RESEARCH INTERESTS
Application of Induction Heating to Micromolding
Application of Induction Heating to Micromolding
- Thin wall injection molding with microfeatures.
- Fully-coupled simulation of induction heating and injection molding.
- Dynamic mold tempertaure control system to eliminate weldlines
- Localized mold heating by the use of selective mold material
Application of FEM to Optical Engineering
- Finite element besed ray tracing scheme connected with injection molding simulation of plastic lenses.
- Finite element analysis of electro-magnetic optical systems
- Design and analysis of scanning electron microscopes
CAE in Injection Molding Processes (PDF file)
- Application of CAE to the optimal design of injection mold and process parameters using Design of Experiments (DOE)
- Three dimensional analysis using solid (tetrahedral) elements
- Precision mold design and analysis for plastic lenses and various electrical parts
CAE in Metal Forming Processes (PDF file)
- Finite element analysis of various metal forming processes such as forging, extrusion, sheet metal forming, etc.
- FEM source code development for three-dimensional analysis using solid elements
- Precision forging analysis using progressive dies
Finite Element Analysis (incluging High Performance Computation) (PDF file)
- Domain decomposition with mismatching refinement
- Adaptive mesh refinement
- Parallel computation of the finite element analysis
- Development of MS-Windows based finite element analysis S/W
Rapid Prototyping / Rapid Tooling
- Rapid prototyping and tooling in the metal forming and the injection molding processes
- Application of Rapid prototyping and tooling to development of a humanoid robot
- Experience in various RP systems: SLA, LOM, SLS, FDM, Objet