Completed Research Projects

  • Characterization, Evaluation and Removal of Surface Contamination from Pre and Post Heat Treated Parts
  • Aging Cycle Optimization for Aluminum Alloys
  • Carburization Process Optimization
  • CHT bf Computer-aided Heat Treatment Planning System for Batch Furnaces
  • CHT cf Development of an Analytical Tool for Part Load Design and Temperature Control in Continuous Furnaces
  • CHT -q/t- Computer-aided Heat Treatment Planning System for Quenching & Tempering
  • Development of an Analytical Tool for Part Load Design and Temperature Control Within Loaded Furnaces and Parts
  • Quenching – Understanding, Controlling and Optimizing the Process – I
  • Quenching – Understanding, Controlling and Optimizing the Process – II
  • Gas Quenching – understanding, controlling and optimizing the process
  • Control of Distortion and Residual Stress in Heat Treated Components
  • Solution Heat Treatment of Aluminum Alloys: Effect on Microstructure and Service Properties
  • Carbonitriding – Fundamentals, Modeling and Process Optimization
  • Nitriding – Fundamentals, Modeling and Process Optimization
  • Gas and Vacuum Carburizing
  • Energy Savings Model
  • Alloy Life Improvement
  • Non destructive Testing for Hardness and Carburization
  • Gas Quench Steel Hardenability Standard
  • Induction and Furnace Tempering
  • Distortion and Residual Stress
  • Heat Treatment of Additively Manufactured Parts
  • Austempering to Form Bainite
  • Heat Treatment of Additively Manufactured Parts
  • Continuous CarbTool Development
  • Ferritic Nitrocarburizing
  • Post Processing of AM to Improve Mechanical Properties
  • Induction Tempering