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Houghton, Mi, Us

Houghton, Michigan, United States

Houghton, Michigan, Usa

The Capstone Design Program in Mechanical Engineering builds on our practice/lab-based “hands-on” curriculum to provide students “their first job, not their last class,” while helping our customers — companies and entrepreneurs — address their aggressive goals and tight budgets while providing a fresh perspective. Our teams are formed by considering student backgrounds and interests. Student teams are advised by a nine-person technical Advising Team, the members of which are specially selected for their technical expertise — to cover the array of typical technical needs associated with projects — and furthermore for their proven ability to guide students in solving real, applied, open-ended problems. Our projects span two semesters beginning with developing an understanding of and defining the problem, where end-user and customer needs, engineering requirements, and metrics for success are defined. Proceeding through function-level and system-level concept generation, assessment, and selection, then through detail-level design, each team ultimately produces a working prototype that is tested and refined toward satisfying the engineering requirements. Along the way teams need to sell themselves and their solution through program-level stage gates and design review meetings. Projects commence in late August and early January.

Houghton, Michigan, Usa

Research: Funded research in cutting mechanics for metals and ceramics, analytical and computational machining dynamics in single and parallel-process machining, machine-tool joint dynamics, and mechanistic process modeling techniques. Teaching: Course development and instruction in machining dynamics and mechanics, machining process modeling, mechanical design and manufacturing, and dynamic systems. Advising undergraduate independent study projects and mentoring Doctoral and Masters students.

Houghton, Michigan, Usa

EMI was founded in 2005 to develop and commercialize game-changing new technologies in the cutting-tool industry. Complementing EMI’s industry-leading R&D is an offering of engineering services, including knowledge-transfer, application development, and machinability testing, all of which support a customer’s efforts to reduce cost, improve quality, and reduce time to market. Through its R&D programs and commercialization partnerships, EMI’s is developing and delivering, under its Revocut® brand, innovative tooling products that are providing substantial productivity improvements to manufacturers the world over. These technologies stand out in high-value processes like finishing and fine-finishing, and in difficult-to-machine materials like titanium, nickel alloys, stainless steels, compacted-graphite iron (CGI) and hardened steel. EMI’s office and 3,600sf Prototype and Testing Lab are located in Houghton, Michigan near the campus of Michigan Technological University.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Usa

Research: Funded research in cutting mechanics for metals and ceramics, analytical and computational machining dynamics in single and parallel-process machining, machine-tool joint dynamics, and mechanistic process modeling techniques. Teaching: Course development and instruction in machining dynamics and mechanics, machining process modeling, mechanical design and manufacturing, and dynamic systems. Advising undergraduate independent study projects and mentoring Doctoral and Masters students.

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Mechanical Engineering