Brad Kinsey

Prof. Kinsey joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department in the 2001-02 academic year. After working three years in the automotive industry, he began his work at Northwestern University where he received his Master's and Ph.D. degrees. His research focuses on the mechanics, materials, and manufacturing innovations related to materials deformation processes.
Courses Taught
- ME 441: Intro Eng Design & Solid Model
- ME 477: Introduction to Solid Modeling
- ME 696: Projects
- ME 755: Senior Design Project I
- ME 756: Senior Design Project II
- ME 777/877: Computer Aided Engineering
- ME 782/882: Industrial Skills and Eng
- ME 785/885: Solid Mechanics Manufacturing
- ME 797: Honors Seminar
- ME 992: Master's Project
- ME 999: Doctoral Research
- TECH 411: Innovation Scholars I
- TECH 412: Innovation Scholars
- TECH 602: Machine Shop Training
Selected Publications
Yokoyama, Y., Mitchell, B. R., Nassiri, A., Kinsey, B. L., Korkolis, Y. P., & Tagawa, Y. (2022). Integrated photoelasticity in a soft material: phase retardation,
azimuthal angle and stress-optic coefficient. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2022.107335
Mitchell, B., Yokoyama, Y., Nassiri, A., Tagawa, Y., Korkolis, Y., & Kinsey, B. (2022). An investigation of Hertzian contact in soft materials using
photoelastic tomography. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2022.105164
Chen, K., Breunig, A., Ha, J., Kinsey, B. L., Groche, P., & Korkolis, Y. P. (2022). Robustness of deep-drawing finite-element simulations to process variations. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MATERIAL FORMING, 15(3). doi:10.1007/s12289-022-01695-3
Guglielmi, G., Mitchell, B., Song, C., Kinsey, B. L., & Mo, W. (2021). Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Comparison of Water Droplet Machining and Traditional Abrasive Waterjet Cutting. SUSTAINABILITY, 13(21). doi:10.3390/su132112275
Zhang, S., & Kinsey, B. L. (2021). Influence of Material Properties on Interfacial Morphology during Magnetic Pulse Welding of Al1100 to Copper Alloys and Commercially Pure Titanium. JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING AND MATERIALS PROCESSING, 5(2). doi:10.3390/jmmp5020064
Allwood, J. M., Duncan, S. R., Cao, J., Groche, P., Hirt, G., Kinsey, B., . . . Tekkaya, A. E. (2016). Closed-loop control of product properties in metal forming. In CIRP ANNALS-MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY Vol. 65 (pp. 573-596). doi:10.1016/j.cirp.2016.06.002
Nassiri, A., Chini, G., Vivek, A., Daehn, G., & Kinsey, B. (2015). Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian finite element simulation and experimental investigation of wavy interfacial morphology during high velocity impact welding. MATERIALS & DESIGN, 88, 345-358. doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2015.09.005
Kinsey, B., Cullen, G., Jordan, A., & Mates, S. (2013). Investigation of electroplastic effect at high deformation rates for 304SS and Ti-6Al-4V. CIRP ANNALS-MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, 62(1), 279-282. doi:10.1016/j.cirp.2013.03.058
Psyk, V., Risch, D., Kinsey, B. L., Tekkaya, A. E., & Kleiner, M. (2011). Electromagnetic forming-A review. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, 211(5), 787-829. doi:10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2010.12.012
Kinsey, B., Liu, Z. H., & Cao, J. (2000). A novel forming technology for tailor-welded blacks. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, 99(1-3), 145-153. doi:10.1016/S0924-0136(99)00412-4
Most Cited Publications