High-Performance Manufacturing

Developing more creative, high-tech and impactful manufacturing solutions.

Advancing next-generation manufacturing as part of America Makes

Helping manufacturers adapt to IoT connectivity

NSF CAREER award funds advances in additive manufacturing

Manufacturing is a bedrock of the U.S. economy. But in this global, high-tech age, manufacturing needs a paradigm shift toward more customized, flexible production using materials in new ways to accomplish more with lower energy intensity, unparalleled combinations of properties and allowing higher throughput. 

Partnering with leaders of industry, federal agencies, professional associations, national labs and other universities, we’re leading manufacturing innovations in polymers, biomedicine, electronic systems, metals, and material processing and characterization. With facilities like our metal foundry and our leadership in America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, we’re helping re-envision what manufacturing means in this country. 

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Centers and institutes that conduct research in High-Performance Manufacturing

Center for Advanced Polymer Processing

Develops new advanced and functional multiphase complex materials and optimizes the performance of existing ones by integrating the most advanced experimental and computational capabilities. 

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Faculty who conduct research in High-Performance Manufacturing

Rohan Akolkar

Milton and Tamar Maltz Professor of Energy Innovation
Chief Scientist (Joint Appointmet), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Director, Electronic Design Center (EDC)
Develops new electrochemical processes for applications including nano-material fabrication, energy storage, electrometallurgy and sensors

Eric Baer

Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Director, NSF Center for Layered Polymeric Systems
Develops processing-structure-property relationships in polymeric systems; creates micro- and nano-layered films; and produces biomimetic hierarchical structures of soft materials

Bud Baeslack III

Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
Researching materials science and engineering

Jennifer Carter

Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
deformation mechanisms of metals and metal-matrix composites; fatigue, fracture, and creep; failure analysis; electron microscopy; 3D microscopy; novel methodologies for multi-scale material characterization; data science and analytics; open science

Sunniva Collins

Associate Dean, Case School of Engineering
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Engineers metallic surfaces for improved performance; selects materials and designs manufacturing processes for innovative outcomes

Frank Ernst

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Studies and engineers microstructures, interfaces and surfaces of metallic materials by novel methods of processing and microcharacterization

Robert Gao

Department Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Develops multi-physics sensing and stochastic modeling methods for improving observability in dynamical systems

Umut Gurkan

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Improves human health via research in cell mechanics and microtechnology to develop biosensors and point-of-care diagnostic systems

 

Biomanufacturing and Microfabrication Lab

 

Hatsuo Ishida

Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Develops advanced benzoxazine resins, thermosetting resins based on natural renewable materials and green flame retarding systems

John Lewandowski

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Nitinol Commercialization Accelerator
Director, Advanced Manufacturing and Mechanical Reliability Center (AMMRC)
Researches material reliability for biomedical and structural applications, advanced materials manufacturing and processing/microstructure/property relationships. Hybrid Autonomous Manufacturing.

Kenneth Loparo

Professor Emeritus, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Co-Director, Internet of Things Collaborative (IOTC)
Develop real-time data analytics and control algorithms for industrial, energy and physiological systems

Joao Maia

Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Director, CAPP - Center for Advanced Polymer Processing
Develops multi-scale, complex polymer-based materials, using both experimental and computational-based tools

Ica Manas-Zloczower

Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Engineering new materials and technologies for industrial applications

David Matthiesen

Associate Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Wind Energy Research and Commercialization (WERC) Center
Develops process engineering solutions for the manufacturing of new magnetic materials

Jim McGuffin-Cawley

Director,
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Develops new methodologies for material processing, characterizes processing-property relationships, studies high-temperature diffusion and solid-state reactions, fosters industry-university relationships

Wyatt Newman

Professor Emeritus, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Designs intelligent robots, machines and software for diverse applications

Alp Sehirlioglu

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Develops new materials through exploitation of interfaces to control functionality and exploration of multi-functionality for energy-related applications

Gerhard Welsch

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Develops new processing methods and designs for energy storage and optimized materials

Matthew Willard

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Investigates phase transformations and materials processing, especially their impact on structure and properties of materials

Gary Wnek

Department Chair, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Develops advanced polymers for packaging, biomaterial applications and more.

Chris Yingchun Yuan

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Researches design, manufacturing and sustainability science of lithium ion batteries, solar cells and nanotechnologies.

Lei Zhu

Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Develops high-energy and high-performance polymers based on close relationships among structure, property and processing

Chris Zorman

Senior Associate Dean, Case School of Engineering
Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Director, Microfabrication Laboratory
Co-Director, APT Center
Develops materials and processing techniques for microsystems, especially for challenging applications