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Today,
guided by the directorship of Prof. Wojciech Misiolek, the Institute's
main research objective is to conduct cross-disciplinary process
engineering studies, in order to better understand and control
various forming and processing techniques and their impact on
the microstructural response of a material. The more classical
metal forming research has been expanded and involves projects
in metal powder processing, metal machining, microstructure
analysis and characterization, forming of polymers and ceramics.
A lot of attention is placed today on the both physical and
numerical modeling of materials processing and optimization
as well as microstructure development. The IMF is intensely
involved in graduate and undergraduate education as well as
training for technical staff from industry. The Institute has
a steadily growing base of equipment and expertise allowing
conducting of its academic and industry related research in a variety of fields including:
- Biomaterials
- Material Design
- Manufacturing
- Materials Modeling
The
cross-disciplinary nature of the IMF has included projects,
which have been co-investigated with students and faculty from
the departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering and Mechanics, and Industrial and Systems Engineering
from Lehigh and other universities. International scientists
and graduate students from North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Oceana have actively collaborated in research with the IMF.
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