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Scholarly contributions of the ALFa team members

Journal Papers

  1. A. Emamian, S.F. Corbin, A. Khajepour, “The influence of combined laser parameters on in-situ formed TiC morphology during laser cladding;, Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 206, no. 1, pp. 124-131, October 2011.

  2. V. Fallah, M. Alimardani, S.F. Corbin, A. Khajepour, “Temporal development of melt-pool morphology and clad geometry in laser powder deposition”, Computational Materials Science, vol. 50, no. 7, pp. 2124-2134, May 2011.

  3. V. Fallah, M. Alimardani, S.F. Corbin, A. Khajepour, “Impact of localized surface preheating on the microstructure and crack formation in laser direct deposition of Stellite 1 on AISI 4340 Steel”, Applied Surface Science, vol. 257, no. 5, pp. 1716-1723, December 2010.

  4. A. Emamian, S.F. Corbin, A. Khajepour, “Effect of laser cladding process parameters on clad quality and in-situ formed microstructure of Fe-TiC composite coating”, Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 205, no. 7, pp. 2007-2015, December 2010.

  5. M. Zeinali, A. Khajepour, “Development of an adaptive fuzzy logic-based inverse dynamic model for laser cladding process”, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 1408-1419, December 2010.

  6. V. Fallah, S.F. Corbin, A. Khajepour, “Process optimization of Ti–Nb alloy coatings on a Ti–6Al–4V plate using a fiber laser and blended elemental powders”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, vol. 210, no. 14, pp. 2081-2087, November 2010.

  7. M. Alimardani, V. Fallah, A. Khajepour, E. Toyserkani, “The effect of localized dynamic surface preheating in laser cladding of Stellite 1”, Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 204, no. 23, pp. 3911-3919, August 2010.

  8. M. Zeinali, A. Khajepour, “ Height control in laser cladding using adaptive sliding mode technique: theory and experiment”, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol. 132, no. 4, pp. 041016:1-10, August 2010.

  9. V. Fallah, S.F. Corbin, A. Khajepour, “Solidification behaviour and phase formation during pre-placed laser cladding of Ti45Nb on mild steel”, Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 204, no. 15, pp. 2400-2409, April 2010.

  10. M. Alimardani, E. Toyserkani, J.P. Huissoon, C.P. Paul, “On the delamination and crack formation in a thin wall fabricated using laser solid freeform fabrication process: An experiment”, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 1160-1168, November 2009.

  11. D. Gupta, C.P. Paul, B.K. Gandhi, S.R. Gupta, A.K. Nath, “Wear Behaviour of Laser Clad Surfaces of Cr3C2, WC and Mo on Austenitic AISI 304L Steel”, Journal of Laser Applications, vol. 20, no. 3, pp.140-145, August 2008.

  12. C.P. Paul, A. Khajepour, “Automated laser fabrication of cemented carbide components”, Optics and Laser Technology, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 735-741, July 2008.

  13. A. Fathi, A. Khajepour, M. Durali, E. Toyserkani, “Geometry control of the deposited layer in a non-planar laser cladding process using a variable structure controller”, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol. 130, no. 3, pp. 031003:1-11, June 2008.

  14. M. Alimardani, E. Toyserkani, “Prediction of laser solid freeform fabrication using neuro-fuzzy method”, Applied Soft Computing, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 316-323, January 2008.

  15. A. Fathi, A. Khajepour, E. Toyserkani, M. Durali, “Clad height control in laser solid freeform fabrication using a feedforward PID controller”, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol. 35, no. 3-4, pp. 280-292, December 2007.

  16. M. Alimardani, E. Toyserkani, J.P. Huissoon, “A 3D dynamic numerical approach for temperature and thermal stress distributions in multilayer laser solid freeform fabrication process”, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, vol. 45, no. 12, pp. 1115-1130, December 2007.

  17. M. Iravani, E. Toyserkani, “An image-based feature tracking algorithm for real-time measurement of clad height”, Journal of Machine Vision and Applications, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 343-354, November 2007.

  18. H. Alemohammad, E. Toyserkani, and C.P. Paul, “Fabrication of smart cutting tools with embedded optical fiber sensors using combined laser solid freeform fabrication and moulding techniques”, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 1010-1017, October 2007.

