Guha Manogharan

IEE Research Themes

Equitable Communities and the Built Environment

Affiliate Researcher

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Guha Manogharan has research interests in additive manufacturing, design for additive manufacturing, biomedical applications of additive manufacturing, hybrid manufacturing, CNC machining and post-processing of additive manufacturing.

In the News

Apr 3, 2025 | psu.edu

Beyond welding: Researchers 3D print two metals in single complex structure

Sep 20, 2024 | psu.edu

Revealing invisible educational opportunities through CT scanning

May 28, 2024 | psu.edu

$4.4 million investment will expand metals-based outreach programs at Penn State

May 13, 2024 | psu.edu

Penn State research center offers industry practicum on additive manufacturing

Feb 2, 2024 | psu.edu

Guha Manogharan named co-director of Penn State’s additive manufacturing center

Research Keywords

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Additive Manufacturing

Metal Additive Manufacturing

Mechanical Properties

Metal Casting

Additive Manufacturing Process

Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF)

Implant

Porosity

Sand Mold

Additive Manufacturing Technology

Sand Casting

Surface Finish

Mechanical Performance

Casting Defect

Material Properties

Mechanical Strength

Recent Publications

Automated segmentation of medical images for 3D printing–voxel centric processing of spatially textured voxels

Cushing, N., Fell, B., Shahed, K. S., Moser, K. & Manogharan, G., 2025, In: Virtual and Physical Prototyping. 20, 1, e2459811.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Mass finishing for additive manufacturing: Tribological analysis, surface topology, image processing, predictive model, and processing recommendations

Fan, F., Jalui, S., Shahed, K., Mullany, B. & Manogharan, G., Apr 2025, In: Tribology International. 204, 110486.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Towards gradient design of TPMS lattices and laser powder bed fusion processing– Role of laser strategies and lattice thickness

Shaikh, A., Griffis, J., Stebbins, R., Safowan Shahed, K., Saxena, A., Ross, A. & Manogharan, G., Oct 2024, In: Manufacturing Letters. 41, p. 1046-1054 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Guha Manogharan

In the News

Research Keywords

Recent Publications

Automated segmentation of medical images for 3D printing–voxel centric processing of spatially textured voxels

Mass finishing for additive manufacturing: Tribological analysis, surface topology, image processing, predictive model, and processing recommendations

Development of a Method for Shape Optimization for a Gas Turbine Fuel Injector Design Using Metal-Additive Manufacturing

The expanding role of additive manufacturing in orthopaedic traumatology

Adaptive stiffness structures via additively manufactured fluid accumulators

Shape morphing metamaterials via pressure actuated shape morphing cells

Effect of novel riser design using 3D sand-printing on the defects and mechanical performance of a casting

Toward Reducing Casting Defects via 3D Risers via 3D Sand-Printing: A Simulation Study

Optimal design of AM support structures for EDM removal from build plate

Functionally graded 3D printed plates for rib fracture fixation

Hands-on Digital Tools for Metalcasting Engineering Education in Foundry Science

ASME 2024 19TH INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CONFERENCE (MSEC2024)

ASME 2024 19TH INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CONFERENCE (MSEC2024)

Functionally graded TPMS gyroid structures for additive manufacturing of non-pneumatic tires

Towards gradient design of TPMS lattices and laser powder bed fusion processing– Role of laser strategies and lattice thickness