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Manufacturing Automation Research Laboratory
© 2003-2008

Director:
Tugrul Özel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor 
Industrial & Systems Engg. 
Rutgers University
96 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
(732) 445-1099
Fax: (732) 445-5467

ozel@rutgers.edu

Director


 

Dr. Tugrul Özel
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Ohio State (1998)

 

Dr. Tugrul Özel is the Director of Manufacturing Automation and Research laboratory (MARL). He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ohio State University in 1998. Dr. Özel previously worked at NSF funded Engineering Research Center for Net Shape Manufacturing and taught three years as Assistant Professor at Cleveland State University. He was a summer faculty fellow at NASA Glenn Research Center in 1999, where he conducted research on micro-manufacturing sciences. Dr. Özel's teaching and research interest include computational modeling of manufacturing processes, automated manufacturing and process control, mechatronics, optimization of processes and systems, energy efficient manufacturing systems, and micro-manufacturing sciences. He has research articles published in high quality  journals such as Int. Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Int. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of North American Manufacturing Research Institute and others. His research has been funded by National Science Foundation, NASA/NJ Space Consortium, Rutgers Research Council and industry. Dr. Özel  is the secretary of SME NJ Chapter 14 and the  faculty advisor to SME student chapter at Rutgers. He is a senior member of SME, ASME and North American Manufacturing Research Institute (NAMRI). He is listed in The Marquis Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in Science and Engineering for the past ten years. He is the recipient of the 2008 Machine Tool Technologies Research Foundation award,  the Best Paper Award in 8th CIRP International Workshop on Modeling of Machining Operations in 2005, and the nominee for CIRP Associate Member. His articles has received over 250 citations in Web of Science (h-index:10),  his sole-authored article ranked 4th and his article co-authored with Y. Karpat ranked 1st in Top 25 Articles in International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture. He is the founding editor of Int. Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems (IJMMS) and a member of the editorial board in Int. Journal of Machining & Machinability of Materials (IJMMM)  and Int. Journal of Nanomanufacturing (IJNM) and International Journal of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering (IJCMSSE). He organized a number of  special issues in several international journals as guest editor. He has served in in the scientific committees of numerous international conferences and organized symposiums and chaired many sessions. 

 

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.

 

 

Yao Zhang

BS EE, MS EE
 
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.

 

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.
 

 

M. Damoon Sima
BSME, MSME
 
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. 

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.

 
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.

 
CurrentUndergraduate Students
Joshua Greenhaus
BSIE, Rutgers (2010)
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)
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.

Former Graduate Students


Serdar Yildiz
BSIE, MSIE Bilkent Univ.
 

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.


Atul Dhanorker
MSIE, Rutgers (2007)

 

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. 

  • One paper in Int. J. of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems

  • One conference paper in ASME-MSEC 2007

  • One conference paper in 2007 CIRP Machines and Die/Mold Manufacturing

  • One conference paper in ASME-MSEC 2006


Yigit Karpat

Ph.D. Rutgers (2007)
Assistant Prof. Bilkent Univ. (2007-present)
 

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/

  • Two papers in Int. J. of Machine Tools and Manufacture

  • One paper in Int. J. of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

  • One paper in Int. J. Machining & Machinability of Materials

  • One paper in J. Material Processing Technology

  • One paper in Materials & Manufacturing Processes

  • Three papers in ASME J. of Manufacturing Science & Engineering

  • Four in Transactions of NAMRI

  • Four Conference papers

 


Erol Zeren
MSIE, Rutgers (2006)

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.

  • Two papers in Int. J. of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

  • One paper in J. of Materials Processing Technology

  • One paper in Int. J. Machining & Machinability of Materials

  • One paper in ASME J. of Manufacturing Science & Engineering

  • One paper in Transactions of NAMRI

  • Four conference papers

Wen-Hui (Mary) Lee
MSIE, Rutgers (2005)

Master's Project, "A State-Of-The-Art in Pulsed Laser Micromachining Processes and Hole Area Modulated Machining of Microlenses"

  • One paper in Int. J. of Nanomanufacturing

  • One conference paper in ASME- MSEC 2007

Fazal Naikwadi
MSIE, Rutgers (2005)

Master's Project, "Design and Analysis of Micromanipulator for Microfabrication"

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Dhiraj Oberoi
MSIE, Rutgers (2004)

Master's Project, "CAD/CAM in Turning"

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Tsu-Kong Hsu
MSIE, Rutgers (2003)

Master’s Project, “Development of Interactive Web-Based Tools for Hard Turning Analysis: Cutting Forces, Surface Roughness and Tool Wear”

  • One paper in Int. J. of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

  • One conference paper in 2004 IERC

Mark Geiger
MSIE, Cleveland State University, OH (2001)

Master’s Project, “Development of Rapid Tooling for Injection Molding using Metal Filled Stereolithography Cavity Inserts”

  • One conference paper in 2001 CIRP Machines and Die/Mold Manufacturing

Abhijit Nadgir
MSIE, Cleveland State University, OH (2000)

Master's Thesis, "Neural Network Modeling of Flank Wear for Tool Condition Monitoring in Orthogonal Cutting of Hardened Steels"

  • One paper in Int. J. of Machine Tools & Manufacture

  • One conference paper in EDA 2000

Ronald Koenig
MSIE, Cleveland State University, OH, (2000)
 

Master’s Project, "Developmental Micro Mechanical Machining of Silicon Carbide Using Cubic Boron Nitrite Cutting Tools"

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Former Visitors

Xinyu Liu, Ph.D.

Dr. Xinyu Liu joined our research group as a visiting scholar after receiving his graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in May 2006. Dr. Liu developed finite element models for the micro-end milling process using DEFORM and ABAQUS to study the influence of edge radius on the machining performance. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Lamar University, Texas.

Prof. Joaquim Ciurana
University of Girona

Prof. Joaquim Ciurana has joined in our research group as a visiting professor in  April 2008 for four months. Prof. Ciurana has been collaborating with MARL on modeling and optimizing laser micromachining operations, decision support systems for machine tool selection and developed finite element models for titanium machining. He is an Assistant Professor at University of Girona, Catalunia, Spain.

Former Undergraduate Students

Adam Miller, BSME
BSME, Rutgers (2008)

Assisted in designing and manufacturing of workholding fixture and machining of grooves to prepare nickel-base super alloys disks for the orthogonal cutting tests.

Mike Pandolfo, BSIE
BSIE, Rutgers (2009)


Assisted in acquiring, measuring and analyzing forces in orthogonal cutting tests of nickel-base super alloys.