The American Welding Journal Featured RCAM Article - Read this article in the Welding Journal featuring the Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing and the Center for Laser Aided Manufacturing!

Success Facts for 2009 - Find out key information about RCAM during the 2009 year!

Sucess Facts for 2008 - Find out key information about RCAM during the 2008 year!

RCAM Develops Prototype of Rapid Manufacturing and Repair Multifab - The RCAM is developing an advanced manufacturing technology that uses directed energy in the form of photons, electrons, electric arc, and plasma arc to “grow” or “print” metallic components via a process known as direct metal deposition (DMD), near-net-shape, solid free-form or additive manufacturing. The result of this work is the recently developed prototype...

RCAM Capabilities - We are pleased to inform you that Southern Methodist University Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing (“RCAM”) has placed an order for the newest electron beam-based rapid manufacturing/prototyping machine...

Success Facts for 2007 - Find out key information about RCAM during the 2007 year!

Success Facts for 2006 - Find out key information about RCAM during the 2006 year!

FSW of Aluminum to Copper Ranked in the Top 25 ScienceDirect Hottest Articles - Microstructural Evolution in the Friction Stir Welded 6061 Aluminum Alloy (T6 temper condition) to Copper, authored by Jiahu Ouyang, Eswar Yarrapareddy and Radovan Kovacevic, ranked among the top 25...

New Center for Laser-Aided Manufacturing - Check out Southern Methodist University's new Center for Laser-Aided Manufacturing.

Eswar Yarrapareddy Won ASM International 2006 Student Scholarship - Eswar Yarrapareddy, PhD Candidate, won one of the two ASM International North Texas Chapter 2006 student scholarships. These scholarships were announced at the chapter meeting at University of Texas at Arlington, TX on April 20, 2006...

Eswar Yarrapareddy is Selected for LeaderShape Award - Eswar Yarrapareddy, PhD Candidate, is one of the seven graduate students selected for the 2006 Arthur E. Focke LeaderShape Award from ASM International’s Materials Education Foundation. Under this award Eswar will get six-day training from LeaderShape institute at...

Recently Issued Patents - Take a look at the recently issued patents during the 2005-2006 academic year.

March 2006 Issue of Flashpoints for the LAM I/UCRC Newsletter - Read the issue featuring RCAM-SMU!

Ranked 3rd in the 2005 ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles - See the list!

NASA Awards RCAM - NASA awarded the SMU’s Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing a grant in the amount of $992,000 to further develop a Multi-fabrication (MultiFab) system for rapid manufacturing and/or repair. The proposed concept of the multi-fabrication manufacturing equipment provides...

New Center for Lasers and Plasmas (CLP) at SMU - As of September 1, 2005 SMU has joined the University of Virginia and the University of Michigan as the third university site in the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing...

Vijay Soundararajan Awarded AWS Grant - Vijay Soundararajan, Ph.D. candidate of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and a research assistant of the Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing, has been awarded the $25,000 American Welding Society Graduate fellowship Grant for the 2005 – 2006 academic year...

2003 AWS Class of Fellows and Counselors - Look at the American Welding Society's fellows and counselors for the 2003 year.

From Art to Part - SMU Center is Pioneering the Future of Manufacturing - Every antique car buff knows the difficulty of obtaining replacement parts. But imagine if antique car owners could go to their local auto parts store, ask for any part they needed for their 1955 Chevy or 1964 Mustang, and have it built in front...