Biography

Dr. Anthony Okafor is currently a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Missouri S&T. Dr. Okafor received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics with major in Manufacturing and minor in Analytical Mechanics from Michigan Technological University in 1986.

He also received an MS degree in Production Management and Manufacturing Technology from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, in 1982, and an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Machine Tool Design and Production from the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria in 1980.

His teaching and research interests are in Manufacturing including intelligent machining, high-speed machining, machine tool dynamics and metrology, sensors and signal processing, Computer Numerical Control (CNC), and neural network applications; Smart Structures including Structural Health Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation.

His current research is in Advanced NDE Development for Bonded Repair of Aging Aircraft, Multi-Modal NDE Development for Corrosion Detection and Analysis; and high-speed machining of monolithic thin-walled titanium aerospace components.

Discipline

Mechanical Engineering

Research Interests

Manufacturing including machining, Metalforming, Machine tool dynamics, Acoustic emission, Sensors and signal processing, CNC, CAD/CAM, Machine tool metrology, Neural network and expert system applications, Smart structures including intelligent health monitoring and damage assessment of composite structures, and Mon-destructive evaluation

Education

• 1986 – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Michigan Technological University
• 1982 – M.S. in Production Management and Manufacturing Technology, University of Strathclyde
• 1980 – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Sofia (Formerly Higher Institute for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering), Sofia, Bulgaria