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Current
Graduate Students |
Durul Ulutan
BS ME, MS ME |
Durul Ulutan has been a Ph.D. student in
the Industrial & Systems Engineering Department at Rutgers University
since Fall 2009. He received his B.S. and M. S. degrees
in Mechanical Engineering from Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey in
2005 and 2007. He was a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering in University
of Rhode Island between Fall 2008 and Spring 2009.
He is studying surface integrity and
engineering induced by manufacturing processes with applications in
aerospace and biomedical industries.
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Yao Zhang
BS EE, MS EE
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Yao Zhang has been a Ph.D. student in
the Industrial & Systems Engineering Department at Rutgers University
since Fall 2009. He received his B.S. degree
in Electrical Engineering and Automation in 2007 from Tsinghua
University, China. He also received a M.S. degree in Electrical
Engineering in 2009 from Cleveland State University.
He is studying control problems in
generation, manufacturing and distribution of alternative energy devices
and systems. |
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Thanongsak Thepsonthi
B.Eng IE, M.Eng.Manf.Eng. |
Thanongsak (Tony) Thepsonthi is a Ph.D.
student in the Industrial & Systems Engineering Department at
Rutgers University since Fall 2009. He received a B.Eng. in
Industrial Engineering degree from Burapha University, Chonburi, Thailand
in 2003 and an M.Eng. in Manufacturing Engineering from University of
Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2006. His master thesis was on
"Investigation into minimal-cutting-fluid application in high-speed
milling of hardened steel using carbide mills". He is the recipient of
2007 Royal Thai Government Scholarship. Before joining MARL at Rutgers, he
was a Ph.D. student in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Lehigh
University.
He is studying micro-manufacturing
of products with high-speed
micro-end milling and processing surfaces with pulsed laser-assistance
with applications in biomedical devices.
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M. Damoon Sima
BSME, MSME
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M. Damoon Sima has been a Ph.D. student in
the Industrial & Systems Engineering Department at Rutgers University
since Spring 2009. He joined MARL in January 2009. He received his B.S. and M. S. degrees
in Mechanical Engineering from Amir Kabir University (Tehran
Polytechnic) and K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran in 2003 and
2006 respectively. He was a Ph.D. student in Industrial and
Manufacturing Engineering in North Dakota State University between January
2008 and December 2008.
He is studying physics-based simulation modeling
of titanium machining processes using finite element software.
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Richie Patel
BSME |
Richie Patel has been a M.S.
student
in the
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Department at Rutgers University since Fall 2008. He has joined MARL group
in Fall 2009.
He is studying
micro-manufacturing, micro-milling, micro-drilling and laser based
micro-manufacturing. |
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Haiqing Gao
BSIE |
Haiqing Gao
has been a M.S. student in the
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Department at Rutgers University since Fall 2009. He has B.S. in
Industrial Engineering and Automation from Nanjing University of Science
and Technology from China. He
is studying sustainable manufacturing, energy efficiency and ecological
footprint in discrete product manufacturing. |
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CurrentUndergraduate Students |
Joshua Greenhaus
BSIE, Rutgers (2010)
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Joshua Greenhaus, a senior ISE student,
has been supported by the NSF REU
Program in the MARL group since June 2009. He is researching
experimental analysis and physics based-simulation modeling of machining
titanium alloys. |
Joel Lora
BSIE, Rutgers (2010)
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Joel Lora, a senior ISE student, has
been supported by the NSF REU
Program in the MARL group since June 2009. He is researching
material constitutive modeling and physics based-simulation modeling of
machining titanium alloys. |
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Former Graduate Students |
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Serdar Yildiz
BSIE, MSIE Bilkent
Univ.
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Serdar Yildiz was a
student in the Industrial & Systems Engineering Department at Rutgers
University in Fall 2008 and Spring 2009. He received his B.S. and M. S.
degrees in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University, Turkey in 2006
and 2008 respectively.
