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Investigating Powder Electrostatics in a Laser Metal Deposition Process The use of granular materials and fine powders are commonplace in industrial applications. These materials must be precisely characterized in order to properly control and optimize processing methods, with characterization methods typically relating to grain properties (for example, granulometry, chemical composition, or morphology) or to the behavior of the bulk powder (for example, flowability, blend stabi...

Two Indian American professors have been named by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine among the 2020-2021 Jefferson Science Fellows. Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Commonwealth Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, directs the quantum device laboratory in the department of electrical and computer engineering, while Surajit Sen is a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo since 2006. The 2020-2021 class of Jefferson Science Fellows is the 16th class of ...