Faculty 
Brad Lee Kinsey, Associate Professor
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Office: Kingsbury Hall S256 |
CredentialsPh.D., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2001 |
Prof. Kinsey joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department in the 2001-02 academic year. He worked in the automotive industry for three years after his bachelor's degree before beginning his graduate work at Northwestern University. For his doctoral work, he successfully devised, analyzed, and implemented a modification to the sheet metal forming process to alleviate tearing failures.
Prof. Kinsey's research interests include: Innovative improvements and advanced control of manufacturing processes; Intelligent sensor devices for manufacturing process monitoring and control; and Rapid prototyping of sheet metal and hydroformed parts.
Prof. Kinsey teaches courses in Design and Manufacturing including ME 441 - Introduction to Engineering Design and Solid Modeling, ME 442 - Engineering Manufacturing and Design, ME 785/885 - Solid Mechanics in Manufacturing, and a course in Computer-Aided Engineering.
Current Research Areas
- Micromanufacturing/Microforming
- Stress based Failure Criterion Evaluation
- Tailor Welded Blank Forming
- Spatial ability assessment and improvement
Recent Publications
- Sumit Moondra and Brad Kinsey (2004) "Numerical Simulation Support for a Stress Based Failure Criterion", submitted to the Journal of Materials Processing Technology.
- Brad Kinsey, Matt Bravar, and Neil Krishnan (2004) "Comparison of Analytical Model to Experimental Results and Numerical Simulation for Tailor Welded Blank Forming", submitted to the Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering.
- Brad Kinsey, Neil Krishnan, and Jian Cao (2004) "A Methodology to Reduce and Quantify Wrinkling in Tailor Welded Blank Forming", International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, Vol. 21, No. 1/2.
- Sumit Moondra and Brad Kinsey (2004) "Evaluation of Cruciform Specimens for Stress Based Forming Limit Diagram Validation", Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institute of SME, Vol. 32, pp. 247-54.
- Matt Bravar and Brad Kinsey (2004) "Analytical Determination of Initial Weld Line Position in Tailor Welded Blank Forming", Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institute of SME, Vol. 32, pp. 597-604.
- Brad Kinsey and Jian Cao (2003) "An Analytical Model for Tailor Welded Blank Forming", Journal Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 125, No. 2, pp. 344-51.
- Brad Kinsey and Jian Cao (2001) "Enhancement of Sheet Metal Formability via Local Adaptive Controllers", Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institute of SME, Vol. XXIX, pp. 81-8.
- Brad Kinsey, Zhihong Liu, and Jian Cao (2000) "A Novel Forming Technology for Tailor Welded Blanks", Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 99, pp. 145-53.
- Vikram Viswanathan, Brad Kinsey, and Jian Cao (2003) "Experimental Implementation of Neural Network Springback Control for Sheet Metal Forming", Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol. 125, No. 2, pp. 141-7.
- Jian Cao, Brad Kinsey, and Sara Solla (2000) "Consistent and Minimal Springback Using a Stepped Binder Force Trajectory and Neural Network Control", Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol. 122, No. 1, pp. 113-8.