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I am an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University Northwest, where I lead research at the intersection of fatigue mechanics, additive manufacturing (AM), and data-driven design. My work focuses on understanding and predicting the fatigue and fracture behavior of AM metals—critical to ensuring their reliability in demanding applications.

Despite process optimization efforts, defect-free AM components are still out of reach. I’m developing models that account for defect size, shape, location, and spacing to improve fatigue-life predictions and accelerate AM adoption in critical applications. My next step is integrating AI with microstructure-sensitive mechanical models to capture damage evolution under cyclic and monotonic loading. This hybrid approach will reduce testing, guide design optimization, and improve part reliability. Long term, my goal is to link structural integrity to fabrication history through robust process–structure–property–performance relationships across metal AM technologies like powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition.

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