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Dr. Sarah Wolff, assistant professor in the mechanical and aerospace department at The Ohio State University (OSU), participated in her second year as a summer faculty fellow at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division through the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Summer Faculty Research Program.
During her time with Carderock, Wolff researched laser-based additive manufacturing and specifically the fabrication of complex, multi-material metallic parts with superior microstructures and mechanical parts. She capped off her studies with the presentation of a lecture on the topic for Carderock employees and other fellows at the end of the summer.
Over the 10-week fellowship, Wolff worked with the physical metallurgy and fire department to conduct research and imaging of metal additive manufacturing. She also worked on analysis of printed parts through a laser hot wire process that Carderock uses.
“It was really beneficial for me for a variety of reasons,” Wolff said. “My background and research are very fundamental [and] there aren't [many] applications to what I'm working on, so working at Carderock was a really good combination of fundamental science and then how it [connects] to some of the naval applications.”
Her metal additive manufacturing research was conducted with the magnetic materials group at Carderock who, along with Wolff, spent the summer focused on researching the imaging process to print a variety of magnetic metals called “FeIron aluminum metals.” The metals are specialized magnetic materials that can be molded to different shapes and sizes when a magnetic field is applied.
The imaging done within the process helps capture key information that can determine whether or not a part is likely to be sustainable or have any defects. The development of new manufacturing materials ensures the Navy’s fleet is more resistant to saltwater corrosion and also allows new opportunities to refine the additive manufacturing process for new metals.
| Date Taken: | 11.15.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 11.29.2024 08:24 |
| Story ID: | 485409 |
| Location: | BETHESDA, MARYLAND, US |
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