•Lightweighting of automotive PM components using material characterization experiments and predictive models to capture the material behavior throughout the manufacturing processes
•Modeling the consolidation of nanoparticles and nanostructured materials
•Using atomistic simulations to capture the material characteristics of nanopowder consolidation during mold filling in powder injection modeling (PIM) and micro-PIM processes
•Using molecular dynamics simulations to better understand the synthesis mechanisms related to grain size evolution during sintering
•Examining the use of electric fields to control grain growth in nanostructured materials during sintering
•Investigating the effect of gallium on oxide film formation in cast aluminum