Sumair Sunny

Degrees

PhD. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA, 2021
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA, 2017
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Pune, India, 2014

Research Interests

• High Speed Machining
• Fused Filament Fabrication Additive Manufacturing
• Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing
• Computational Metal Additive Mfg. Microstructure Prediction
• Laser-based Surface Engineering
• Fluid-Structure Interaction

Journal Publications

• Mathews, Ritin, Kishore Mysore Nagaraja, Runyu Zhang, Sumair Sunny, Haoliang Yu, Deon Marais, Andrew Venter, Wei Li, Hongbing Lu, and Arif Malik, “Temporally continuous thermofluidic-thermomechanical coupling framework for metal additive manufacturing,” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (2023)
• Sadeh, Sepehr, Ritin Mathews, Runyu Zhang, Sumair Sunny, Deon Marais, Andrew M Venter, Wei Li, and Arif Malik, “Interlayer machining effects on microstructure and residual stress in directed energy deposition of stainless steel 316L,” Journal of Manufacturing Processes (2023)
• 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.
• Sunny, Sumair, Ritin Mathews, Haoliang Yu, and Arif Malik. “Effects of microstructure, inherent stress, and temperature when predicting residual stress induced during hybrid powder bed fusion with roller burnishing.” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (2022)
• 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.
• Mathews, Ritin, Sumair Sunny, Arif Malik, and Jeremiah Halley. “Coupling between inherent and machining-induced residual stresses in aluminum components.” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (2021): 106865.
• 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]
• Sunny, Sumair, Haoliang Yu, Ritin Mathews, and Arif Malik. “A predictive model for in situ distortion correction in laser powder bed fusion using laser shock peen forming.” The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 112, no. 5 (2021): 1319-1337.
• Sunny, Sumair, Huiluo Chen, Arif Malik, and Hongbing Lu. “Influence of residual stress and fluid–structure interaction on the impact behavior of fused filament fabrication components.” Additive Manufacturing 37 (2021): 101662.
• Sunny, Sumair*, Haoliang Yu*, Ritin Mathews, Arif Malik, and Wei Li. “Improved grain structure prediction in metal additive manufacturing using a dynamic kinetic Monte Carlo framework.” Additive Manufacturing 37 (2021): 101649. [*: 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.
• Sunny, Sumair F., Saman Rostami, and Arif S. Malik. “Effects of Fluid Cavity Modeling When Predicting Compressive Strength of FDM Printed Nylon With Varying Infill Pattern and Density.” In International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, vol. 51357, p. V001T01A010. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018.

Patents

1. Mechanism for Zero/Minimum Turning Radius of Vehicle.
2. Worm Differential Gearbox.

Honors & Awards

(1) First Runner Up in John-Deere Techno-Champ India (2014)

• Represented Maharashtra Inst. Of Technology-Pune in a national level technical competition hosted by John Deere, India.
• Designed a zero / minimum turning radius mechanism for a tractor

(2) Winner of Mahindra Rise’s Tech-Rumble competition (2013)

• Represented Maharashtra Inst. Of Technology-Pune in a national level technical competition hosted by Mahindra Rise, India
• Devised innovative solutions in several rounds of technical case studies

Community Outreach

Sumair spearheaded the annual Engineering Brighter Futures for Autism. An endeavor of Dr. Malik, that brings awareness to the general public of how capable non-neurotypical persons can be.

Interests & Hobbies

Sumair was a member of UTDallas’ collegiate cycling team and proudly represents UTDallas on fundraising rides through the year, all over Texas. He spends his weekends cycling with friends all around the metroplex.

Sumair also enjoys soccer, basketball, cricket, swimming and calisthenics

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