Solid State Additive Manufacturing (PDF)

Dr Amlan Kar is a Senior Scientist at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He has a background in Mechanical Engineering and previously served as a faculty member at Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad in India. He earned his B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College and went on to pursue an M. Tech in Metal Forming at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He was fascinated by the structure-property correlation of materials during plastic deformation, which led him to obtain his PhD in dissimilar Friction Stir Welding from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore. Dr. Kar has worked on various industrially relevant projects, including the development of composite materials using Friction Stir Processing and incremental sheet metal forming of titanium. He has also contributed to the field of Friction Stir Welding, particularly in joining dissimilar light alloys. His expertise extends to dissimilar Friction Stir Lap welding of aluminum to steel using an adjustable tool, conducted at JWRI, Osaka University. Currently, Dr. Kar focuses his research on dissimilar welding techniques, mechanical joining, additive manufacturing, and other related areas. His goal is to improve the mechanical properties of materials across different temperatures through a deeper understanding of their mechanical behavior. Dr. Kar is an accomplished academician and researcher. He has published numerous papers in renowned international journals and conferences. He has received prestigious awards, including the "IIM SJEF Fellowships," and serves as a reviewer for esteemed journals. Dr. Kar is actively involved in professional committees such as TMS and the Indian Society for Applied Mechanics, leveraging his expertise in welding, metal forming, additive manufacturing, materials characterization, and structure-property-performance correlation.

Dr Zafar Alam is an Assistant Professor at the Department