Sammy Tin Staff Appointments and Promotions - Mechanical ...

Professor Tin
Welcome Sammy Tin
Professor Tin will be joining the MMAE Department in January 2006. Prior to joining the
faculty at IIT, he served as the Deputy Director of the Rolls-Royce University Technology
Partnership at the University of Cambridge, UK where he led an active group of graduate
students and post-doctoral researchers working on a range of projects relating to processing
and deformation of high-temperature structural materials. Professor Tin received his
PhD in Materials Science and Metallurgy from the University of Michigan in 2001.
P rofe s s or T i n’s re s earch int ere sts are pr i mar ily cent ered on proje cts relati ng to the pro c e s si ng and deformation
charact er istics of high - t emp eratu re str uctu ral mat er ials. His re s earch in the area of Nickel - bas e
sup eralloys has contr ibuted to the development of high ly ef ficient aircraft engi nes such as those used on
the Bo ei ng 787 Dream li ner and the A irbus A 380 Sup erj u mb o. One of the main factors contr ibuti ng to the
i ncreased ef ficiency gai ns as s o ciated with these advanced tu rbi ne engi nes st ems from the int eg r ity of the
str uctu ral mat er ials utilized within the tu rbi ne section of the engi ne. Str uctu ral comp onents used in the
tu rbi ne are requ ired to sustain substantial loads wh ile bei ng exposed to high ly cor ro sive atmo spheres and
elevated temp eratu re s. T he ability to enhance the temp eratu re capability of these mat er ials or ac cu rat ely
assess micro str uctu ral changes as s o ciated with deg radation enables the de sign of tu rbi ne engi nes with
i ncreased ef ficiency and per for manc e. For example, c om mercial si ngle cr ystal Nickel - base sup eralloy
tu rbi ne blades used in a Bo ei ng 777 of t en op erate at temp eratu res of ~1050˚C with occasional excu rsions
( or lo c al hot sp ots near air foil tips) to temp eratu res as high as 120 0 ˚ C, wh ich is approx i mat ely 90% of the
melti ng poi nt of the mat er ial. Ex t end i ng the temp eratu re capability of the mat er ial by ~30˚C re duces the
overall fuel burn and prov ides a cost sav i ngs in-excess of $2 million over the li fe of an engi ne.
Cu r rent re s earch activ ities of Profe s s or Tin are fo cused towards understand i ng the underlyi ng charact eristics
gover n i ng the re su lti ng behav ior of high temp eratu re str uctu ral mat er ials and dev isi ng engi ne er i ng
s olutions to overc ome these li m itations. Activ ities range from modeli ng the micro str uctu re of Ni - bas e
sup eralloy tu rbi ne disks du r i ng ther mo - me chan ic al pro c e s si ng to understand i ng the me chan isms of
cre ep and fatig ue defor mation in advanced high - refractory cont ent si ngle cr ystal tu rbi ne blade s.
Staff Appointments
and Promotions
T he MMAE A n nual Staff Award was
pre s ented to both Itisha Chanod ia, MMA E
of fice as sistant , and Ne elu Shar ma, Flu id
Dy nam ics Research Cent er of fice as sistant.
Itisha Chanodia Neelu Sharma Renée Weaver Kim Barrett
In August, Renée Weaver joined the MMAE Department as the new Administrative Assistant.
Additionally, Kim Barrett was promoted to MMAE Department Coordinator.
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S T U D E N T N E W S
MMAE Enrollment
Continues to
Increase
The graduate and undergraduate
programs continue to experience
g row th. MMAE welc ome d
95 new graduate students
wh ile the underg raduat e
pro g ram increased to 29 4
students, an increase of 47
students since 2002.
MMAE Total
Graduate Enrollment
Freshman Enrollment
MMAE Total
Undergraduate
Enrollment
New Graduate
Enrollement
Lukongwa Wins NSBE Model
Airplane Design Competition
T wenty universities par ticipated in the NSBE Model A ir plane De sig n
Competition with the IIT team of Tonny Lukongwa (MMAE 2005 graduate—
South Africa) and Wadzanayi Maketiwa (ECE 2005 graduate—Zimbabwe)
garnering the $1600 first prize award by setting a new gliding record of 170' 3".
The previous record of 169' 9" was held by the University of Miami (2004). The competition, sponsored
by the Boeing Company, has the objective of designing the farthest flying glider as measured from
launch pad to landing. Specifications included balsa wood (one 36" x 3" x 1/2" sheet), glue, and a payload
of two US quarters. Congratulations!
MMAE Navigation & Guidance
Lab Wins Competition
In June 2005, the MMAE Navigation and Guidance Lab won
second place at the “Second Annual Autonomous Lawn Mower
Competition” in Dayton, Ohio. The competition was sponsored by the Satellite Division of the Institute
of Navigation. “Leonard,” Nav Lab’s autonomous lawnmower, used Carrier Phase Differential Global
Positioning System (CD GPS) as the primary sensor, which provided centimeter-level positioning accuracy.
The Nav Lab team, consiting of Mathieu Joerger and Samer Khanafseh (MMAE graduate
students) and led by Professor Boris Pervan, was beaten only by a very small margin by Ohio
University’s polished robot. Special thanks to Scott Bachmann, MMAE System Administrator, and
Craig Johnson and John Swartz, MMAE Machine Shop, for their help in preparing for the competition.
