Ozan Cagatay Ozdemir

About

Dr. Ozan Özdemir is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of Northeastern University (NU), and he is an all-around expert with a decade of experience in Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing (CSAM) and a background in high velocity multiphase flows. He has heavily focused on the design and optimization of CSAM processes for material deposition efficiency, manufacturing rates, and product quality. Dr. Özdemir’s research is actively funded by the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and Industrial Partners. His research has yielded numerous publications with over 700 citations in CSAM related topics and has co-edited and co-authored the textbook “Practical Cold Spray” (2021). Furthermore, he teaches Additive Manufacturing, Heat Transfer, and advises Capstone Design students at Northeastern University. Dr. Özdemir is also an active member of the scientific and engineering community and serves as an active member of the Training Committee of the ASM International Thermal Spray Society and the Chair of ASM International Boston Chapter.

Selected Publications

• K. Indu Kumar, M. B. Patel, S. Boese, A. Gouldstone, V. K. Champagne, and O. Ç. Özdemir, “Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation of Cold Spray Manufactured Aluminum Alloy 6061 and Copper Samples,” Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 688-704, 2024/03/01 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-024-01738-y.
• Guerrero-Fernandez, P. Quintero, and O. C. Ozdemir, “Cold Gas Spraying Copper Metal on AlN Ceramics as an Alternative to Thick Direct Bond Copper Substrates for Power Electronics,” Journal of Electronic Packaging, vol. 146, no. 4, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4065943.
• Chaudhari, T. Tran, P. Schwartz, S. Boese, O. Ç. Özdemir, and S. Müftü, “Nozzle fouling in cold spray: Material transfer between Ni particles and WC-Co substrates at shallow impact angles and elevated surface temperatures,” Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 492, p. 131157, 2024/09/30/ 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2024.131157.
• C. Ozdemir and S. Muftu, “Novel Method of Predicting Deposition Efficiency in Cold Spray by Incorporating Sphericity into a 1D Analytical Model,” Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 2023/01/23 2023, doi: https://10.1007/s11666-023-01532-2.
• E. Julien, A. Nourian-Avval, W. Liang, T. Schwartz, O. C. Ozdemir, and S. Müftü, “Bulk fracture anisotropy in Cold-Sprayed Al 6061 deposits,” Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 263, p. 108301, 2022/03/15/ 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.108301.
• C. Ozdemir, P. Schwartz, S. Muftu, F. C. Thompson, G. A. Crawford, A. T. Nardi, V. K. Champagne, and C. A. Widener, “High Rate Deposition in Cold Spray,” Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, pp. 1-14, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/S11666-020-01135-1.
• Ç. Özdemir, J. M. Conahan, and S. Müftü, “Particle Velocimetry, CFD, and the Role of Particle Sphericity in Cold Spray,” Coatings, vol. 10, no. 12, p. 1254, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/COATINGS10121254.
• Lin, I. Nault, O. C. Ozdemir, V. K. Champagne, A. Nardi, and S. Müftü, “Thermo-Mechanical Deformation History and the Residual Stress Distribution in Cold Spray,” Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 1424-1436, 2020/08/01 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2021.126835.
• Lin, Q. Chen, O. C. Ozdemir, V. K. Champagne, and S. Muftu, “Effects of Interface Bonding on the Residual Stresses in Cold-Sprayed Al-6061: A Numerical Investigation.,” Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, vol. 28, no. 3, p. 472, 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-019-00827-7.
• A. Widener, O. C. Ozdemir, and M. Carter, “Structural repair using cold spray technology for enhanced sustainability of high value assets,” Procedia Manufacturing, vol. 21, pp. 361-368, 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2018.02.132.

Faculty

Sep 17, 2024

Patent for Internally Cooled Nozzle for Enhanced Additive Manufacturing

MIE Assistant Professor Ozan Özdemir was awarded a patent for designing an “Internally cooled aerodynamically centralizing nozzle (ICCN) .”

Faculty

Mar 18, 2024

$4.8M ARL Award for Advancing Wire-Arc Direct Energy Deposition for Large-Format Metal Additive Manufacturing

Sinan Müftü, MIE Distinguished Professor, and Ozan Özdemir, MIE assistant professor, are leading a team that was awarded a $4.38 million grant from the Army Research Laboratory to advance wire-arc direct energy deposition for large-format metal additive manufacturing.

Faculty

Nov 13, 2023

$1.5M ARL Grant To Improve Cybersecurity and Robustness in Additive Manufacturing

MIE Professor Sinan Müftü and Assistant Professor Ozan Özdemir were awarded a $1.5 million research grant by the Army Research Laboratories (ARL) to spearhead innovative initiatives in cybersecurity and enhancement of mechanical robustness in parts and coatings produced through Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing.

Faculty

Aug 18, 2021

New Faculty Spotlight: Ozan Ozdemir

Ozan Özdemir joins the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department in August 2021 as an Assistant Professor.

Faculty

Jan 07, 2021

NIST Award to Support Metal-Based Additive Manufacturing

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded $999,464 to the Cold Spray Research Group in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering to improve sensing approaches and create a suite of sensor technologies that will help optimize cold spray additive manufacturing. The research team includes Sinan Muftu, professor and associate dean for faculty affairs, […]

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