During his stay at Rutgers, he studied
sustainable manufacturing with a focus on establishing energy efficiency
and ecological footprint metrics for discrete product manufacturing. |
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Atul Dhanorker
MSIE,
Rutgers (2007)
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Atul Dhanorker has been a graduate student in
the Industrial & Systems Engineering Department at Rutgers University
since Spring 2005 and earned his Master of Science degree in May 2007. His
master thesis is entitled "An experimental and modeling study on meso
and micro scale end milling processes for micromanufacturing". Atul
has researched about experimental and numerical modeling of meso and micro
scale end milling processes for micromanufacturing of metal products. He
developed codes using Matlab and finite element software for
predicting process variables forces, stresses and temperatures in
micro-scale metal cutting.
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One paper in Int.
J. of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems
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One conference paper in
ASME-MSEC 2007
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One conference paper in 2007 CIRP Machines and Die/Mold Manufacturing
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One conference paper in
ASME-MSEC 2006
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Yigit Karpat
Ph.D. Rutgers
(2007)
Assistant Prof. Bilkent Univ. (2007-present)
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Yigit Karpat
received his
Ph.D. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Rutgers in 2007.
He holds a B.S.
degree in Mechanical Engineering from Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey and a
M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Middle East Technical
University, Turkey. He worked as a research assistant and later as an
instructor at M.E.T.U.
Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of
Industrial Engineering at Bilkent University, Turkey.
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~ykarpat/
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Two papers in Int. J. of Machine Tools and
Manufacture
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One paper in Int. J. of Advanced
Manufacturing Technology
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One paper in Int. J. Machining & Machinability
of Materials
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One paper in J.
Material Processing Technology
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One paper in Materials &
Manufacturing Processes
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Three papers in ASME J. of Manufacturing Science &
Engineering
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Four in Transactions of NAMRI
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Four Conference papers
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Erol Zeren
MSIE, Rutgers (2006)
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Erol Zeren has received his
MS degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Rutgers in 2006. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical
Engineering from Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. He worked as a
research assistant at a CAD/CAM laboratory in D.E.U. He has been with Rutgers since January 2003.
He worked on a project funded by New Jersey Space Grant Consortium
entitled "Development of workpiece material and friction models for
simulation of machining of aerospace alloys". His research interests
include developing material and friction models for metal cutting
processes, and FE simulation of metal cutting to optimize machining
parameters in high speed machining. He
is currently with Seagate Technology Inc.
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Two papers in Int. J. of Advanced
Manufacturing Technology
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One paper in J. of Materials Processing Technology
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One paper in Int. J. Machining & Machinability
of Materials
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One paper in ASME J. of Manufacturing Science &
Engineering
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One paper in Transactions of NAMRI
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Four conference papers
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Wen-Hui (Mary)
Lee
MSIE,
Rutgers (2005)
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Master's Project, "A State-Of-The-Art in
Pulsed Laser Micromachining Processes and Hole Area Modulated Machining of
Microlenses"
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Fazal
Naikwadi
MSIE,
Rutgers (2005)
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Master's Project, "Design and Analysis
of Micromanipulator for Microfabrication"
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Dhiraj Oberoi
MSIE, Rutgers (2004)
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Master's Project, "CAD/CAM in
Turning"
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Tsu-Kong Hsu
MSIE, Rutgers (2003)
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Master’s
Project, “Development of Interactive Web-Based Tools for Hard Turning
Analysis: Cutting Forces, Surface Roughness and Tool Wear”
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Mark Geiger
MSIE, Cleveland State University,
OH (2001)
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Master’s
Project, “Development of Rapid Tooling for Injection Molding using Metal
Filled Stereolithography Cavity Inserts”
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Abhijit Nadgir
MSIE, Cleveland State University, OH (2000)
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Master's Thesis, "Neural Network
Modeling of Flank Wear for Tool Condition Monitoring in Orthogonal Cutting
of Hardened Steels"
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Ronald Koenig
MSIE, Cleveland State University, OH,
(2000)
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Master’s
Project,
"Developmental Micro Mechanical Machining of Silicon
Carbide Using Cubic Boron Nitrite Cutting Tools"
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