Frank Pfefferkorn
Expert on advanced manufacturing processes and heat transfer
Professor, mechanical engineering College of Engineering Work: 608-263-2668 — Home and cell phones available upon request pfefferk@engr.wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Friction stir welding (solid-state welding)
- Laser-assisted machining and welding
- Laser polishing
- Micro end milling (end mills that are 5 to 1000 micrometers in diameter)
- General heat transfer and radiation thermometry (e.g., temperature measurement with infrared cameras)
Achievements
- Associate editor, SME Journal of Manufacturing Processes; Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2007
- Research funding from the National Science Foundation and Office of Naval Research