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Manufacturing & Automation Research Laboratory
2003-2021

Director:
T. Özel, Ph.D.
Professor 
Industrial & Systems Engg. 
Rutgers University
96 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
(848) 445-1099
E-mail: ozel@rutgers.edu

2025

  • Journal Paper: F.D. Ince and T. Özel, "Laser surface texturing of materials for surface functionalization: A holistic review." Surface and Coatings Technology, 2025 Jan 22:131818. Link.
  • Prof. Özel is an invited member of the International Program Committee of the International Conference on Industry of the Future and Smart Manufacturing (ISM 2025), 12-24 November 2025, University of Malta, Malta. Link.
  • Prof. Özel is an invited member of the Scientific Committee of the 11th International Manufacturing Conference MESIC, 18-20 June 2025, Bilbao, Spain.Link.
2024

  • Journal Paper: F.D. Ince, S. Karna, T. Zhang, A.J. Gross, T. Krentz, D. Hitchcock, L. Yuan, and T. Özel. "An experimental process parameter study on the identification of defects in additively fabricated Al6061 with laser powder bed fusion." Materials Science in Additive Manufacturing, 2024 Aug 30;3(3):3652. Link.
  • Prof. Özel has given an invited plenary talk titled "Physics-Informed and Data-Driven Digital Twinning for Fusion-Based Metal Additive Manufacturing," at the ASTM International, International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing on October 31, 2024, in Atlanta, GA, USA.
  • Prof. Özel is an invited member of the International Program Committee of the International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM 2024), 20-22 November 2024, Prague, Czech Republic. Link.
2023

  • Prof. Özel has given an invited talk titled "Physics-informed deep learning of meltpool conditions in laser powder bed fusion," at the ASTM International, International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing on November 2, 2023, in Washington, DC, USA.
  • Prof. Özel has given an invited talk titled "Physics-informed digital twin framework for microstructure tailoring in laser powder bed fusion," at the ASTM International, International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing on October 31, 2023, in Washington, DC, USA.
  • Prof. Özel has been invited to join the Editorial Board of the Materials Science in Additive Manufacturing (MSAM) Journal. Link.
  • Digital Twin in Additive Manufacturing: Prof. Özel has given an invited seminar titled "Process monitoring and modeling techniques for quality prediction and digital twin expansion in metal additive manufacturing," at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, on January 20, 2023. Watch the seminar video here.
  • Prof. Özel is an invited member of the International Program Committee of the 5th International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM), 22-24 November 2023, Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon. Link.
  • Prof. Özel is an invited member of the Scientific Committee of the 10th International Manufacturing Conference MESIC, 28-30 June 2023, Seville, Spain. Link.
  • Prof. Özel is an invited member of the Scientific Committee of the CIRP ICME 23 - 17th CIRP Conference on Intelligent Computation In Manufacturing Engineering, 12-14 July 2023, Gulf of Naples, Italy. Link.
  • Prof. Özel is an invited member of the Scientific Committee of the 19th CIRP Conference on Modelling of Machining Operations, 31 May - 2 June 2023, Karlsruhe, Germany. Link.
  • Prof. Özel is an invited member of the Scientific Committee of the 17th International Conference on High Speed Machining, April 18-21, 2023, Nanjing, China.
  • Prof. Özel delivered an invited seminar titled "Process monitoring and modeling techniques for quality prediction and digital twin expansion in metal additive manufacturing," on January 20, 2023, at North Carolina State University, North Carolina, NC, USA.
2022

  • Prof. Özel gave a Keynote Presentation titled "Structured and Textured Cutting Tool Surfaces for Machining Applications" in the 2021 CIRPGeneral Assembly organized by Technical University of Munich, Germany. Presentation of the keynote paper can be watched here: 2021 STC-C Keynote presentation video
  • Prof. Özel presented two MARL group's papers titled "Physics-based microstructure modeling for grain tailoring and refinement in wire arc additively manufactured Ti64Al4V alloy," and "Physics-based filament adhesion modeling in fused filament fabrication" at the ASME 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition IMECE2022, October 31, 2022, Columbus, OH, USA. The papers will appear in the Proceedings of IMECE2022.
  • MARLAB group's publication "Physics-informed machine learning for defect identification in fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing, " will appear in the Procedia CIRP, Vol. 11x (2022). 16th CIRP Conference on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering, CIRP ICME 22, 13 - 15 July 2022, Gulf of Naples, Italy. The article can be found in this link. Presentation of the paper can be watched here: 2022 CIRP ICME Video.
  • MARLAB group's publication "Investigation of Hydrogel and Gelatin Bath Formulations for Extrusion-Based 3D Bioprinting using Deep Learning, " has appeared in the Procedia CIRP, Vol. 110 (2022) pp. 360-365. CIRP Conference on Biomanufacturing, June 20-24, 2022, Calabria, Italy. The article can be found in this link. Presentation of the paper can be watched here: 2022 CIRP BioManufacturing Video..
  • Prof. Özel, the Editor-in-Chief, is pleased to announce that the International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems (IJMMS) has published the Special Issue on: Artificial Intelligence in Advanced Manufacturing as 2022 Vol 15 No 2/3. The special issue can be found in this link. Thank you all who contributed to this special issue.
  • MARLAB group's publication "Machine learning approaches towards digital twin development for machining systems" has appeared in the International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems, 2022 Vol.15 No.2/3, pp.127 - 148. The article can be found in this link

