FIERF Forging Achievement Awards

The purpose of the FIERF Forging Achievement Award program is to encourage student interest in forging processes and the forging industry. Participants are required to complete a paper that documents the findings of their research with the hope that these findings will have hold value to the forging industry at large. The award provides up to $2000 to students and up to $1000 to sponsoring faculty members.

Forging Industry Educational and Research Foundation is pleased to name the following 2006 recipients (click on paper title to view paper):

Forging Material Handling System (For Swagelok Company) (pdf)
Submitted by: Roy Aukerman, Justin Bellini, Michael Glover, Kevin Gollon
Advisor: Professor John Frater
Institution: Cleveland State University

2005 Recipient:

The Ancestry, Artistry and Metallurgy of Wootz Damascus Steel (pdf)
Submitted by: Emily Yocom
Advisor: FIERF Professor Chet Van Tyne
Institution: Colorado School of Mines

2004 Recipients:

Backward Simulations using Modified Upper Bound Elemental Technique (MUBET) for Preform Design in Forging Process (pdf)
Submitted by: Mazyad Almohaileb
Advisor: Jay Gunasekera
Institution: Ohio University, American Axle and Manufacturing, Inc.

Failure Analysis of H13 Gear Blank Forging Dies (pdf)
Submitted by: John C. Bergeron, Erin Burns, John Bushie, Haakon Sandberg, Abbey Vanden Heuvel
Advisor: Doug Swenson
Institution: Michigan Technological University; Walker Forge, Inc.

Finite Element Analysis of a Forging Die Whose Cavity Was Obtained by Reverse Engineering Techniques (pdf)
Submitted by: Andrew Somrack
Advisor: John Frater
Institution: Cleveland State University

The Forging of a Japanese Katana (pdf)
Submitted by: Michael Morimoto
Advisor: Chet Van Tyne
Institution: Colorado School of Mines

Hot Impression Die Forging Process Parameter Development for Production of 6061 Aluminum Alloy Medallions (pdf)
Submitted by: Luka Dugandzic
Advisor: Blair London
Institution: California Polytechnic State University

Preliminary Investigation into the Effects of Friction, Work-piece Temperatures, Die Temperature and Stroke Speed on Hot Forging Die Life (pdf)
Submitted by: Thomas C. Grobaski
Advisor: Bhavin Mehta, Jay Gunasekera
Institution: Ohio University

2003 FIERF Forging Achievement Award Papers

2002 FIERF Forging Achievement Award Papers

2001 FIERF Forging Achievement Award Papers

2000 FIERF Forging Achievement Award Papers