{"id":18465,"date":"2024-02-27T17:27:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T23:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/?p=18465"},"modified":"2024-02-27T17:27:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T23:27:49","slug":"uwm-foundry-lab-members-stand-out-at-afs-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/uwm-foundry-lab-members-stand-out-at-afs-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"UWM foundry lab members stand out at AFS conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to doctoral student<strong> <\/strong>Swaroop Kumar Behera<strong> <\/strong>who received the George J. Barker Memorial Scholarship at the annual American Foundry Society, Wisconsin Chapter Regional Conference, on Feb 8. in Milwaukee. The scholarship, awarded annually, supports graduate-level education beneficial to the cast metal industry, particularly within the membership areas for the American Foundry Society chapters in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Behera teaches the Engineering Materials lab, which is a prerequisite for all engineering students, and has managed the UWM Foundry since Fall of 2021. His dissertation is focused on exploring the effect of micro-structure on wetting and corrosion behaviors of various alloy systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UWM students from the Foundry Lab also showcased their work in the Casting Competition at the conference. The students made piston heads using a new high-temperature aluminum alloy and an investment casting method. They also volunteered at the \u201cFoundry in a Box\u201d demonstration hosted by the AFS WI Chapter and REGS Sheeler at the conference, helping numerous conference participants, both students and industry personnel, make personalized tin castings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to doctoral student Swaroop Kumar Behera who received the George J. Barker Memorial Scholarship at the annual American Foundry Society, Wisconsin Chapter Regional Conference, on Feb 8. in Milwaukee. 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