July 2024
Congratulations to our Dr. Sagar Jalui, who successfully defended his dissertation titled “AM-Driven Design Innovation: DfAM Constraints in Adjoint Shape Optimization for Gas Turbine Applications.”
Congratulations to our Dr. Ankit Saxena, who successfully defended his dissertation titled “Systematic Design of Pressure-Actuated Adaptive Structural Cells Enabling Adaptive Mechanical Properties in Mechanical Structures.”
Congratulations to our Carson Vath, who successfully defended his masters thesis titled “Development and Testing of Novel Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing Systems for Embedding Wire Electronics.”
August 2023
Congratulation to our Dr. Maryam Tilton who is starting as Tenure Track Assistant Professor from Fall 2023, at the University of Texas, Austin.
Congratulation to our Dr. Philip King who is starting as Tenure Track Assistant Professor from Fall 2023, at the University of Maine.
Congratulations to our own, Dr. Md Moinuddin Shuvo who successfully defended his dissertation titled “Improving sustainability of Sand-Casting Processes via novel 3D Mold Designs. ”
Another big congratulations to now, Dr. Foxian Fan who successfully defended his dissertation titled “Evolution of Additive Manufacturing surface morphology during Centrifugal Disc Finishing.”
Big congratulations to our own, Dr. Philip King who successfully defended his dissertation titled “Bridging the oldest and newest manufacturing technologies: Additive Manufacturing, Metal Casting, and Internet of Things.”
Congratulations to our own, Sandy Karam who successfully defended her masters paper titled “Additive Manufacturing of patient-specific high-fidelity and thickness-controlled cerebral aneurysm geometries.”
Congratulations to our own, Willem Groeneveld-Meijer who successfully defended his master thesis titled “Does Finer Powder get deposited first in Powder Bed? – A Comparative Study using Simulation and Experimental Techniques.”
Congratulations to Jacklyn Griffis who is awarded with the Walker Graduate Assistantship with ARL.
May 2023
Congratulations to our Foxian Fan who was awarded the Best Track Paper award from IISE- IISE Best Track Paper Award- Engineering Economy Division for his paper “Cost Analysis of Mass Finishing Additively Manufactured Ti6Al4V Parts” which was presented at New Orleans, LA at IISE 2023.
March 2023
Congratulations to Jacklyn Griffis to be selected for the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program 2023.
January 2023
Congratulations to Ankit Saxena for being recognized with 2022-23 Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award.
October 2022
Congratulations to Philip King to be awarded the Foundry Education Foundation scholarship for research in metal casting.
Congratulations to Shuvo to be awarded the Foundry Education Foundation scholarship for research in metal casting.
Congratulations to Shuvo to be awarded the Steel Founders Society of America (SFSA) award for research in metal casting.
June 2022
Congratulations to Philip King to be awarded the NSF Student Support for the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium 2022.
Congratulations to Shuvo to be awarded the Graduate Fellowship for research in metal casting.
May 2022
Congratulations to Ankit Saxena to be awarded the part-time graduate teaching excellence liaison by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence (SITE).
Congratulations to Ankit Saxena for being awarded the 2022 ASME Graduate Teaching Fellowship
Congratulations to Paula Clares, who successfully defended her MS-Thesis in Additive Manufacturing & Design titled “Fundamental Understanding into Bimodal Powder Size Distributions in Binder Jetting Additive Manufacturing Process”.
Congratulations to Ryan Stebbins, who successfully defended his MS-Thesis in Mechanical Engineering titled “Novel Runner Extension Designs via 3D Sand-printing to Improve Casting Performance”.
April 2022
Congratulations to Jay Sim to be awarded the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Achievement.
Congratulations to Foxian Fan for the 2021-22 Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award.
Congratulations to Paula Clares for the 2021-22 Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award.
March 2022
Congratulations to Willem Groeneveld-Meijer to be awarded the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program 2022.
August 2021
Congratulations to Jay Sim, who was awarded the Foundry Education Foundation scholarship for research in metal casting.
Congratulations to Philip King, who was awarded the Foundry Education Foundation scholarship for research in metal casting.
June 2021
Congratulations to Sagar Jalui to be awarded the NSF Student Support for the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium 2021.
Congratulations to Ankit Saxena to be awarded the NSF Student Support for the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium 2021.
Congratulations to Nicholas Vitaglianio to be awarded the NSF Student Support for the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium 2021.
Congratulations to Willem Groeneveld-Meijer to be awarded the NSF Student Support for the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium 2021.
April 2021
Congratulations to Jay Sim for being awarded Second Best Presenter at the Undergraduate Research Exhibition.
May 2021
Congratulations to Jay Sim, who was awarded the H. H. Harris Foundation scholarship for research in metal casting.
August 2020
Congratulations to Philip King for winning the Penn State Energy and Environmental Sustainability Green Dollars Grant.
June 2020
Another big congratulations to now “Dr. Maryam Tilton” on her defense of her dissertation titled “Multi-Objective Design and Characterization of Orthopaedic Implants and Meta-Biomaterials Fabricated via Additive Manufacturing”
May 2020
Big congratulations to our own, “Dr. Xi Gong” who successfully defended his dissertation titled “Machining Behavior and Material Properties in Additive Manufacturing of TI-6AL-4V Parts”
Congratulations to Jay Sim, who was awarded the H. H. Harris Foundation scholarship for research in metal casting.
April 2020
Congratulations to Jay Sim for being awarded Third Best Presenter at the Undergraduate Research Exhibition for work on Reinventing Foundry in a Box for the 21st Century.