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  • Prof. Özel, the Editor-in-Chief, is pleased to announce that the International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems (IJMMS) has published the Special Issue on: Progress in Sensing, Monitoring, Control and Digital Twin in Metal Additive Manufacturing as 2022 Vol 14 No 2. The special issue can be found in this link. Thank you all who contributed to this special issue.

  • MARLAB group's publication "Physics-based simulation models for digital twin development in laser powder bed fusion" has appeared in the International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems, 2021 Vol.14 No.2, pp.143 - 163. The article can be found in this link .

2021

  • Prof. Özel was the Keynote Speaker at the 3rd International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM 2021) on November 18, 2021 in Linz, Austria. His Keynote Talk was titled "Digital twin development for simulation of machining and metal additive manufacturing processes. Prof. Özel also chaired a session titled "Additive Manufacturing" on November 17, 2021.

     
  • Prof. Özel was the Keynote Speaker at the CIRP General Assembly on August 23, 2021 in Munich, Germany. The keynote paper was titled "Structured and Textured Cutting Tool Surfaces for Machining Applications" and co-authored with Prof. Biermann (Technische Universit t, Dortmund, Germany), Prof. Enomoto (Osaka University, Japan), and Prof. Mativenga (University of Manchester,  United Kingdom). The paper has been published in the CIRP Annals, Vol.  70, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 495-518. CIRP, The International Academy for Production Engineering, was founded in 1951 to promote, by scientific research, the development of all aspects of manufacturing technology covering the optimization, control and management of processes, machines and systems.
  • Prof. Özel was listed as one of the Top 2% World Scientists by a study conducted at Stanford University (Ranked at 31,471 out of 159,684 scientists, and ranked at 252 in the field of Industrial Engineering and Automation).
  • Prof. Özel has given an invited webinar titled "In-situ and off-line process monitoring techniques for quality prediction in laser powder bed fusion," at Tampere University, Finland, March 31, 2021.
  • Prof. Özel has been appointed as Associate Editor to ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (2021-2024).
  • Prof. Özel has given a presentation titled "Extrusion-based 3D bioprinting of alginate-based tissue constructs, at the 20th CIRP Conference on Electro Physical and Chemical Machining, January 19-21, 2021, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Prof has been invited to the Scientific Committee 18th CIRP Conference on Modelling of Machining Operations (CIRP CMMO), which will be held on June 15-17,2021 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU.
  • Prof. Özel has been invited to the Scientific Committee of CIRP Conference on High Performance Cutting (CIRP HPC), which will be held on May 24-26, 2021 in Sheffield, United Kingdom.

2020

  • Prof. Özel has given an invited webinar titled "Advanced manufacturing research and applications" at University West, Trollh ttan, Sweden on November 12, 2020.
  • Prof. Özel has given an invited webinar titled "Surface topography and texture-process relations in laser powder bed fusion at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts on October 7, 2020.
  • MARLAB Group has a new Ph.D. student!  Lihang Yang is continuing as a new Ph.D. student beginning with Fall 2020. Welcome Lihang Yang!
  • MARLAB Group has a new Ph.D. student ! Krzysztof Jarosz is a new Ph.D. student beginning with Fall 2020. Welcome Krzysztof Jarosz!
  • Prof Özel renews a corporate agreement with 3M Company Research and Development 10/01/2020-10/01/2021(Sole-PI).
  • MARLAB Group's visiting Master's student Rapha l Loizea from University III Paul Sabatier Toulouse in France has completed his Master's thesis on September 2, 2020. His thesis is titled "Grain Refinement of Aerospace Alloys in Metal Additive Manufacturing." Congratulations to Rapha l Loizeau !
  • M.S. Candidate Lihang Yang has successfully defended his M.S. Thesis on July 29, 2020. His thesis is titled "Prediction of Surface Texture Parameters Using Machine Learning in Laser Surface Texturing." Congratulations to Lihang Yang !

