LoAM : Lab of Advanced Manufacturing

1. Advanced manufacturing on alloy surface

Advanced manufacturing for novel metal and alloy systems is more and more important. With the emerging additive manufacturing techniques, new opportunities have opened up.

LoAM will focus on: (1) Physics-guided novel alloy design; (2) Surface-focused manufacturing process innovations.

2. Surface degradation mechanisms

Alloys are generally susceptible to various degradation processes. Oxidation, wear, and corrosion are endangering their sustainability.

LoAM is exploring the fundamentals and providing solutions for critical anti-degradation needs like extremely high-temperature stability, ultralow wear rate, and mitigated SCC susceptibility.

3. Multi-level databases for intelligent design

LoAM is collecting data and developing more advanced database for alloy and corrosion ML training, model building, etc. Click here to see more.

(In collaboration with AIPS lab and Shandong Jianzhu University/Shandong University)

LoAM is equipped with advanced facilities and tools for every manufacturer:

Lab-owned facilities:
Environment-controlled casting furnace
Heat treatment furnace
Plasma remelting platform
ECM demo and industrial platform
High-power pulse laser
EIS corrosion test station (compatible with SKP setup)
Slow strain rate test machine (for SCC and creep)

Shared facilties:
SLM machine (with in situ capacity)
Focused Ion Beam SEM (FIB-SEM) with EBSD
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM)
in-situ Transmission Electron Microscope TEM (with liquid cell)
Atomic Force Microscope AFM)
X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS)
Read more at: Utah Nanofab