Dr Alborz Shokrani

Dr Alborz Shokrani

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Tel: +44 (0)1225 386588
E-mail: A.Shokrani@bath.ac.uk
Twitter: @alborzshokrani

Postal Address:

Dept of Mechanical Engineering
University of Bath
Bath
BA2 7AY
United Kingdom

• Sustainable Manufacturing (Machining, Additive Manufacturing (3D printing), Forming)
  
• Innovative Machining Processes (Coolant/Lubricants, Surface Integrity, Cutting Tools, Advanced Alloys and Materials for Aerospace)
  
• Intelligent Manufacturing and Sensors (Machine Learning in Manufacturing, Signal Processing, Process Monitoring and Control)
  
• Manufacturing Systems (Modelling and Simulation, Digital Twinning, Discrete Event Simulation)

PhD Researchers:

Mr Joseph Betts: Machining of Additively Manufactured Nickel-based Superalloys

Mr Samuel Omole: Machining of Refractory Metals for Plasma-facing Applications

Mr Sam Costello: Robotic Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing of Large Components

Mr Nigel Cooksley: Machine Learning for Sustainable Machining

Current Master's (MEng):

Ishrat Fairouz (2022-23): Sustainable Machining: LCA of cuttin tool coatings

Ashwath Shanmugavel(2022-23): Sustainability assessment of cutting fluids in machining

Delyan Dochev (2022-23): Application of deep learning for predicting tool wear condition

Jakub Cybulak (2022-23): Application of deep learning for machining signal processing

Josh Murray (2022-23): Design of drill bits for geothermal borehole drilling

Jake Vermeulen (2022-23): Design and testing of a next generation hand held shearing machine

Bryn Jones (2022-23): Direct recycling of aluminium chips through extrusion

Research Graduates:

Dr Stephanie Hall: Machine learning for machining advanced materials

Dr Dan Bowen (PhD): Extending the range of die-less sheet forming processes

Dr Andrea De Bartolomeis (PhD): Cooling and lubrication technologies for machining advanced alloys

Dr Ihsan Al Samarrai (PhD): Hybrid Cooling/Lubricating Strategies for Machining Ti-6Al-4V in CNC End Milling

Mr Saeed Asghari (MPhil): Innovative Cutting Tool Design for Machining Advanced Engineering Materials

Mr David Whitton (MPhil): Design of a Cryogenic Coolant Inducer

Recent MEng Graduates:

James Bozeat (2021-22): Investigation of a new micro-scale 3D printing machine

Alvin Fong(2021-22): In-situ tool wear monitoring system

Alex Green (2021-22): An open source machine vision for tool condition monitoring

Stuart Pearson (2021-22): Design of a microscopy system for cutting

Ahmed Abu Hussein (2021-22): Sustainable machining: Life Cycle Assessment of Cutting Fluids in Machining

Jefferson Yong (2021-22): Sustainable machining: Energy Efficient Machining

Llyr Jones (2020-21): Signal processing and deep learning for tool wear detection in machining

Tobi Ibuoye(2020-21): Computer vision for automated tool wear monitoring

Jeffrey Lam (2020-21): Computational modelling of cutting Ti-6Al-4V

Chutipol Hencharoen (2020-21): Machine design for cutting tomato

Nye Davis (MEng): Activity based costing of additive manufacturing using discrete event simulation

Kieran Geiger (MEng): Cutting fluid accelerator

Richard Wilson (MEng): Complex machining of plasma facing tungsten

Sergen Gelis (MEng): Dynamic cost modelling for advanced machining

Karthink Ravinthren (MEng): Thermoelectric materials for manufacturing processes

Willian Hall (MEng): Machining of additively manufacturing titanium alloy

Anthony Corner (MEng): Energy consumption in machining operations

Henry Burrows (MEng): Design and manufacture of boot pillar for Team GB short track ice skating

Equipment:

Various 3 Axis machining centres

DMG Ultrasonic 5 Axis machining centre

Cryogenic/MQL machining

Hammer test/vibration analysis

Turnmill machining centre

Material prep facilities

Various optical and scanning electron microscopes

Nano and micro indentation

Scratch test

Atomic force microscope

SPIKE smart tool holder

High speed camera (10k fps)

Thermal imaging facilities

University of Bath uses Simio simulation software under a grant from Simio LLC (www.simio.com).