---

what's inside... W + P = MEAM Tributes to Retiring Professors: Richard Sonntag Kenneth Ludema Staff Notes MEAM Instructional Faculty: Interests Contact PRs, Jt. & Adj. Faculty Interests Contact - NSF Career Awards Student Organizations Student News New EAB Members Alumni News Faculty Notes Fall Gifts Seminar Series Dear Mechanica Credits MEAM Links Department Publications MEAM Home Page

Endres: Develop and Disseminate Machining Process Analysis Technology U-M MEAM CPO / Rodney Hill Endres' overall objective is to develop and disseminate machining process analysis technology for use by U.S. industry. His focus is integrated analysis of the machine-tool and the process in support of a systems approach to the development, planning, and diagnosis of machining systems. He plans to accomplish this through a comprehensive analysis tool that merges cutting mechanics and machining dynamics, which represents a shift in paradigm from looking at each as separate problems. Use of machining systems analysis spans the entire machining industry, including cutting-tool companies, machine-tool builders, and end-user manufacturers. Industry has found that two of the real problems in this area are too much required experimentation and limited usefulness of dynamic analyses. Endres' comprehensive machining analysis program addresses these two concerns toward the eventual solution of the inverse problem of "given the desired functionality of a product, what should the process, machine-tool, and tooling specifications be?" The teaching aspect of Endres' grant focuses on merging the design and manufacturing curriculum and introducing additional machining processes courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. These include redevelopment of the ME 350 Design & Manufacturing II undergraduate course, development of Machining Processes, a senior/graduate level course, and introduction of Dynamics and Mechanics of Machining, a graduate course about the latest research in machining dynamics and fundamental process mechanics. Endres' NSF CAREER funding is from the Division of Design, Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation. In addition to the $200,000 over four years, Endres will also receive up to $25,000 per year in an one-to-one match with industry support. - Endres Lin Peng