The MSLattice Project
Micro-architected lattices
MSLattice is a standalone software that allows the user to generate STL files for cellular lattices based on triply periodic minimal surfaces. The user-friendly software allows the user to generate uniform lattices, functionally graded lattices, and cell size graded lattices for a wide range of topologies. Moreover, the user can generate orthogonal, cylindrical, and spherical samples for sheet-networks and solid-networks minimal surfaces.
The software is developed by Oraib Al-Ketan from New York University Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with Rashid Abu Al-Rub from Khalifa University of Science and Technology.
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This project in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) aimed to investigate a new type of shell-based microlattices. The project involved fabricating polymeric substrates using two-photon lithography and mechanically testing using the dynamic mechanical analyzer. The results of this work have been published in the Journal of Advanced Engineering Materials.
Topology-Property of Metallic Lattices
Functionally Graded Lattices
This project aimed at investigating the effect of topology on the mechanical properties of metallic lattices. the project involved fabricating samples using powder bed fusion additive manufacturing techniques, mechanical testing, and performing finite element analysis. The results of this project were published in the journal of Additive Manufacturing. The published article has been one of the most cited articles in this leading Journal. Outcomes of this work were also published in the Journal of Materials Research, and the Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology.
The ability to mathematically control the relative density and pore distribution of lattices allows us to customize materials for a specific application. In this project, metallic lattices with functionally graded structures were designed, fabricated, and tested for their mechanical properties to investigate the role of grading on the exhibited mechanical properties.
the results of this work were published in the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.
Design optimization of additively manufactured metallic dental implants
Interpenetrating Phase Composites
This project in collaboration with Sinterex Additive Manufacturing involved the design, fabrication, and testing of customized dental parts such as gums and jaws. In particular, investigating the feasibility to optimize the design of 3D scanned dental components for the purpose of reducing the total weight, material usage, and fabrication time.
Interpenetrating phase composites (IPCs) are co-continuous composites in which each phase is a single and continuous phase that forms a standalone cellular material. in these composites, both the Matrix and reinforcement and continuous phase as opposed to other discrete type composites such as fiber-reinforced composites or particle-reinforced composite. In this project, IPCs with different matrix and reinforcement topologies were additively-manufactured and tested for their mechanical properties. The outcomes of this research project resulted in a number of journal publications in Composites Structures, Advanced Materials Technologies, and Advanced Engineering Materials.