Personnel

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Personnel


 

Radovan Kovacevic
Herman Brown Chair Professor

B.S., ME, University of Belgrade, YU, 1969
M.S., ME, University of Belgrade, YU, 1972
Ph.D., ME, University of Montenegro, YU, 1978

Research interests include: On-line monitoring and control of manufacturing processes, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Nontraditional Manuf. Processes, Sensing and Control of Welding Processes, Development of Rapid Manuf. Processes. More information>>

Andrzej Socha
Research Engineer 

Fanrong Kong
Research Engineer

B.S., ME, Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electric Engineering, China, 2001
M.S., ME, China Three Gorges University, China , 2004
Ph.D. Candidate, ME, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2007
Ph.D., ME, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2009

Research interests include: Heat Transfer, Laser Material Processing

  Prabu Balu 
Research Engineer

B.E., ME, Madurai Kamaraj University, India, 2002 
M.E., Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University, India, 2005 
Ph.D., ME, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2012

Research interests include: Rapid Manufacturing by Laser Cladding

 

Jorge A. Sugranes
Candidate of Doctor of Engineering

D.E., Southern Methodist University, Dallas, January 2008-Present
M.S., Manufacturing Systems, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2007
M.E.M., Engineering Management, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, PR, 1999
B.S.I.E., Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, PR, 1997
B.S., Biology, University of Puerto Rico, PR, 1984

Research interests include: Electron beam sterilization in pharmaceutical industry

 

Perry Leggett
Research Assistant

B.S., ME and Math, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2009
M.S., ME, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2010
Ph.D. Candidate, Sensing and control of laser materials processing, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2010-Present

Research interests include: Laser Joining of Aluminum Alloys for the Automotive Industry

Mehdi Asgharifar
Research Assistant

B.S., ME, University of Tabriz, Iran, 2003
M.S., ME, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 2008
Ph.D. Candidate, ME, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2010-Present

Research interests include: Plasma Science and its Application in Surface Treatment

Junjie Ma
Research Assistant

B.S., ME, Hubei University of Technology, China, 2004
M.S., ME, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China, 2007
Ph.D. Candidate, ME, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2009-Present

Research interests include: Modeling of Hybrid Laser/Arc Welding and Laser Welding

Joe Anago
Research Assistant

B.S., ME, Kaduna Polytechnic, Nigeria, 1976
M.S., ME, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1983
Ph.D. Candidate, ME, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2010-Present

Research interests include: Fatigue life of welded structures

Shuang Liu
Research Assistant

B.S., Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Soochow University, China, 2007
M.S., ME, Soochow University, China, 2010
Ph.D. Candidate, ME, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2010-Present

Research interests include: Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing

Mahdi Jamshidinia
Research Assistant

B.S., Materials Science, University of Tehran, Iran, 2005
M.S., Materials Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, 2008
Ph.D. Candidate, ME, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2011-Present

Research interests include: Rapid Manufacturing by Electron Beam Melting® (EBM)

Masoud Harooni
Teaching Assistant

B.S., ME, Azad University of Najafabad, Iran, 2005
M.S., ME, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, 2007
Ph.D. Candidate, ME, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2011-Present

Research interests include: Laser Welding and Hybrid Laser-Arc Welding of Magnesium Alloys

Mohammed Syed
Research Assistant

B.S. ME, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1987
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1989
M.S. Materials Engineering, University of Houston, 1994
M.B.A. Management Information Systems, University of Houston, 1999

Research Interests: Laser Cladding with WC, Ni alloys and Rare Earth Elements using High Power Direct Diode Laser

Parisa Farahmand
Research Assistant

B.S., ME, Iran University of Science & Technology, Iran, 2007
M.S., ME, University of Tehran, Iran, 2009
Ph.D. Candidate, ME, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2012-Present

Research interests include: Laser Surface Texturing and Micromachining

Wei Liu
Research Assistant

B.S. Material Science, China University of Petroleum, East China, 2009
M.S. Material Science, China University of Petroleum, East China, 2011
Ph.D. Candidate, ME, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2012-Present

Research Interest: Laser welding, Laser-arc Hybrid welding, Laser hot-wire welding


Mehdi Mazar Atabaki
Research Assistant

B.S., Materials Engineering-Industrial Metallurgy, Azad University, Iran, 2002         M.S., Materials Engineering-Welding, Science and Research University, Iran, 2005 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology, Malaysia, 2012               Ph.D. Candidate, ME, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2012-Present

Research Interest: Brazing, welding, soldering, Advanced Materials, Computational and Mathematical Modeling, Solidification, Laser Materials Processing and Biomaterials

  Abuagila Slama
Reasearch Assistant

B.S., ME, Tripoli University, Libya, 1988
M.S., ME, Belgrade University, Serbia, 2003
Ph.D. Candidate, ME, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2012-Present

Research Interest: Predication and studying of Buckling and Distortion by using Laser Welding and Finite Element Method (FEM)