Research

Current Projects

	Friction Stir Welding of Polymers & Polymer Composites (Wilkins)

	Joining Techniques for Nitinol (Terry)

	Friction Stir Extrusion of AA 7075 (Shelton)

	Friction Stir Extrusion on Butted Curved Surfaces (Strawn)

	Simulating FSW in a Lunar Environment (Strawn)

	Additive Manufacturing of Thermite Heat Source (Neely)

	Joining of Dissimilar Materials (Evans, Jarrell)

	Friction Stir Welding of Meteorite (Evans)

	Friction Stir Welding of Additively Manufactured Materials (Evans)

	Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling of Friction Stir Welding (Lammlein, Cox)

	Immersed friction stir welding Effects of water submersion on process forces and weld strength (Bloodworth)

	Through-the-tool tracking for friction stir welding Lateral misalignment detection in FSW (Flemming, Lammlein)

	Parameretizing the friction stir welding of aluminum metal matrix composites A study of tool wear (Prater)

	Friction stir welding with heating Effects on process forces and weld strength (Sinclair)

	Friction Stir Welding Applications for Military Vehicles An undergraduate senior design project (Lukenheimer, Teruya, Pearson, Segale, Vollmer, Cox)