Glenn Gleason

Degrees

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA, 2022
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA, 2019
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA, 2004

Research Interests

• Physics-based modeling of small-scale impact welding processes of thin foils.
• Performing experiments in impact welding, using plasma actuation from high power laser pulses.

Journal Publications

• Gleason, Glenn, Karl Bailey, Sumair Sunny, Arif Malik and Rodrigo A Bernal. “Influence of surface roughness on transient phenomena occurring during laser impact welding.” Journal of Manufacturing Processes 80 (2022): 480-490.
• Gleason, Glenn, Sumair Sunny, Ritin Mathews, and Arif Malik. “Numerical investigation elucidating effects of microstructure on the transient thermomechanical phenomena during laser impact welding.” Journal of Manufacturing Processes 79 (2022): 115-125.
• Gleason, Glenn, Sumair Sunny, Ritin Mathews, and Arif Malik. “Numerical investigation of the transient interfacial material behavior during laser impact welding.” Scripta Materialia 208 (2022): 114325.
• Sunny, Sumair, Ritin Mathews, Glenn Gleason, Arif Malik, and Jeremiah Halley. “Effect of metal additive manufacturing residual stress on post-process machining-induced stress and distortion.” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 202 (2021): 106534.
• Sunny, Sumair, Glenn Gleason, Karl Bailey, Ritin Mathews, and Arif Malik. “Importance of microstructure modeling for additively manufactured metal post-process simulations.” International Journal of Engineering Science 166 (2021): 103515.
• Sunny, Sumair*, Glenn Gleason*, Ritin Mathews, and Arif Malik. “Simulation of laser impact welding for dissimilar additively manufactured foils considering influence of inhomogeneous microstructure.” Materials & Design 198 (2021): 109372. [*: Joint first author]
• Sadeh, Sepehr, Glenn H. Gleason, Mohammad I. Hatamleh, Sumair F. Sunny, Haoliang Yu, Arif S. Malik, and Dong Qian. “Simulation and experimental comparison of laser impact welding with a plasma pressure model.” Metals 9, no. 11 (2019): 1196.

Conference Proceedings

• Sunny, Sumair, Glenn Gleason, Karuna Sitaula, and Arif Malik. “Predictive Modeling of Laser Shock Peening Induced Near-Surface Residual Stress in Alumina.” Procedia Manufacturing 53 (2021): 80-91.
• Gleason, Glenn, Sumair Sunny, Sepehr Sadeh, Haoliang Yu, and Arif Malik. “Eulerian Modeling of Plasma-Pressure Driven Laser Impact Weld Processes.” Procedia Manufacturing 48 (2020): 204-214.
• Sunny, Sumair F., Glenn H. Gleason, and Arif S. Malik. “Comparison of numerical methods for fluid-structure interaction simulation of fused deposition modeled nylon components.” Procedia Manufacturing 34 (2019): 516-527.

Community Outreach

Glenn participates in the annual charitable event led by Dr. Arif Malik, Engineering Brighter Futures for Autism, which raises community awareness for people with autism and related conditions.

Interests & Hobbies

Glenn loves exploring the Dallas area on his bicycle with his friends.

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