Northern Illinois University

College of Engineering & Engineering Technology

Federico SciammarellaFederico Sciammarella

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Email: sciammar@ceet.niu.edu
Tel: 815-753-1288

Education

M.S. (1998), Ph.D. (2003) in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology

Research Interests

Optical Methods (moiré, interferometry, holography) for characterization of materials and structures. Laser materials processing such as cladding, heat treating and surface cleaning

Work Experience

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIU (2007-present)
  • Research Engineer, Alion Science & Technology, Taipei (2003-2007)
  • Department of Materials & Mechanical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology (1998-2003)

Professional Associations and Honors

  • TMS Young Leader Professional Development Award (MPMD) 2007
  • R&D 100 in Electronics for Power Measurement Calorimetric System 2005 (team award)
  • R&D 100 in Process Technology for Automated Laser Cladding 2004 (team award)
  • Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM), President of Optical Division in SEM 2003-2004
  • Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Internship Program of the National Academies Summer 2003
  • Student paper award from American Gear Manufacturing Association “Optical Technique for Gear Contouring” 2001

Selected Publications

  1. V. Malin, F. Sciammarella “Net Power Measurements in Laser Beam and Arc Welding”, Welding Journal, pp. 44-50, July 2006.
  2. A. Yelistratov , F. Sciammarella “Laser Surfacing with Wire Feeding”, Welding Journal, December 2005
  3. C. Sciammarella, L. Lamberti, F. Sciammarella “High accuracy Contouring Using Projection Moiré”, Optical Engineering, Vol 44(9) ,September 2005.
  4. C. Sciammarella, F. Sciammarella “Industrial Applications of Optical Techniques that Measure Displacements”, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention (JFAP), Vol. 5(2) pp 61-72, April 2005.
  5. F. Sciammarella, P. Nash “Optical Technique to Measure Distortion on Heat Treated Parts In-Situ” Journal of Materials JOM, Vol 57(5) pp. 66-70, May 2005.
  6. V. Malin, R. Johnson, F. Sciammarella “Laser Cladding Helps Refurbish US Navy Ship Components”, The AMPTIAC Quarterly, Vol. 8 No. 3, 2004
  7. C. Sciammarella, F. Sciammarella “Heisenberg principle applied to the analysis of speckle interferometry fringes” Optics and lasers in Engineering, Vol 40 (5), pp. 573-588 November 2003
  8. C. Sciammarella, F. Sciammarella, T. Kim “Strain Measurements in the Nanometric Range in a Particulate Composite”, Experimental Mechanics, 43,(3), 341-347, Sept. 2003.
  9. C. Sciammarella, F. Sciammarella “Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Materials in the Micrometer Range Using Electronic Holographic-Moiré” Optical Engineering 42(5) 1215-122, May 2003

Research Projects

Assisting in Rapid Optimization of Commercial Knowledge (ROCK) program which is funded by DOD (~7 Million over 5 years) to work on laser materials processing.

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