March 2020
Congratulations to SHAPE Lab member Phil King, who was awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) for work on numerical modeling and experimentation with novel 3D runner geometries.
Congratulations to Jay Sim, who was selected for a 2020 PSU Erickson Discovery Grant for research in casting science.
January 2020
Congratulations to Jay Sim, who was awarded the Foundry Education Foundation scholarship for research in metal casting.
Congratulations to Jay Sim, who was awarded the Spring 2020 Equity REU Grant to continue research redesigning AFS Foundry-in-a-Box.
December 2019
SHAPE Lab member Israel Monroy presented research work/findings at the Fall 2019 Design Showcase at University Park.
August 2019
Congratulations to Philip King, who was awarded the PA Manufacturing Fellowship for research in metal casting
Congratulations to Philip King, who was awarded the Foundry Education Foundation scholarship for research in metal casting.
Congratulations to Jay Sim, who was awarded the Foundry Education Foundation scholarship for research in metal casting.
Congratulations to Jay Sim, who was awarded the Fall 2019 Equity REU Grant to begin research on redesigning AFS Foundry-in-a-Box.
Congratulations to Israel Monroy, who was awarded a scholarship from the College of Engineering for acceptance into the 2019 Fall REU program
SHAPE Lab member Daniel Martinez gave two technical presentations on “In-Direct Hybrid AM: Advancing Metal Castings via 3D Sand-Printing” and “Influence of 3D Sand-Printing Processing Conditions on Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Molds” at SFF 2019 in Austin, TX
June 2019
SHAPE Lab member Daniel Martinez gave a poster presentation on “Improving mechanical properties of metal castings using novel sprue designs via 3D sand-printing” at ASME MSEC 2019 in Erie, PA
April 2019
Congratulations to Maryam Tilton, who was awarded the prestigious DAAD RISE Professional 2019 Award. She will be joining Zeiss 3D ManuFact (Germany) for a 3 month study and training program.
Congratulations to Greg Bicknell, who successfully defended his MS-Thesis in Mechanical Engineering titled “Electrical Discharge Machining Process for Post-Processing Stainless Steel 316L Additively Manufactured Parts”.
March 2019
Congratulations to Daniel Martinez, who was awarded the EESL Green Dollars grant for his project titled “Image Analysis of Pore Networks in 3D-Sand Printed Specimens Using Computer Tomography Scanning”.
February 2019
Maryam Tilton presented her work at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting 2019 in Austin, TX, Mechanical Behavior of Additive Manufactured Proximal Humerus Fracture Fixation Plate: Experimental Study on Unstable 3-Part Fractures with Osteoporosis and Patient-Specific Prosthesis for Load-Bearing Reconstruction of Proximal Humerus After Tumor Resection .
December 2018
Congratulations to Santosh Reddy Sama, who graduated with dual MS-Thesis in Mechanical Engineering and MS in Additive Manufacturing and Design.
Congratulations to Santosh Reddy Sama, who published his paper on “Novel Sprue Design in Metal Casting via 3D Sand-Printing” in Additive Manufacturing. Check it out here: DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2018.12.009
August 2018
Congratulations to Santosh Reddy Sama, who published his paper on “Non-conventional mold design for metal casting using 3D sand-printing” in the Journal of Manufacturing Processes. Check it out here: DOI: 10.1016/j.jmapro.2018.03.049
June 2018
SHAPE Lab member Santosh Reddy Sama gave a technical presentation on “Non-Conventional Mold Design for Metal Casting using 3D Sand-Printing” at NAMRC in College Station, TX
May 2018
SHAPE Lab member Santosh Reddy Sama gave a technical presentation on “Topology Optimization for Metal Castings using 3D Sand-Printing including Manufacturing Constraints” at IISE 2018 in Orlando, FL
SHAPE Lab member Jiayi Wang gave a technical presentation on “Topology Optimization for Rapid Investment Casting of AM Patterns via Material Extrusion” at IISE 2018 in Orlando, FL
April 2018
SHAPE Lab member Maryam Jahanzad gave a technical presentation on “How Can Additive Manufacturing Improve Fatigue Life in Fracture Fixations: An Experimental Study in Proximal Humerus Fractures” at RAPID 2018 in Fort Worth, TX
Congratulations to Jiayi Wang, who published his paper on “Re-Thinking Design Methodology for Castings : 3D Sand-Printing And Topology Optimization” in the International Journal of Metalcasting. Check it out here: https://rdcu.be/L0h7
Congratulations to our own undergraduate Honors lab member Michael Szczesniak, who won the 2nd best presentation at the 2018 Undergraduate Research Exhibition for his thesis project titled, “Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) Utilizing a Low Cost, Closed Loop Current Control System”
December 2017
Jiayi Wang successfully defended his thesis on “Part Design and Topology Optimization for Rapid Sand and Investment Casting” and is graduating with a Masters in Engineering Design. His research was sponsored by America Makes through AM4MC grant. Congratulations to Jiayi!
October 2017
Invited talk on “Advanced Hybrid Manufacturing: Roadmap of Technological Challenges” was presented in 2017 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2017)
Invited talk on “Hybrid Manufacturing – Integrating Additive Manufacturing with Traditional Technologies” was presented at MetalStorm 2017
May 2017
SHAPE Lab member Maryam Jahanzad gave a technical presentation on “Addressing Challenges in Custom Orthopedic Implants Using Additive Manufacturing” at RAPID 2017 in Pittsburgh, PA