  19. C.P. Paul, H. Alemohammad, E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “Cladding of WC-12 Co on low carbon steel using a pulsed Nd:YAG laser”, Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 464, no. 1-2, pp. 170-176, August 2007.

  20. C.P. Paul, P. Ganesh , S.K. Mishra, P. Bhargava, J. Negi, A.K. Nath, “Investigating laser rapid manufacturing for Inconel-625 components”, Optics and Laser Technology, Vol. 39, pp. 800–805, June 2007.

  21. H. Alemohammad, S. Esmaeili, E. Toyserkani, “Deposition of Co-Ti alloy on mild steel substrate using laser cladding;, Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 456, no. 1-2, pp. 156-161, May 2007.

  22. M. Durali, A. Fathi, A. Khajepour, E. Toyserkani, “Adaptive modeling of laser powder deposition process for control and monitoring application”, Journal of Vibration and Control, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 461-473, May 2007.

  23. M. Alimardani, E. Toyserkani, J.P. Huissoon, “A 3D numerical approach for geometrical prediction of multilayer laser solid freeform fabrication process”, Journal of Laser Applications, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 14-25, February 2007.

  24. E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, “A mechatronics approach to laser powder deposition process”, Journal of Mechatronics, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 631-641, December 2006.

  25. C.P. Paul, A. Jain, P. Ganesh , J. Negi, A.K. Nath, “Laser rapid manufacturing of Colmonoy components”, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, vol. 44, no.10, pp.1096-1109, October 2006.

  26. A. Fathi, E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, M. Durali, “Prediction of melt pool depth and dilution in laser powder deposition”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 39, no. 12, pp. 2613-2623, June 2006.

  27. E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “3-D finite element modeling of laser cladding by powder deposition: Effects of laser pulse shaping on the process”, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 849-867, June 2004.

  28. E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “3-D finite element modeling of laser cladding by powder deposition: Effects of powder feedrate and travel speed on the process”, Journal of Laser Applications, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 153-161, 2003.

  29. S.F. Corbin, E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, “Experimental analysis of cladding of Fe-Al coating on the mild steel using automated laser assisted powder deposition”, Materials Science and Engineering: A., vol. 354, no. 1-2, pp. 48-57, August 2003.

  30. R. Kaul, P. Ganesh, C.P. Paul, S.K. Albert, A. Jaiswal, N.P. Lalla, A. Gupta, A.K. Nath, “Laser cladding of Austenitic Stainless steel with Nickel base hardfacing alloy”, Surface Engineering, vol.19, no.3, pp. 269-273, 2003.

  31. J. Khare, R. Sreedhar, C.P. Paul, T. Reghu , A.K. Nat, “Operational characteristics and power scaling of a transverse flow transversely excited CW CO2 laser”, Pramana, vol.60, no.1, pp.99-107, January 2003.

  32. C.P. Paul, J. Negi, A.K. Nath, “Parametric dependence and fabrication time in laser rapid manufacturing”, Metals Material & Processes, vol.14, no.3, pp.163-172, 2002.

  33. E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “Application of experimental-based modeling to laser cladding”, Journal of Laser Applications, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 165-173, 2002.

Books and Book Chapters

  1. Edited by: J. Lawrence, J. Pou, D.K. Low, E. Toyserkani, “Advances in Laser Materials Processing Technology, Research and Applications”, CRC Press and Woodhead Publishing Ltd., Cambridge, UK, First Edition, ISBN: 1-84569-474-0, 2010.

  2. M. Alimardani, C.P. Paul, E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, “Multi-physics modeling of laser solid freeform fabrication”, in Advances in Laser Materials Processing technology, Research and Applications, CRC Press and Woodhead Publishing Ltd., Cambridge, UK, First Edition, ISBN: 1-84569-474-0, pp. 765-789, 2010.

  3. E. Toyserkani, “Real-time control of laser solid freeform fabrication”, in Advances in Laser Materials Processing Research and Applications, Edited by Jonathan Lawrence and David K. Y. Low, Research Signpost, ISBN: 81-308-0078-0, pp. 1- 18, 2005.

