab, Divya!
August 2016
Congratulations to Chao Zhang on passing his Ph.D. qualifying examination!
Congratulations to Pavan Pasumarthi as he starts his industrial career at Grupo Antolin!
June 2016
Our article entitled “The Effect of Geometrical Parameters on the Characteristics of Ultrasonic Processing for Metal Matrix Nanocomposites (MMNCs)” has been selected as one of 12 papers of NAMRC44 for fast-track publication in the Journal of Manufacturing Processes.
May 2016
Our article entitled “The Effect of Geometrical Parameters on the Characteristics of Ultrasonic Processing for Metal Matrix Nanocomposites (MMNCs)” has been selected as a finalist (8 papers) in the student presentation competition in NAMRC44.
Welcome a new MS student, Stephanie Hulsey, to CAMMP lab! Stephanie will be officially joining the lab in Fall 2016. She completed her undergraduate studies at Georgia Southern University where she did lots of interesting research on carbon nanofibers with Dr. Mujibur Khan. She is spending the summer in Clemson working on her new project. Welcome to the lab Stephanie!
April 2016
Congratulations to Saheem Absar on winning NSF Student Travel Award for SME NAMRC44/ASME MSEC 2016!
Dr. Choi has been named the recipient of a 2016 Distinguished Faculty Advisor Award from Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).
SME Award Announcement Link: http://www.sme.org/advisor-awardees/
SME Member Newsletter Link: http://www.sme.org/2016-Distinguished-Faculty-Advisor-Award-Recipients/
Clemson Newsstand Link: http://newsstand.clemson.edu/hongseok-choi-receives-award-for-efforts-to-link-students-with-manufacturers/
January 2016
Congratulations to Saheem Absar on passing his Ph.D. qualifying examination!
December 2015
The article entitled “Processing and Properties of Magnesium containing a Dense Uniform Dispersion of Nanoparticles,” has been published in the Nature.
Article Link: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v528/n7583/full/nature16445.html
News and Views Link: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v528/n7583/full/528486a.html
Clemson Newsstand Link: http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/research-reported-in-nature-could-be-energy-efficiency-breakthrough/