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Eugene Olevsky Ph.D Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director of Powder
Technology Laboratory
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The Powder Technology Laboratory (PTL) is located at San Diego State University, Mechanical Engineering Department. PTL researchers are currnetly undertaking projects on various research topics including:

  • Powder Metallurgy
  • Fundamental Investigations of Spark Plasma Sintering Process..
  • Advanced Ceramic Processing.
  • Functionally Graded Materials
  • Electronics Packaging
  • Thick and Thin Film Technologies
  • LTCC
  • Electrochemical Processing
  • Combustion Synthesis
  • Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulations of Sintering Processes
We are proud to be sponsored by Sandia National Laboratory, SPAWAR, Sun Microsystems, National Science Foundation, Solar Turbines and State of California.

 

PTL Research Group

Director

Dr. Eugene Olevsky
Distinguished professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the UCSD-SDSU Joint Doctoral Program

Affiliated Faculty - Research Visitors

Dr. R.M. German
Associate Dean for Research
College of Engineering
San Diego State University
San Diego, California

Dr. Mikhail Shtern
Head of the Department of Micromechanics and Rheology of Composites and Porous Bodies
Institute for Problems of Materials Sciences
Kiev, Ukraine
Dr. Andrey Maximenko
Research Fellow
On leave from Institute for Problems of Materials Sciences
Kiev, Ukraine
Dr. Alexander Maidaniuk
Research Fellow from Institute for Problems of Materials Sciences
Kiev, Ukraine

Dr. Hector Sanchez Sthepa
Universidad del Valle, Escuela de Ingeniera de Materiales
Cali, Colombia

Dr. Massimo De Sanctis
Università di Pisa, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Chimica Industriale e Scienza dei Materiali
Pisa, Italy

 

PhD Students

Gordon Brown
PhD Student in Computational Science Program

Evan Khaleghi
PhD Student in Engineering Science and Applied Mechanics Program

Yen Shan Lin
PhD Student in Engineering Science and Applied Mechanics Program

Cristina Garcia
PhD Student in Computational Science Program

Wei Li
PhD Student in Engineering Science and Applied Mechanics Program

Ridvan Yamanoglu
PhD Student in Engineering Science and Applied Mechanics Program

 

Master Students

Dmitriy Glozman
Master Student in Mechanical Engineering Program
William Bradbury
Master Student in Mechanical Engineering
Program
Rahul Tyagi
Master Student in Mechanical Engineering Program
 
Gajendra Pendse
Master Student in Mechanical Engineering Program 
Mao Tien
Master Student in Master of Engineering
Program

Tim Young
Master Student in Mechanical Engineering
Program

News

10.25-29.09

Dr. Olevsky and M.S. candidate William Bradbury participated in the Material Science and Technology 2009 Conference and Exhibition in Pittsburgh, PA.

09.7-11.09

Dr. Olevsky participated in the Sintering 2009 Conference in Kiev, Ukraine.

09.01.09

The Powder Technology Lab welcomes new Ph.D candidate Ridvan Yamanoglu of the Kocaeli Universitesi at Veziroglu Yeleskesi

08.30.09

The Powder Technology Lab Welcomes visiting professor Dr. Massimo De Sanctis of the Universita di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

The Powder Technology Lab welcomes visiting students Guillaume Bolzec and Augustin Blancy of the Ecole Ingenieur Ginie Systemes Industriels La Rochelle, France.

08.27.09

Congratulations to Dr. Olevsky, who became a recepient of the SDSU Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Award!

Please visit the News Page to view a short video presentation.

08.12-17.09

Dr. Olevsky, participated in the Sixth International Conference on High-Performance Ceramics in Harbin, China.

07.10.09

Dr. Olevsky participated in theNSF CMMI Grantee Conference in Honolulu HI, June 22-25, 2009

06.8.09

Dr. Olevsky participated in the 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada June 2-4, 2009.

03.27.09

Congratulations to PhD student Evan Khaleghi who received an honorable mention at the Annual ACSESS Conference organized by the SDSU Computational Science Research Center. Gordon Brown, Cristina Garcia, Wei Li and Yen-Shan Lin also participated.

03.02.09-03.05.09

Dr. German, Dr.Olevsky and PhD Student Wei Li participated in the Workshop on Medical Applications of Micro Powder Injection Molding in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

02.19.09

PhD Student Yen-Shan Lin participated in UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Research Expo 2009.

01.2009

PTL welcomes new members: PhD student Wei Li in the Applied Mechanics and Materials Program, and Master student Mao Tien in the Master of Engineering program.

11.16 - 11.20.08

Powder Technology Laboratory welcomes participants of International Conference Sintering 2008 co-chaired by Dr. Olevsky and held in La Jolla, CA. Gordon Brown, Evan Khaleghi, and Dmitry Glozman made presentations at Sintering 2008.

10.28.08

Dr. Olevsky made a presentation on “SDSU Modeling of Fabrication of Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramics” at the the San Diego Chapters of IMAPS | ACerS | IEEE. The presentation was held at Ferro Electronics Co, Vista, CA.

10.5-9.08

Dr. Olevsky took part in the Materials Science and Technology 2008 Conference and Exhibition in Pittsburgh, PA.

 

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