2019

  • Prof. Özel's new book titled "Modern Manufacturing Processes" has been published by John Wiley and Sons (August 2019) Print ISBN:9781118071922 |Online ISBN:9781119120384.
  • Prof. Özel receives a new research grant from Taiho Kogyo Tribology Research Foundation (TTRF), titled "Cubic Boron Nitrite (cBN) Curvilinear Micro-textured Cutting Tool Surfaces for High Performance Machining, 07/02/2019 - 07/01/2020, $27,790,(Sole-PI).
  • MARLAB Group M.S. Candidate Kaushalendra Patel has successfully defended his M.S. Thesis on April 1, 2019. His thesis is titled "Characterization of micro-textured cutting tool surfaces for machining applications." Congratulations to Kaushalendra Patel!
  • MARLAB Group M.S. Candidate Suril Shah has successfully defended his M.S. Thesis on March 28, 2019. His thesis is titled "Physics based process modeling of serrated chip formation in precision machining of ductile alloys." Congratulations to Suril Shah!
  • MARLAB Group M.S. Candidate Rinkal Desai has successfully defended her M.S. Thesis on March 29, 2019. Her thesis is titled "Process control strategies in additive manufacturing." Congratulations to Rinkal Desai!
  • Prof. Özel has been invited to the Scientific Committee the 17th CIRP Conference on Modeling of Machining Operations, 13-14th of June, 2019, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
  • Prof. Özel has been invited to the Scientific Committee the Progress in Digital and Physical Manufacturing, ProDPM'19, 2nd-4th of October, 2019, Leiria, Portugal.

2018

  • Prof. Özel gave a conference paper presentation titled "Process monitoring of meltpool and spatter for temporal-spatial modeling of laser powder bed fusion process," at the 10th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies, September 3-5, 2018, F rth, Germany.
  • Prof. Özel renews a corporate agreement with 3M Company Research and Development 10/01/2019 -10/01/2020(Sole-PI). Prof. Özel has given an invited seminar titled "Modeling and Simulation of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Based Metal Additive Manufacturing" at Columbia University, New York City, USA on May 10, 2019.
  • MARLAB Group Visiting Scholar M.S. Candidate Dario Loda has successfully completed his stay and will be defending his Master's Thesis at University of Brescia in April 2019. His thesis is titled "Modelling and Simulation of Micro Milling Addively Fabricated Inconel 625." Congratulations to Dario Loda!
  • Mr. Guoliang Liu, a visiting Ph.D. student from Shandong University, China completed his stay at MARLAB (1 November 2017 - 1 November 2018). Mr. Liu has worked on finite element modeling machining processes, experimenting machining with micro-textured cutting tools, and finite element simulation of milling additively fabricated nickel alloys. Congratulations to Guoliang Liu!
  • Mr. Jixiong Fei, a visiting Ph.D. student from Tianjin University, China completed his stay at MARLAB (1 November 2017 - 1 November 2018). Mr. Fei has worked on modeling of milling thin walled workpieces, and experimental analysis of milling additively fabricated nickel alloys. Congratulations to Jixiong Liu!
  • Prof. Özel gave an Invited Presentation titled "Analytical cutting model development for serrated chip formation to determine material properties from experiments," at 3M Center Technology Forum, September 13, 2018, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
  • Prof. Özel gave a conference paper presentation titled "Effects of liquefier design on thermal profile in fused filament fabrication based additive manufacturing process, at the 18th International Conference on Machine Design and Production, July 3 July 6 2018, Eskişehir, Turkey.
  • Prof. Özel has been appointed as Associate Editor to ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (2018-2021).
  • MARLAB Group M.S. Candidate Animek Shaurya has successfully defended his M.S. Thesis in April 2018. His thesis is titled "Process Monitoring for Temporal-Spatial Modeling of Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) Based Metal Additive Manufacturing." Congratulations to Animek Shaurya!
  • MARLAB Group Visiting Scholar M.S. Candidate Andrea Abeni has successfully defended his M.S. Thesis at University of Brescia in April 2018. His thesis is titled "Finite Element Simulation of High Speed Micro Milling." Congratulations to Andrea Abeni!

2017

  • Prof. Özel gave an Invited Seminar titled "Laser Powder Bed Fusion Based Metal Additive Manufacturing: Process Understanding, Modeling, and Simulation," at the Engineering Science and Mechanics Seminars, Pennsylvania State University, College Park, PA, USA, 25 October, 2017.

  • Prof. Özel has been invited to the Scientific Committee of the 8th CIRP Conference on High Performance Cutting - HPC 2018, June 25-27, 2018, Budapest, Hungary.

  • Prof. Özel has been invited to the Scientific Committee of the 14th International Conference on High Speed Machining, April 17 18, 2018, San Sebastian, Spain.

