Mon, 25 March, 2024
Francesco Careri, an NSIRC PhD student, was part of the AMPLab team that attended the TMS Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, USA.
The meeting focused on global minerals, metals, and materials, and was attended by colleagues and delegates from nearly 70 nations.
This year's event brought together more than 4,000 engineers, scientists, business leaders, and other professionals in the minerals, metals, and materials fields for a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary exchange of technical knowledge.
Francesco's NSIRC PhD studentship is supported by the University of Birmingham and TWI Ltd through the EPSRC CDT in Topological Design. The project is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
His research focuses on the development of Additive Layer Manufacturing technology as a potential means to produce thin features and more efficient Al-alloys heat exchangers for aerospace applications.
Francesco's presentation at TMS explored how his work aims to develop a digital twin for laser powder bed fusion of A205 AI-Alloy, and address both the internal defects development (lack of fusion and keyholes pores) and macro-scale structural defects when building thin-walled features or through-holes.
NSIRC PhD Student Francesco Careri presenting at TMS 2024. Photo: Francesco Careri
His innovative research is a potential game-changer in the field of materials science and additive manufacturing. Francesco obtained his MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Calabria in Italy.
During his final year project, he collaborated as a visiting student at the AMPlab, University of Birmingham, where he carried out experimental and numerical analyses of different post-processing strategies for Ni-superalloys structures fabricated using Direct Energy Deposition.
Contact Francesco to discuss his research in more detail. You can reach him through email at fxc017@student.bham.ac.uk or connect with him on LinkedIn - Francesco Careri.