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Education

BSAAE, Purdue University, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, W. Lafayette, IN, 1990
MSE, Purdue University, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, W. Lafayette, IN, 1994
MBA, Finance, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Bloomington, IN, 1998
PhD, Purdue University, School of Industrial Engineering, W. Lafayette, IN, 2010

Research Interests

Manufacturing, Materials Science, Materials Processing, Composites, Mechanics of Materials, Metrology, Tribology, Mechanical Design, Product Design, Production Management, Quality Management, and Entrepreneurship

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

Awards

Purdue Innovator Hall of Fame (Purdue Research Foundation)
Tibbetts Award (US Small Business Administration)
R&D 100 Award
20th Annual Burton Morgan entrepreneurial competition – First Place

Publications

Refereed Journal Publications (from 30+)

Pinaki Mohanty, Brian J. Arnold, Sweta Baruah, Srinivasan Chandrasekar, James B. Mann, A new class of high performance metal-fiber thermoplastic composites for additive manufacturing, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, v169, June 2023.

James B. Mann, Debapriya P. Mohanty, Andrew B. Kustas, B. Stiven Puentes Rodriguez, Mohammed Naziru Issahaq, Anirudh Udupa, Tatsuya Sugihara, Kevin P. Trumble, Rachid M’Saoubi, and Srinivasan Chandrasekar, Large-Scale Metal Strip for Power Storage and Energy Conversion Applications by Machining-Based Deformation Processing CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 00 (2023) 1-4, May 1, 2023.

J.B. Mann, Y. Guo, C. Saldana, W.D. Compton, S. Chandrasekar, Enhancing material removal processes using modulation-assisted machining, Tribology International, v44, Issue 10, p1225–1235, Sep 2011.

T.L. Brown, C. Saldana, T. G. Murthy, J. B. Mann, Y. Guo, L. F. Allard, A. H. King, W. D.   Compton, K. P. Trumble and S. Chandrasekar, A study of the interactive effects of strain, strain rate and temperature in severe plastic deformation of copper, Acta Materialia, v57, p5491-5500, 2009.

J.B. Mann, C. Saldana, S. Chandrasekar, W.D. Compton, and K.P. Trumble, Metal particulate production by modulation-assisted machining, Scripta Materialia, v57, n10, p909-912, 2007.

Issued Patents (from 10+)

T. Sugihara, S. Chandrasekar, A. Udupa , K. Viswanathan , K. P. Trumble , J.B. Mann, Methods of Modifying Material Flow Mode During Machining and Products Formed Thereby, US 11,548,107 B2, issued Jan 10, 2023.

J.B. Mann, Y. Guo, and S. Lee, Tool Holder Assembly for Machining System, US 10875138, issued Dec 29, 2020

J.B. Mann, Y. Guo, and S. Lee, Machining System Spindle for Modulation-Assisted Machining, US10603723B1issued Mar 31, 2020.

J.B. Mann and S. Lee, Rotating Tool Holder Assembly for Modulation Assisted Machining, US 10245652B2 issued Apr 2, 2019.

S. Chandrasekar, K. Trumble, W. Moscoso, M. Efe, D. Sagapuram, C. Saldana, J. B. Mann, W. D. Compton, Large Strain Extrusion Machining Process and Bulk Forms Produced Therefrom, US 9687895, issued Jun 27, 2017.

J. B. Mann, C. J. Saldana, W. Moscoso, Control Systems and Methods for Machining Operations, US 8694133, issued Apr 8, 2014.

J. B. Mann, S. Chandrasekar, and W.D. Compton, Tool Holder Assembly and Method for Modulation-Assisted Machining, US 7587965 issued September 15, 2009.  South Korea 10-1116496, issued Feb 7, 2012.  Canada ZL200780025230.1 issued Jul 31, 2013. China ZL200780025230.1 issued July 31, 2013. Japan 5200005 issued Feb 15, 2013.

J. B. Mann, M. Ravi Shankar, S. Chandrasekar, W.D. Compton, and W. Moscoso, Machining Method to Controllably Produce Chips with Determinable Shapes and Sizes, US 7628099 issued Dec 8, 2009. Japan 530;6182 issued Jul 5, 2013. Canada CA ZL200780025316.4 issued May 30, 2012.