  • Prof. Özel gave an Invited Presentation titled "Constitutive Material Model Determination for Finite Element Simulations and Micro-Machining Modeling and Optimization, at 3M Center Technology Forum on March 24, 2017 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. 
  • Prof. Özel will give a paper presentation titled "Micro Milling of Titanium Alloy Ti-6Al-4V: 3D Finite Element Modeling for Prediction of Chip Flow, Built-up Edge, and Burr Formation," at the 9th International Conference and Exhibition on Design and Production of Machines and Dies/Molds, that will be held in June 29-July 2, 2017, Kusadasi, Aydin, Turkey.

  • Prof. Özel has been invited to the International Scientific Committee of The 12th International Conference on Technology of Plasticity (ICTP 2017)  take will take place in Cambridge, United Kingdom, September 17-22, 2017.

2016

  • Prof. Özel is the lead editor of the new title "Biomedical Devices: Design, Prototyping and Manufacturing," edited by T. Özel, P. Bartolo, E. Ceretti, J. Ciurana, C.A. Rodriguez, and J. V. Lopes Da Silva. John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 978-1-118-47892-9 (October 2016), Hardback 208 pp.

  • Prof. Özel has given a paper presentation titled "Identification of Microstructural Model Parameters for 3D Finite Element Simulation of Machining Inconel 100 Alloy" at the 7th HPC 2016 CIRP Conference on High Performance Cutting on June 02, 2016 in Chemnitz, Germany.

  • MARLAB Group Ph.D. Candidate Luis Criales has successfully defended his Ph.D. Dissertation in February 2016.

  • Congratulations to Dr. Luis Criales!His dissertation is titled "Predictive Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Laser Processing Techniques: UV Nano-second Pulsed Laser Micro-Machining of Ploymers and Selective Laser Melting of Powder Metals" and accepted a position as Senior 3D Printing Engineer, Engineering Division at Baxter Healthcare in Chicago, Illinois.

  • Prof. Özel has been invited to the Scientific Committee of The 13th International Conference on High Speed Machining (HSM 2016) take will take place in Metz, France, October 4-5, 2016.

  • Prof. ÖÖzel has given two technical presentations in CIRP Scientific Technical Committee Meetings in Paris, France, February 17-19, 2016.

  • MARLAB Group Ph.D. Candidate Yigit Arisoy has successfully defended his Ph.D. Dissertation in January 2016. Congratulations to Dr. Yigit  Arisoy! His dissertation is titled "Physics-Based Simulation Modeling and Optimization of Microstructural Changes Induced by Machining and Selective Laser Melting Processes in Titanium and Nickel Based Alloys" and he has accepted a position as Senior Data Researcher at Manhattan Associates in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Prof. ÖÖzel has been invited to the Scientific Committee of The 7th CIRP Conference on High Performance Cutting - HPC 2016, that will be held on May 31-June 2, 2016 in Chemnitz, Germany.

  • Prof. ÖÖzel has been invited to the Scientific Committee of The 3rd CIRP Conference on Surface Integrity (CSI), that will be held on June 8-10, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina

2015

  • MARLAB Group Alumnus Dr. Durul Ulutan becomes Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University  in August 2015. Congratulations to Professor Ulutan.

  • MARLAB Group presented a paper titled "A Sensitivity Analysis Study on The Material Properties and Process Parameters for Selective Laser Melting of Inconel 625" authored by L. Criales, Y.M. Arisoy and T. Özel at 2015 ASME International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering that will be held in June 8-12, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

  • MARLAB Group presented a second paper titled "Investigations on Machining Induced Microstructural Changes on Inconel 100" authored by Y.M. Arisoy and T. Özel at 2015 ASME International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering that will be held in June 8-12, 2015 Charlotte, North Carolina.

  • Yigit Arisoy wins 2015 MSEC/NAMRC NSF Student Travel Award to present his poster at the 2015 ASME International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering that will be held in June 8-12, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

  • Mohammad Sima has successfully defended his Ph.D. Dissertation in April 2015. Congratulations to Mohammad !

  • Prof. Özel receives a grant award in the amount of $99,400 from National Institute of Standards and Technology . The grant award is entitled "Predictive Modeling for Laser Based Powder Metal Additive Manufacturing of Nickel-Based Alloyed Parts".

  • Yigit Arisoy wins 2015 MSEC/NAMRC NSF Student Travel Award to present his poster at the 2015 ASME International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering that will be held in June 8-12, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

  • Prof. Özel has been invited to the Member of the Scientific Committee of the 15th CIRP Conference on Modeling of Machining Operations, June 11-12, 2015, Karlsruhe, Germany.

  • Prof. Özel has been invited to the International Program Committee of the 8th International Conference and Exhibition on Design and Production of Machines and Dies/Molds, June 18-21, 2015, Kusadasi, Turkey.