Advanced Surface Enhancement

Optimization of shot peening for titanium alloys Ti 10-2-3 in CONDOR project.- Mechanical Investigations on Composite Peened Aluminium.- In uence of wetblast treatment on fatigue strength of magnesium alloy AZ31.- Process Model for Evaluating the Peen Velocity in Shot Peening Machine.- Experimental study of single shot process: toward a surface state predictive tool.- Microstructural changes in electroplated chromium coating-substrate interfaces induced by shot peening.- Investigation on theoretical analysis of residual stress distribution induced by shot peening in 2397 Aluminum-Lithium alloy. E ect of shakedown on the fatigue limit of ultrasonic shot peened steel.- Fundamentals and applications of cavitation peening comparing with shot peening and laser peening.

Dr Sho Itoh is a Scientist at the Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC), Singapore. He received bachelor's/master's degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology and Ph.D. from Kyoto University. In 2010, he started R&D on laser processing of glass in Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. From 2018, he has been working on metal surface enhancement processes such as stream finishing, laser peening, and the process monitoring and simulation in ARTC. As of 2019, he has published 9 journal papers, and 28 patents granted.

Dr Shashwat Shukla is a Materials Scientist at the Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC), Singapore. He has over eight years of research experience in materials characterization and tailoring the structure and properties of engineering materials for advanced applications in data storage, catalysis, energy, metal processing, and aerospace industries. Prior to joining ARTC in April 2017, Dr Shukla worked at various global R&D centres of Seagate Technology and Johnson Matthey Plc for five years. Currently, he is involved with a range of research projects assessing materials performance and structural integrity issues in collaboration with partners from industry and academia in Singapore and abroad.