AMP

About AMP

Since 2001, the South Dakota Mines AMP laboratory has been researching advanced materials processing and joining technologies with a technical focus directed towards advancing friction stir welding, laser powder deposition, cold spray and plasma surface engineering.

Historical Highlights

Founding member of the NSF Center for Friction Stir Processing in 2004.
Established an Additive Manufacturing Lab with laser powder deposition in 2003.
Established a Cold Spray research lab at South Dakota Mines in 2006.
Awarded $2.2M for a SD Governor’s Center – the Repair, Refurbish, and Return-to-Service (R3S) Center in 2009.
Patented and commercialized a high-pressure cold spray system in 2012.
Awarded $2M for an Advanced Materials Processing and Technology Transfer and Training Center (AMPTEC) in 2013.
Partnered with the Army's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) to study "Materials and Manufacturing for Cold Regions" in 2020.

Facilities

AMP has over 6000 square feet of dedicated research and development space on the SD Mines campus.

Participating South Dakota Mines Academic Departments

AMP Director
Grant Crawford
Research Director
Professor

Phone: (605) 394-5133
Grant.Crawford@sdsmt.edu
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In Memory Of
William J. Arbegast
(1951-2009)
Memorial Website

In 2010, the Advanced Materials Processing Center was renamed the Arbegast Materials Processing and Joining Laboratory, in honor of the founding director of the lab, William (Bill) Arbegast who contributed so much its current success.
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