Presenter: Dr. Eric Faierson, Director of Quad City Manufacturing Laboratory, Rock Island, Illinois & Research Scientist IV, Iowa State University
Title: An Overview of Research in Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
Abstract: Dr. Faierson will be presenting an overview of selected research programs he has been involved with in the field of advanced materials and manufacturing. The presentation will deal primarily with additive manufacturing and high-temperature processing of metals and ceramics. He will discuss work performed with Army Research Lab related to ballistic protection, which involvedadditive manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V alloy and WE-43 magnesium alloy. Lattice structures were designed and fabricated, and the microstructure, mechanical properties, and dynamic behavior ofselected samples were characterized. Dr. Faierson will also discuss work synthesizing B4C and B4C-TiB2 composites through Spark Plasma Sintering and the subsequent characterization of their microstructural and mechanical properties. In addition, he will briefly discuss some novel work he performed using Self-propagating High-temperature Synthesis (SHS) reactions for potential In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) on the Moon. Lastly, he will be presenting a vision for the new ISU-Quad Cities Laboratory located in Davenport, IA.
Bio: Dr. Faierson has been a Research Scientist with Iowa State University since January 2023 and has been the Director of the Quad City Manufacturing Lab (QCML) since 2012. QCML is a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) organization, that is focused on research, development, and technology transfer in advanced materials and manufacturing. Dr. Faierson has 16 years of experience in advanced materials and manufacturing technologies across a range of additive manufacturing and materials consolidation methods including: powder bed fusion, material extrusion, vat photopolymerization, directed energy deposition, spark plasma sintering, and hot isostaticpressing. He has experience investigating Processing-Microstructure-Mechanical Property Relationships using scanning electron microscopy, optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, mechanical testing, and densimetry techniques. Dr. Faierson also has experience building motion control systems related to additive manufacturing, integrating sensors into systems, programming robots, and integrating machine vision with robotics. Dr. Faierson has received over $7M of funding with University of North Texas and Army Research Lab over the past 5+ years. He also received $1.1M in research funding on a 2-year additive construction program entitled, “Expedient Additive Construction for Horizontal Construction Missions,” sponsored by the US Army Corps of Engineers–Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). Dr. Faierson has been PI/co-PI on a number of programs with NIST, DOE, DMDII, and ARDEC, and has 20+ peer reviewed publications.