Ehsan Malekipour
email: Ehsan.Malekipour@glasgow.ac.uk, e.malekipour.1@research.gla.ac.uk
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3291-3993
Research title: Incorporating new dynamic structures in ultrasonic surgical devices enabled by 3D printing titanium
Supervisors
Teaching
GTA for courses of :
ENG4094 - Mechanics of Solids and Structures, M4 (Demonstrator and Marker)
ENG1065 - Statics 1 (Demonstrator and Tutor)
ENG4025 - Finite Element Analysis, M4 (Demonstrator)
Additional Information
A researcher, consultant and mechanical engineer with over ten years of experience in production and manufacturing engineering, as well as six years of experience in the incorporating the high-frequency ultrasonic vibration (UV) as a novel technology into the variety of manufacturing processes (e.g. forming, welding and machining of metals). Also, a self-starter and a hands-on engineer with abilities to develop experimental set-ups and perform hybrid tests including numerical simulations with various Finite Element (FE) software, such as ABAQUS. Very well-rounded professional with staller skill in adapting programming to develop subroutines and sophisticated simulations to study the effect of acoustic softening, UV application, nano-particles, fractography, tube 3D-bending, Langevin transducers, forming process, drilling, etc.
Highlights:
• Design and manufacture of ultrasonically assisted deep drawing (UADD) system to increase the draw-ability of metal sheet and decrease the forming force.
• Perform the tensile and compressive tests with the presence of an acoustic field, investigation of micro-structure and fractography of the specimens to study the acoustic softening phenomenon.
• The creation of a new casting method that uses ultrasonic energy to create nano-sized particle reinforced Aluminium matrix composites (NPRAMCs) with a homogeneous dispersion of nanoparticles throughout the aluminum matrix.
• Development and design of tube 3D-bending process with ultrasonic vibration application.
• Transfer energy from an ultrasound generator to a transducer for vibratory rotating tools (used in drilling and FSW welding processes) by designing and fabricating a special slip ring.
• Design, analysis, and fabrication of Langevin type transducers within frequency range of (15 - 40 kHz) at 1kW, 2kW, and 3 kW.
• Analysis of Ultrasonic Metal Forming Processes Using Finite Element Methods and Simulation in Abaqus Software.
• Development of subroutines in the FORTRAN compiler and incorporate it in Abaqus to solve various engineering problems.
• Trained and licensed in performing machining process including milling and turning (CNC).