  4. E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “Laser cladding”, CRC Press, ISBN: 0-8493-2172-7, 2004.

  5. E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “Vision-based feedback control of laser powder deposition”, A chapter of IEEE series on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, Edited by John Billingsley, RSP Press, ISBN: 0-8638-0290-7, 2003.

Conference Papers

  1. M. Alimardani, A. Emamian, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “The effect of thermal field on the deposition of Fe-TiC on carbon steel using laser cladding”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada, Ref. code IMECE2010-38315, November 12-18, 2010.

  2. A. Emamian, S.F. Corbin, A. Khajepour, “Study on Laser Parameters Effect on Morphology of In-Situ TiC-Fe Particles Deposition on Mild Steel Using Laser Cladding Proces”, 29th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Anaheim, California, USA, Ref. code 808, September 26-30, 2010.

  3. A. Emamian, M. Alimardani, S.F. Corbin, A. Khajepour, “Correlation between temperature distribution and formed microstructure of in-situ laser cladding of Fe-TiC on carbon steel”, 29th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Anaheim, California, USA, Ref. code 807, September 26-30, 2010.

  4. M. Zeinali, A. Khajepour, “Adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control design and application to laser metal deposition”, 2010 American Control Conference, Manuscript No. 561, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, June 30-July 02, 2010.

  5. M. Alimardani , M. Iravani-Tabrizipour, E. Toyserkani, J.P. Huissoon, “On the temperature distributions and thermal stresses induced in laser solid freeform fabrication of multi-material structures”, 28th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Orlando, Florida, USA, Ref. code 1301, November 2-5, 2009.

  6. A. Emamian, S.F. Corbin, A. Khajepour, “Thermal control managing for in-situ synthesis of Ti-C-Fe system by laser cladding on carbon steel”, 28th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Orlando, Florida, USA, Ref. code 809, November 2-5, 2009.

  7. M. Alimardani, E. Toyserkani, J.P. Huissoon, “A time-dependent multiphysics simulation of laser solid freeform fabrication process for heterogeneous structures”, 27th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Temecula, California, USA, Ref. code P111, October 20-23, 2008.

  8. V. Fallah, A. Khajepour, M. Alimardani, “A numerical-experimental investigation on the deposition of Ti-45Nb on mild steel using automated laser fabrication process”, 27th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Temecula, California, USA, Ref. code 505, October 20-23, 2008.

  9. V. Fallah, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “Laser cladding of Ti-Nb alloy on mild steel using Fiber Laser”, 27th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Temecula, California, USA, Ref. code M606, October 20-23, 2008.

  10. A. Emamian, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “In-situ synthesis of TiC particles on low carbon steel by using laser cladding technique”, 27th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Temecula, California, USA, Ref. code 1601, October 20-23, 2008.

  11. M. Alimardani, C.P. Paul, E. Toyserkani, “Effect of thermal and stress fields on the microstructure of a thin wall built using laser solid freeform fabrication process”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, Washington, USA, Ref. code: IMECE2007-42921, November 11-15, 2007.

  12. M. Alimardani, E. Toyserkani, C.P. Paul, “Process parameters optimization in multilayer laser solid freeform fabrication process using a 3D transient numerical model”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, Washington, USA, Ref. code: IMECE2007-42150, November 11-15, 2007.

  13. C.P. Paul, M. Iravani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “In-situ synthesis of TiC particles in Fe matrix using laser cladding”, 26th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Orlando, FL, USA, Ref. code 1705, October 29-November 1, 2007.

  14. C.P. Paul, M. Iravani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “Automated Laser Fabrication of High Performance Saw Blades;, 26th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Orlando, FL, USA, Ref. code 2003, October 29-November 1, 2007.

  15. M. Iravani, C.P. Paul, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “Diamond reinforced metal coating using Automated Laser Fabrication”, 26th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Orlando, FL, USA, Ref. code P531, October 29-November 1, 2007.

  16. M. Alimardani, E. Toyserkani, “On the 3D modeling of geometrical formation in laser solid freeform fabrication process”, 25th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Scottsdale, AZ, USA, pp: 1030-1038, Oct 30th to Nov. 2nd, 2006.

