Faculty Directory
Kornel F. EhmannPhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1979
MS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1974
BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1970
Micro/meso-scale manufacturing; precision engineering; machine tool dynamics and control; material removal processes; automation and robotics.
K. Pallav, I. Saxena, K. Ehmann, “Laser Induced Plasma Micro-Machining Process (LIP-MM) – Principles and Performance,” ASMA Trans; J. Micro Nano-Manuf. Sep 2015, 3(3): 031004.
Q. Zeng, K. Ehmann, and J. Cao. "Design of General Kinematotropic Mechanisms." Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 38 (2016): 67-81.
H-S. Yoon, K. Ehmann, “Dynamics and Stability of Micro-Cutting Operations,” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 115-116 (2016) 81-92.
D. Che, W.L. Zhu, K. Ehmann, "Chipping and Crushing Mechanisms in Orthogonal Rock Cutting" International Journal of Mechanical Sciences Corresponding, Volume 119, December 2016, Pages 224–236.
W-L. Zhu, Y. He, K. Ehmann, “Modeling of the Effect of Phase Shift on Cutting Performance in Elliptical Vibration Cutting,” International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (2017) 92:3103–3115, DOI 10.1007/s00170-017-0366-2.
Y. Shi, J. Cao, K. Ehmann, “Response of High-Pressure Micro Water Jets to Static and Dynamic Non-Uniform Electric Fields,” ASME Trans: J. of Micro and Nano Manufacturing, Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2018, Article number 021006.
H. Ren, F. Li, N. Moser, D. Leem, T. Li, K. Ehmann, J. Cao, General contact force control algorithm in double-sided incremental forming, CIRP Annals, Volume 67, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 381-384.
D. Pritchet, N. Moser, K. Ehmann, J. Cao, J. Huang, “Quantifying Discretization Errors in Electrophoretically-guided Micro Additive Manufacturing,” Micromachines, 2018 Sep; 9(9): 447; doi:10.3390/mi9090447.
M. Giovannini, J. Cao, K. Ehmann, “Design and Models of Helical Needle Geometries for Core Biopsies,” Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (2019) Volume 90, February 2019, Pages 113-124.
S. Webster, S. Wolff, J. Bennett, T. Sun, J. Cao, K. Ehmann, “Porosity Formation and Meltpool Geometry Analysis Using High-speed, in situ Imaging of Directed Energy Deposition,” Microsc. Microanal. 25 (Suppl 2), 2019, 2556, doi:10.1017/S1431927619013515.
N. Martinez-Prieto, G. Fratta, J, Cao, K. Ehmann, “Deposition of Variable Bead Diameter Arrays by Self-Focusing Electrohydrodynamic Jets,” Journal of Micro- and Nano-Manufacturing, September 2018, Vol. 6 / 031003-1, [DOI: 10.1115/1.4040450].
H. Ren, J. Xie, S. Liao, D. Leem, K. Ehmann, J. Cao, “In-situ Springback Compensation in Incremental Forming,” CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 68 (2019) 317–320.
X. He, M. Song, Y. Du, Y. Shi, B.A. Johnson, K. Ehmann, Y-W. Chung, Q. J. Wang, "Surface Hardening of Metals at Room Temperature by Nanoparticle-Laden Cavitating Waterjets," Journal of Materials Processing Tech. 275 (2020) 116316.
M. Mozaffar, R. Bostanabad, W. Chen, K. Ehmann, J. Cao, and M.A. Bessa, “Deep Learning Predicts Path-dependent Plasticity,” PNAS, (www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1911815116) .
D. Pritchet, K. Ehmann, J. Cao, J. Huang, “Manipulation and Localized Deposition of Particle Groups with Modulated Electric Fields,” Micromachines, 2020, 11, 226; doi:10.3390/mi11020226.
J. Xie, K. Ehmann and J. Cao, “Simulation of Ultrashort Laser Pulse Absorption at the Water-Metal Interface in Laser-Induced Plasma Micro-Machining (LIPMM),” ASME Transactions: Journal of Micro- and Nano-Manufacturing, J. Micro Nano-Manuf. Dec 2020, 8(4): 041009 .
S. Webster, H. Lin, F. Carter, K. Ehmann, J. Cao, “Physical Mechanisms in Hybrid Additive Manufacturing: A Process Design Framework,” Journal of Materials Processing Tech., Volume 291, May 2021, 117048
Professor Ehmann teaches courses in the areas of design and manufacturing: Introduction to Design and Manufacturing and one or more of the courses in the Computer Integrated Manufacturing sequence, i.e., Manufacturing Processes, CAD/CAM, and Manufacturing Automation. All these courses heavily rely on regular hands-on laboratory exercises with state-of-the-art software and industrial quality equipment that go well beyond typical laboratory experiences.
Professor Ehmann also teaches courses at the graduate level. These include: (a) Computer Control in Manufacturing, which emphasizes the use of digital and adaptive control methods for process and motion control in a variety of machine tools and robots; (b) Metal Cutting, in which the mechanics of material removal processes, their stability, and pragmatic implementation are studied; and (c) Micro-manufacturing, which focuses on the emerging field of miniaturization technologies through the consideration of the associated design, processing, and metrology issues.
Prof. Ehmann has supervised over 50 MS and nearly 60 Ph.D. students.