Dr. Steven Danyluk

Professor and Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Chair in Mechanical Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Systems

Machining and Characterization of Advanced Materials

Dr. Danyluk's expertise is in the characterization of material behavior in the machining of advanced materials. He received a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Cornell University in 1974. He was affiliated with Texas Instruments, Argonne National Laboratory, and University of Illinois at Chicago prior to joining Georgia Tech in 1993 as the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Chair Professor. He is currently the co-Director of the Center for Engineering Tribology, and the Director of the Manufacturing Research Center at Georgia Tech. He and his students have received numerous awards for research, and he was recently elected as Academician of the Transportation Academy of Ukraine as the first foreign member.

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Dr. Steven Y. Liang

Professor, Modeling, Optimization, Monitoring, and Control of Machining Processes

Dr. Liang's research expertise is in the modeling and analysis of milling, turning, and grinding processes for performance optimization. He is also known for his work in the sensing, diagnostic, and control of machining processes and precision machine tools. Professor Liang received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1987. He was on the faculty of Oklahoma State University for two years prior to joining Georgia Tech in 1990. Dr. Liang is a recipient of the SME Robert B. Douglas Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award and the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award.  Dr. Liang is a Fellow of ASME.  Dr. Liang was the Founding Director of the PMRC.

Dr. Liang is currently on sabbatical, working in industry

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Dr. J. Rhett Mayor

Assistant Professor, Micro-factories, micro/meso-scale manufacturing/machining processes, integrated micro-mechatronics, micro-engines, and micro-power generation

Dr. Mayor's research expertise lies in the emerging areas of micro-manufacturing, micro-machining, and micro-power generation, and focuses on the development of enabling technologies in these fields through the application of integrated mechatronics design principles. Professor Mayor received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa in 2001. Prior to coming to Tech, Dr. Mayor was the President and CEO of Powerix Technologies, LLC, and previously was an Assistant Research Scientist with the S. M. Wu Manufacturing Research Center at the University of Michigan. Dr. Mayor is a recipient of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers John G. Bollinger Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award in 2009. He has served as the chair of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd SME Fundamentals of Precision Micro Machining Workshops, the National Science Foundation Workshop on USA/South Africa Collaborative Research, and the SME 17th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future.

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Dr. Shreyes N. Melkote

Chair, PMRC

Associate Professor, Machining Process Modeling, Intelligent Fixturing, Surfaces,CAM

Dr. Melkote's research expertise is in the areas of macro- and micro-machining process modeling, intelligent fixturing, and surface generation in precision machining. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan Technological University in 1993. Prior to joining the faculty of Georgia Tech., Dr. Melkote was a research associate in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he actively participated in the Agile Fixturing and Process Modeling projects of the NSF/ARPA Machine Tool-Agile Manufacturing Research Institute.  Dr. Melkote is the recipient of the 1998 Dell K. Allen Outstanding Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and the 2002 Engineer of the Year in Education Award from the Engineers of Greater Atlanta.  He is an active member of the ASME and SME/NAMRI.  He serves as Chair of the Manufacturing Processes Technical Committee of the ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division and is a member of the Scientific Committee of the North American Manufacturing Institution of the SME.

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John Morehouse

Research Engineer

Mr. Morehouse’ research interests lie in the area of precision machining and manufacturing, with a special focus in process analysis and optimization in drilling, grinding, milling, and micro-machining. Mr. Morehouse earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and a B.A. in Physics from Ithaca College at the completion of a five-year dual degree program in 1997. He is currently pursuing a Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at the University of Georgia. Prior to joining Tech in 2003, he worked in mechanical design and manufacturing roles for Lutron Electronics, Co., Inc., including 3 years as a manufacturing engineer at a production facility in Humacao, Puerto Rico. His current role involves working with several for-profit companies and federal and state agencies, with the purpose of obtaining, managing, and performing high quality sponsored research projects. As a Co-PI working on several projects, Mr. Morehouse has published several papers in refereed journals, as well as refereed conference papers and 1 magazine article. He is an active member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Atlanta Chapter, holding the elected positions of Treasurer, Chair-Elect, Chair, and Webmaster during 2004, 2005, 2006-2007, and 2008-2009, respectively.

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