Frank E. Pfefferkorn Associate Professor Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Courses Education Fields of Interest Awards & Honors Selected Publications For additional information, see my

Contact Information

1031 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1572

Tel: 608/263-2668 Fax: 608/265-2316 E-mail: pfefferk@engr.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Mechanical Engineering

• Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
• Materials Science Program
• Polymer Engineering Center

Courses

• ME 313: Manufacturing Processes
• ME 314: Introduction to Competitive Manufacturing
• ME 364: Elementary Heat Transfer
• ME 429: Metal Cutting
• ME 491: Mechanical Engineering Projects I
• ME 766: Advanced Heat Transfer III-Radiation
• ME 964: Special Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering

Education

• PhD, Purdue, 2002
• MSME, Purdue, 1997
• BSME, UIUC, 1994

Fields of Interest

• Laser-assisted manufacturing
• Micro-end milling
• Friction stir welding (FSW)
• Heat and mass transfer
• Radiation thermometry

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

Member: ASME, SME, TMS

Selected Publications

• Pfefferkorn, F.E., F.P. Incropera and Y.C. Shin, (In Press), "Heat Transfer Model of Semi-Transparent Ceramics undergoing Laser-Assisted Machining," Submitted to International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
• Pfefferkorn, F.E., Y.C. Shin, F.P. Incropera, and Y. Tian, 2004, "Laser-Assisted Machining of Magnesia-Partially Stabilized Zirconia," ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 126(1), pp. 42-51.
• Pfefferkorn, F.E., F.P. Incropera, and Y.C. Shin, 2003, "Surface Temperature Measurement of Semi-Transparent Ceramics by Long-Wavelength Pyrometry," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 125, pp. 48-56.
• Rebro, P.A., F.E. Pfefferkorn, Y.C. Shin, and F.P. Incropera, 2002, "Comparative Assesment of Laser-Assisted Machining of Various Ceramics," Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 30, pp. 153-160.
• Rozzi, J.C., F.E. Pfefferkorn, Y.C. Shin, and F.P. Incropera, 2000, "Experimental Evaluation of the Laser-Assisted Machining of Silicon Nitride Ceramics," ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 122, pp. 666-670.
• Pfefferkorn, F.E., J.C. Rozzi, F.P. Incropera, and Y.C. Shin, 1997, "Surface Temperature Measurement in Laser-Assisted Machining Processes," Experimental Heat Transfer, Vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 291-313.

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