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Annual Poster Competition
Winners Announced
The MMAE Annual Poster Comptetion was held on
April 15, 2005. Seventeen contestants competed for
Adam Benish
cash awards in one of three divisions: undergraduate
level, Master’s level, and PhD level. The winners included: Praveen Panickar
(first place PhD), Guofang Zhou (second place PhD), Satyanarayana Emani (first
place Masters), Kristina Young (second place Masters), Adam Benish (first place
undergraduate) and Marta Bastrzyk (second place undergraduate).
Satyanarayana Emani
Chicago Regional ASM
Materials Camp 2005
Since 2000, the ASM International Foundation has sponsored a program entitled
Materials Camp for high school students (Juniors and Seniors) who are considering
engineering as a profession. This free program, held at the MMAE
Department in 2005, introduces the students to Materials Science and Engineering by using a forensic
investigation of failed components as a vehicle to get hands-on experience using state-of-the-art
equipment (SEM, mechanical testing, finite element analysis, metallography, fractography and image
analysis). This successful program has continued to grow every year. The “ASM Materials Camp” is now
operating in 30 locations worldwide.
MMAE Students Receive CAMRAS
Scholarships & Graduate Fellowships
Each year IIT s ele cts fre sh men students with sup er ior ac adem ic ach ievements to re c eive its mo st pre stigious
u nderg raduate CA MR AS scholarsh ip. Beyond sig n i fic ant scholarsh ip fund i ng, these students par ticipate in
exciti ng and sti mu lati ng pro g rams consisti ng of re s earch, i nt er nsh ips, proje cts and entrepreneu rsh ip. T h is
year’s MMAE re cipients (fre sh men and beyond) are: Gregory M. Albr ight , Eduardo A . A ramayo, L eland M.
Bar nard, Lyd ia G. Benger, T i mothy J. Bill, A nthony J. Car fang, Z heyan Chen, Nicholas A . Ch illem i,
So-young Park Aditya Sathaye Smati Chupatanakula
Matthew B. Co s enza, Jo el S. Fen ner, Patr ick J. Fol z, Jared L. Gardner,
Michael K. Gr illey, Mary J. Han n i n k , Brandon J. Honore, R yan J.
Ju ngels, Grant G. Justic e, Kr ist en Kelley, K yle A . Kon i ng, S ean P.
Mc Can n, A aron M. Melko, Dan iel Oh, William E. Paja k , Matthew R.
Pears on, R aqu ib Masashi Praman i k , Jo s eph P. Rus s ell, Edwin J.
S chwalbach, S eth T homas, and Jo s ef A . Velt en.
Praveen Panickar
Brian Demanett Matthew Pearson Maciej Tusz
This year’s MMAE recipients of graduate fellowships are: So-Young
Park (Fear Fellowsh ip ), Ad itya Sathaye (Fear Fellowsh ip ), Smati
Chupatanakul (Marie Finkl Fellowship), Brian Demanett (NASA Space
Fellowship), Matthew Pearson (IIT Research Fellowship) and Maciej
Tusz (Robert Kyts Fellowship).
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M M A E S T U D E N T A T H L E T E S
Women’s Soccer
Freshman Anne Nadler
from Northborough, MA
Senior Maram Kittaneh from Chicago, IL
Freshman Lydia Benger from Monument, CO
Freshman Emily Moore from Parker, CO
Women’s Basketball
Senior Marta Bastrzyk
from Gdansk, Poland
Women’s Cross Country
Junior Kristen Kelley
from Coldwater, MI
Sophomore Melissa
Lemons from Colorado Springs, CO
Julia Northrop
Women’s Swimming and Diving
Assistant Coach—Graduate Student
Matt Pearson from Cincinnati, OH
Junior Julia Northrop
from Arvada, CO
Women’s Volleyball
Senior Amanda Bieberich
from Fort Wayne, IN
Sophomore Allison Bagby
from Houston, TX
Amanda Bieberich
Kristen Kelley
Men’s Baseball
Senior Jon Roach from Oak Lawn, IL
Junior Greg Albright from Columbia, MO
Freshman Thomas Kennedy from El Cajon, CA
Sophomore Tom Glennon from Darien, IL
Men’s Basketball
Sophomore Nil Valls from Barcelona, Spain
Senior Mohamed Al Khenaizi from Bahrain
Senior Ryan Jungels from Naperville, IL
Daniel Oh
Men’s Cross Country
Freshman Ed Aramayo
from Oak Ridge, TN
Sophomore Nate Gates
from Arvada, CO
Senior Wendell Holmes
from Florence WI
Freshman Daniel Oh
from Old Bridge, NJ
William Pajak
Men’s Soccer
Freshman Andrew Lichaj
from Downers Grove, IL
Junior Kyle Koning
from Homer Glen, IL
Sophomore William Pajak
from Palos Heights, IL
Men’s Swimming and Diving
Assistant Coach—Graduate Student
Matt Pearson from Cincinnati, OH
Sophomore David Parry
from Metairie, LA
Senior Siddha Pimputkar
from Hedigen, Switzerland
Freshman Efann Saung
from San Diego, CA
Sophomore Aron Varhegyi
from Centerville, MA
Siddha Pimputkar
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