Micro-manufacturing Lab
The Micro-manufacturing Research Laboratory in the Department of Industrial Engineering at ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ University is located at Lucas Engineering Building Room 143. The lab is supervised by Dr. Xinyu Liu.
The lab is mainly used for graduate research in micro-manufacturing, precision engineering, metrology, automation and control. The lab also supports undergraduate and graduate courses of Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Automated System Engineering, as well as senior capstone design project related to design and manufacturing.
The lab has worked on six major research projects and graduated 9 students. The lab is currently exploring Laser Machining and micro-machining.
Alumni
Doctoral Students
- Swapnile Patole (05/2018) - Assistant Professor Alamos College
- Ning Lou (12/2016) Design Engineer at Alcon in Dallas, TX
- Shreyas Shashidhara (12/2013) - Working as Industrial Engineer at Kasai North America, Inc, Madison, M.S.
- Anand Gangineni (12/2012)
- Pugalenthi Pandian (12/2010) - Manufacturing Manager/Lean Champion at BDTC
Schulumberger Houston, TX
Master of Engineering
- Swagatika Patra (05/2017) - Currently pursue Ph.D. degree in systems Science, and Industrial Engineering Department, State University of New York at Binghamton
- Raghabendra Rout (05/2017) - Currently pursue Ph.D. degree in systems Science, and Industrial Engineering Department, State University of New York at Binghamton
- Sriram Pydi (12/2011)
- Maheshwaran, Ramalingam (08/2009) - Worked as Manufacturing Engineer at Schlumberger Houston, TX. Currently in Pune, India for Schlumberger.
Equipment
- 1 Objet Alaris30 3D Printer
- 1 Microlution 3-Axis Precision Micro-milling Machine
- 1 Customized Deep Hole Metrology System
- 1 Picosecond Laser Micro-machining System equipped with Coherent Helios 532nm Laser Head and Scanlab Intelliscan
- 1 Full Spectrum 5th Generation Laser Engraver
- 1 Thorlabs Vibration Isolation Table
- 2 High precision granite work table
- Computers and software
Teaching
- Automated System Engineering (INEN 4396, INEN 5396)
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing systems (INEN 4345, INEN 5345)
- Engineering Materials and Processes (INEN 3322)
- Fundamental Manufacturing Processes (INEN 3323)
People
Dr. Xinyu Liu Email: xinyu.liu@lamar.edu
Tel: 409-880-8897
Projects
Project 1
Development of a State-of-the-art Smart Laser Micro-Machining System for Advanced Manufacturing and Surface Engineering Research and Education.
Submitted one NSF MRI proposal based on this project
Field study:
Ning Lou, “Mechanical Micro-machining and Laser Micro-machining”, Doctor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering, Advisor: Xinyu Liu, Committee Members: Weihang Zhu, James Curry, Jiang Zhou, December 2016.
Project 2
Process Analysis and Engineering Application of Ultrashort Pulse Laser Ablation.
Swapnil Patole, “Experimental Investigation and Theoretical Modeling of Ultrashort Pulse Laser Ablation”, Doctor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering, Advisor: Xinyu Liu, Committee Members: Weihang Zhu, James Curry, Jiang Zhou, Xianchang Li, May 2018.
Master of Engineering Theses:Swagatika Patra, “Modification of Surface Topography in the Application of Biofouling of Ship Hull Using Picosecond Laser”, May 2017
Raghabendra Rout, “Modification of Surface Topography in the Application of Biofouling of Medical Implants Using Picosecond Laser”, May 2017.
Popular Press:“Monsters from the deep sea”, Laser Community, Issue 27, Page 28-29.
Project 3
Micro-mechanical machining and Direct Metal Laser Melting.
Publication:
Xinyu Liu, Ning Lou, Swapnil Patole, Dan Rutman, Yachao Wang and Jing Shi, “Experimental Investigation of Micro-Machinability of Nano-TiC Reinforced Inconel Fabricated by Direct Metal Laser Melting”, Proceedings of the 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Nov 2015, Houston, TX.
Project 4
Process Automation in Micro-machine tools.
Publications:
Xinyu Liu and Weihang Zhu (2017), “Development of a Fiber Optical Occlusion Based Non-Contact Automatic Tool Setter for a Micro-Milling Machine”, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 43, 12-17, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2016.04.002.
Xinyu Liu and Weihang Zhu, “Design of a Low-cost Fiber Optical Occlusion Based Automatic Tool Setter for Micro Milling Machine”. Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing Conference, San Antonio, USA. May 2014.
Xinyu Liu (2012), “In-situ Metrology System for Micro-Milling Machine,” Journal of Manufacturing Systems, , pp. 15–21.
Project 5
Process Modeling and Analysis in Micro-machining
Funded Project:
“Nanolubricant based Minimum Quantity Lubrication Machining for Sustainable Manufacturing”, ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ Research Enhancement Grant, $5000, 2010~2011
“Exploratory Study of Cost-Effective Hybrid Micromanufacturing Processes for Bipolar Plates of Miniature Fuel Cell”, ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ Research Enhancement Grant, $5000, 2008-2009.
Publications:
Xinyu Liu and Shreyas Shashidhara (2016) “Experimental Investigation of the Tool Wear in Micro-milling of Stainless Steel 316”, International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems, 9(2), doi: 10.1504/IJMMS.2016.076170
Özel, T., and Liu, X., (2009), “Investigations on Mechanics Based Process Planning of Micro-End Milling in Machining Mold Cavities”, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 24, No. 12, pp1274-1281.
Liu, X., and Jun, M., (2008) “Effects of Process Parameters on Surface Location Errors in Micro-endmilling,” Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME (NAMRI), v36, pp277-284.
Shreyas Shashidhara, Xinyu Liu, Weihang Zhu, James Curry, Victor Zaloom, Experimental Investigation of the Tool Wear and Tool Life in Micro Hard Milling, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Conference (IMECE-65607), November 2013, San Diego, USA
Gangenini, B., Liu, X., (2012), “Finite Element Analysis on Single Grit Cutting in Micro-grinding”, IIE Annual conference & Expo, May 19-23, 2012, Orlando, FL.
Liu, X, Zhu, W., and Zaloom, V., (2011) “Multi-objective Optimization for the Micro-milling Process with Adaptive Data Modeling”, ASME International Conference of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, June 13-17, 2011, Corvallis, OR
Liu, X., (2010) “Experimental Investigation of Micro-milling Accuracy Using On-Macchine Measurement System”, ASME International Conference of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, October 12-15, Erie, PA.
Project 6
Development of Innovative Metrology systems for Deep Holes
Industry Sponsored Project:
PI, “Development of a Non-Contact Metrology System for Dimension Measurement and Surface Characterization of Deep-Holes”, Schlumberger Research Center, $200,000, 2008-2012.