  17. A. Fathi, E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, “Real-time prediction of dilution for an automated laser powder deposition process”, 25th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Scottsdale, AZ, USA, pp: 1009-1015, Oct 30th to Nov. 2nd, 2006.

  18. C.P. Paul, H. Alemohammad, E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “Repair of cemented carbide tools using laser cladding”, 25th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Scottsdale, AZ, USA, pp: 98-102, Oct 30th to Nov. 2nd, 2006.

  19. M. Alimardani, E. Toyserkani, J.P. Huissoon “Dynamic geometrical modeling of deposited material in multilayer laser solid freeform fabrication process”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, USA, IL, Ref. code: IMECE2006-14100, 10 pages, Nov 5-10, 2006.

  20. A. Fathi, E. Toyserkani, M. Durali, A. Khajepour&ldquo, “Control of the Clad Height in Laser Powder Deposition Process Using a PID controller”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, IL, USA, Ref. code: IMECE2006-13964, 6 pages, Nov 5-10, 2006.

  21. M. Iravani-Tabrizipour, E. Toyserkani, M. Asselin, “Development of an image feature tracking algorithm utilized in clad geometrical detection”, the MECHATRONICS– 4th IFAC-Symposium on Mechatronic Systems, Heidelberg, Germany, pp: 914-920, September 12 -14 2006.

  22. M. Iravani-Tabrizipour, E. Toyserkani, M. Asselin, A. Khajepour, “Expansion of trinocular CCD-based optical detector to multi-track laser cladding real-time monitoring”, 24th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), Miami, FL, USA, pp: 1108-1112, November 2005.

  23. M. Durali, A. Fathi, E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, “Adaptive modeling of laser powder deposition process for control and monitoring application”, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Long Beach, California, paper no. DETC2005-84911, pp: 755-760, September 24 - 28, 2005.

  24. M. Asselin, E. Toyserkani, M.I. Tabrizipour, A. Khajepour, “Development of trinocular CCD-based optical detector for real-time monitoring of laser cladding”, IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ISBN: 0-7803-9045-8, Niagara Fall, Canada, pp: 1190-1196, July 29- August 1, 2005.

  25. E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, “Real-time control of laser powder deposition”, Symposium in Intelligent Mechatronics Systems, London, Canada, pp. 138-144, June 2004.

  26. E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, M.K. Sameni, “Development of trinocular optical CCD-based detectors for real-time measurement of clad geometry”, International Congress on the Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2004), LIA Publication no. 597, ISBN: 0-912035-77-3, Vol. 97, pp: 93-100, San Francisco, CA, USA, October 2004.

  27. M.K. Sameni, E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, “Fuzzy model and compact fuzzy model identification of laser cladding process”, International Congress on the Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2004), LIA Publication no. 597, ISBN: 0-912035-77-3, Vol. 97, pp: 17-22, San Francisco, CA, USA, October 2004.

  28. E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “Vision-based control of laser powder deposition”, 10th Annual IEEE Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, Perth, Western Australia, Ref. code 212, December 2003.

  29. E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “Closed-loop control of laser cladding process by powder injection”, International Congress on the Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2003), LIA Pub no. 595, ISBN: 0-912035-75-7, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, October 2003.

  30. E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “A 3-D transient finite element model for laser cladding by powder injection”, International Congress on the Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2002), LIA Pub no. 594, ISBN: 0-912035-72-2, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, Ref. code 1204, 2002.

  31. E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “Recurrent neural network based analysis for laser cladding dynamic model identification”, International Congress on the Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2002), LIA Pub no. 594, ISBN: 0-912035-72-2, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, Ref. code 1210, 2002.

  32. E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “Determination of clad characteristics in real-time”, International Congress on the Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2002), LIA Pub no. 594, ISBN: 0-912035-72-2, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, Ref. code P511, 2002.

  33. E. Toyserkani, S.F. Corbin, A. Khajepour, “Iron aluminide coating of mild steel using laser assisted powder deposition”, 11th International Symposium on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials XI, Columbus, Ohio, USA, pp. 244-257, October 8-10, 2002.

Patents

  1. E. Toyserkani, A. Khajepour, S.F. Corbin, “System and method for intelligent closed-loop control of laser solid freeform fabrication”,US patent # 7043330, May 9, 2006.