Research coming out of the UWM Foundry Lab was recognized nationally with top honors at CastExpo 2022, held in Columbus, Ohio in April.
Congratulations to members of the two research teams who won the following two Best Paper awards.
Best Paper, Molding Methods & Materials Division
Hannah Ullberg (’21 BS Materials Science), Kaustubh Rane (PhD student, Materials Science), Amir Kordijazi (’21 PhD Industrial Engineering) and Pradeep Rohatgi (UWM distinguished professor and Foundry Education Foundation key professor) authored a paper on a novel process to cast biomedical tissue scaffolds – a low-cost foam that could open new markets in biomedical applications and transportation systems.
Paper title: Cast Magnesium Foam for Energy Absorption and Bone Regrowth.
Read the published paper in Modern Casting.
Best Paper, Steel Division
Kaustubh Rane, Michael Beining (PhD student, Materials Science), Swaroop Behera (PhD student, Materials Science) Amir Kordijazi and Pradeep Rohatgi authored a paper that describes a new process of surface alloying to conserve critical alloying elements; the UWM Research Foundation has since licensed this process to Watts Water Technologies.
Paper title: Sand Casting of Surface-Alloyed Butterfly Valve with Improved Hardness and Corrosion Resistance by Incorporating Metal Powders in Mold Coatings.
Three of the authors received their awards at a volunteer awards luncheon. (Pictured L-R: Ullberg, Rane, Behera.)
“It has been wonderful to see UWM students—who are doing foundry research—excel and win national awards,” Rohatgi says. Rohatgi has received numerous awards for research excellence from the AFS.