Dr. Anthony Chukwujekwu Okafor
Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
United States of America
Biography
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Michigan Technological University (1986) - M.S. in Production Management and Manufacturing Technology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland (1982) - M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Higher Institute for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Sofia, Bulgaria (1980)
Research Interest
Manufacturing including machining, metalforming, machine tool dynamics, acoustic emission, sensors and signal processing, CNC, CAD/CAM, machine tool metrology, neural network and expert system applications; smart structures including intelligent health monitoring and damage assessment of composite structures; and non-destructive evaluation
Publications
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A. C. Okafor and Y. Ertekin, "Vertical Machining Center Accuracy Characterization Using Laser Interferometer Part 2. Angular Errors," Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 105 (2000) 407-420.
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A. C. Okafor, and Y. Ertekin, "Vertical Machining Center Accuracy Characterization Using Laser Interferometer Part 1. Linear Positional Errors," Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 105 (2000) 394-406.
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A. C. Okafor and Y. Ertekin, "Derivation of Machine Tool Error Models and Error Compensation Procedure for Three Axes Vertical Machining Center Using Rigid Body Kinematics," International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture, 40 (2000) 1199-1213.
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Enumuoh,E. Ugo, El-Gizawy, A. S., Okafor, A. C., "An Approach for Development of Damage-Free Drilling of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermosets," International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture, Vol. 41, pp. 1795-1814, 2001.
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Okafor, A. C., Dutta, A., "Determination of Optimal Ultrasonic Pulse Repetition Rate Frequency for Damage Detection in Composites and Aluminum Plates Using Neural Networks,"Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation International Journal, Vol. 34/7, pp. 469-481, July, 2001.
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Okafor, A. C., Otieno, A. W., Dutta, A., Rao, V. S., "Detection and Characterization of High-Velocity Impact Damage in Advanced Composite Plates Using Multi-Sensing Techniques," Composite Structures, Vol. 54, pp. 289-297, 2001.
