Advanced Manufacturing Center
ETC 4.146A (C2200)
Austin, Texas 78712
512-471-3887
512-471-8727 fax
John R. Howell, Director
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Overview
The Advanced Manufacturing Center was established in 2004 to initiate, support, and coordinate research and education in advanced manufacturing and materials processing, to disseminate the results of this research to potential users, and to promote and provide resources for education in this field.
Because of its importance to international competitiveness and the continued development of the economy, advanced manufacturing and materials processing is a focus of a significant national research effort. Manufacturing and materials processing include dimensions and disciplines that encompass all of the important areas of Mechanical Engineering.
Areas of Research
- Design, Control, Analysis and Optimization of Manufacturing and Materials Processing Systems
- Development of Advanced Manufacturing Processes
- Microscale and Nanoscale Manufacturing Processes
- Materials
- Measurement
- Mechanics
- Modeling
- Operations research
- Thermal/fluids