University of Wisconsin Madison College of Engineering
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Manufacturing Research
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Connecting advanced research with manufacturing industries

 

Research in Manufacturing Machines and Equipment

manufacturing equipment Flexible manufacturing welding close-up of gears

 

Laboratory Facilities

 

 

 

Research Projects

 

  • Friction stir welding of large structures

  • Portable friction stir welding

  • Selective laser polishing of micro-scale features

  • Repair of aircraft using friction stir welding

 

 

Faculty

 

  • Neil Duffie — Systems, process automation, control, robotics

  • Nicola Ferrier — Medical and industrial robotics, computer vision, sensing

  • Xiaochun Li — Laser processing, nanocomposites, tribology, sensing

  • Robert Lorenz — Electromagnetic actuators, power electronics, control

  • Frank Pfefferkorn — Laser processing, micromachining, friction stir welding

  • Dharmaraj ("Raj") Veeramani — RFID, e-business, supply chains, quick-response

  • Shiyu Zhou — Sensing, quality, productivity, variation, control

  • Michael Zinn — Medical and industrial robotics, actuation, control, haptics