Frank Liou

Michael and Joyce Bytnar Product Innovation and Creativity Professor

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

 

Dr. Frank Liou is the Michael and Joyce Bytnar Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department, Missouri University of Science and Technology. He has served as the Director of the Manufacturing Engineering Program at Missouri S&T since the year 1999 and has successfully received several curriculum development funds and set up two scholarship endowment programs. He has published a book on Rapid Prototyping along with over 300 technical papers. Dr. Liou’s research excels in additive manufacturing (AM), including hybrid additive and subtractive processes, path planning, multiscale multiphysics process modeling, and AM process monitoring and control. His research has been funded by AFRL, NASA, NSF, and industries. Dr. Liou has received several teaching, research, and service awards, including several best paper awards. Dr. Liou is a Fellow of ASME.

Research Interests:

Metal additive manufacturing (AM), Novel AM process development and process planning, Multiscale multiphysics AM process modeling, Remanufacturing automation, Digital materials processing

Publications:

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  • Direct Metal Deposition of Functionally Gradient Materials
  • Hybrid Metal Additive/Subtractive Manufacturing
  • Automated Repair of Metal Defect Rework
  • Multi-Physics, Multi-Scale Modeling of Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes

Direct Metal Deposition of Functionally Gradient Materials


Direct Metal Deposition of Functionally Gradient Materials 

 

Dr. Frank Liou Project 1

 

INVESTIGATORS
Frank Liou (liou@mst.edu, 573-341-4603), Joe Newkirk,  Xueyang Chen, Sriram Praneeth Isanaka, Sreekar Karnati, Wei Li, Harihar Sistla, Todd Sparks, Fangquan Wang, Lei Yan, Jingwei Zhang, Yunlu Zhang, etc.


FUNDING SOURCE
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Boeing Company, Rolls Royce, Toyota


PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Many aerospace systems could benefit from materials with properties which are not ordinarily found in a single material. However, combining dissimilar materials can lead to incompatibilities which will destroy the system in operation. Functionally gradient materials (FGM) could meet these properties without the incompatibilities if the two materials can be slowly intermixed, either in small steps, or in a continuous fashion. Grading metal alloys can be problematic due to chemical reactions of the components.

 
PUBLICATIONS

  1. "High-Performance Materials by Laser Deposition,” Joseph W. Newkirk, and Frank Liou, Materials Science Forum Vols. 783-786 (2014) pp 2365-2369.
  2. “Effect of Al/Ni ratio, heat treatment on phase transformations and microstructure of AlxFeCoCrNi2−x (x = 0.3, 1) high entropy alloys,” Harihar Rakshit Sistla, Joseph. W. Newkirk, F. Frank Liou, Materials & Design, Volume 81, 15, 2015, Pages 113–121.
  3. “Blown powder deposition of 4047 aluminum on 2024 aluminum substrates,” Isanaka, Sriram Praneeth, Sreekar Karnati, Frank Liou, Manufacturing Letters 7 (2016) 11–14.
  4. Direct Laser Deposition of Ti-6Al-4V from Elemental Powder Blends,” Yan, L., X. Chen, W. Li, F. Liou, J. Newkirk, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Volume: 22 Issue 5, 2016.
  5. Simulation of Cooling Rate Effects on Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb Crack Formation in Direct Laser Deposition,” Lei Yan, Wei Li, Xueyang Chen, Yunlu Zhang, Joe Newkirk, Frank Liou, David Dietrich, TMS Materials Journal.
  6. Integration of Voxel-Based and Source Based Representation for Computer Aided Design of Functional Gradient Materials,” Wang, Fangquan, Frank Liou, and Todd Sparks, Proceedings of the 27th  Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, Texas, August 7-10, 2016.
  7. Effect of Powder Particle Size on the Fabrication of Ti-6Al-4V Using Laser Metal Deposition from Elemental Powder Mixture,” Chen, Xueyang, Lei Yan, Wei Li, Frank Liou, and Joseph Newkirk, Proceedings of the 27th  Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, Texas, August 7-10, 2016.
  8. Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Pre-mixed Multi-powder Flow in Fabricating Functional Gradient Material by Laser Metal Deposition Process,” Li, Wei, Jingwei Zhang, Sreekar Karnati, Yunlu Zhang, Frank Liou, Joseph Newkirk, Karen Taminger, and William Seufzer, Proceedings of the 27th  Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, Texas, August 7-10, 2016.
  9. Laser Metal Deposition of Functionally Gradient Materials from Elemental Copper and Nickel Powders,” Karnati, S., T.E. Sparks, F.Liou, J.W. Newkirk, K.M.B. Taminger, W.J. Seufzer, Proceedings of the 26th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, Texas, August 10-12, 2015.
  10. A Microstructure and Hardness Study of Functionally Graded Materials Ti6Al4V/TiC by Laser Metal Deposition,” Zhang, J., Y. Zhang, F. Liou, J.W. Newkirk, K.M.B. Taminger, W.J. Seufzer, Proceedings of the 26th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, Texas, August 10-12, 2015.
  11. Microstructure and Property of TiB-Reinforced Ti Alloy Composites by Laser Metal Deposition,” Zhang, Y., J. Zhang, F. Liou, J. Newkirk, Proceedings of the 26th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, Texas, August 10-12, 2015.

Hybrid Metal Additive/Subtractive Manufacturing

Automated Repair of Metal Defect Rework

Multi-Physics, Multi-Scale Modeling of Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes