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Brad Kinsey

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Brad Kinsey
OccupationProfessor of Mechanical Engineering
EducationPh.D. Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University (2001); B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan (1992)

Brad Kinsey is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire. His research concerns metal forming processes, including electromagnetic forming, high-velocity impact welding, and closed-loop control of manufacturing processes.[1]

Education

Kinsey received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1992 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University in 2001.[2]

Career

Kinsey is a member of the mechanical engineering faculty at the University of New Hampshire.[3]

Research

Kinsey's publications span topics in metal forming and joining, including electromagnetic forming, impact welding, electroplastic effects in metal deformation, and closed-loop control of forming processes. According to Semantic Scholar, his work has been cited 3,764 times across 148 papers, with an h-index of 30.[4] His 2011 review paper "Electromagnetic forming—A review" has been cited 950 times.[5]

Kinsey has received 16 grants from the National Science Foundation totaling $24,929,817, according to NSF award records.[6] Among these is an NSF Research Infrastructure Improvement award, "RII-Track 1: New Hampshire Center for Multiscale Modeling and Manufacturing of Biomaterials (NH Bio-Made)," awarded to the University of New Hampshire on September 14, 2018, for $20,000,000.[7] He has also received funding for the Center for Industrial Metal Forming (CIMF), an NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center, including a Phase I award of $487,500 in August 2024 and a planning grant of $20,000 in June 2022.[8] Other NSF-funded projects include "Next Generation Deep Drawing Using Smart Observers, Close-Loop Control, and 3D-Servo-Press" ($380,438, awarded July 21, 2017) and "RET Site: Research to Inspire Students in Engineering through commUnity Partnerships (RISE UP)" ($600,000, awarded May 3, 2017).[9]

Selected publications

  • "Electromagnetic forming—A review" (2011)
  • "Closed-loop control of product properties in metal forming" (2016)
  • "Investigation of electroplastic effect at high deformation rates for 304SS and Ti–6Al–4V" (2013)
  • "Arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian finite element simulation and experimental investigation of wavy interfacial morphology during high velocity impact welding" (2015)
  • "Models and modelling for process limits in metal forming," CIRP Annals (2019)
  • "Numerical studies on high-velocity impact welding: smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian (ALE)" (2016)
  • "The transient force profile of low-speed droplet impact: measurements and model," Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2019)
  • "Analytical design and experimental validation of uniform pressure actuator for electromagnetic forming and welding" (2015)
  • "Shear instability of plastically-deforming metals in high-velocity impact welding" (2016)
  • "Spatial stability analysis of emergent wavy interfacial patterns in magnetic pulsed welding" (2014)
  1. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Brad Kinsey.
  2. ↑ ORCID record 0000-0001-7773-5820.
  3. ↑ ORCID record 0000-0001-7773-5820.
  4. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Brad Kinsey.
  5. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Brad Kinsey.
  6. ↑ National Science Foundation award database.
  7. ↑ National Science Foundation award database.
  8. ↑ National Science Foundation award database.
  9. ↑ National Science Foundation award database.
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