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The following paper has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Materials Processing Technology:
N. Haghbin, J.K. Spelt, and M. Papini, Abrasive Waterjet Micro-Machining of Channels in Metals: Model to Predict High Aspect-Ratio Channel Profiles for Submerged and Unsubmerged Machining

The following paper will appear in the Journal of Materials Processing Technology:

J. Schwartzentruber and M. Papini, Abrasive Waterjet Micro-Piercing of Borosilicate Glass

The following paper has been accepted for publication in Precision Engineering:

Z. Liu, H. Nouraei, J. K. Spelt, M. Papini, Electrochemical slurry jet micro-machining of tungsten carbide with a sodium chloride solution

I have updated my CV as of Oct 14, 2014.

The following paper is to appear in the International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture:

N. Haghbin, J.K. Spelt, M.Papini, Abrasive Waterjet Micro-Machining of Channels in Metals: Comparison Between Machining in Air and Submerged in Water

The following paper has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Manufacturing Processes:

R. Jafar, M. Papini and J,K, Spelt, Erosion Modeling in Abrasive Slurry Jet Micro-machining of Brittle Materials

Welcome to our new PhD student Mike Matinmanesh! Mike comes to us from the Politecnico di Milano and will be co-supervised by Dr. Mark Towler on research related to biomedical coatings.

The following paper has just been published:
A.G. Gradeen, M. Papini, J.K. Spelt, The effect of temperature on the cryogenic abrasive jet micro-machining of polytetrafluoroethylene, high carbon steel and polydimethylsiloxane, Wear 317 (1–2), (2014), 170–178

Welcome to Farbod Ahmadzadeh, who has joined our research team. Farbod graduated in June with his BEng from Ryerson University, and will work towards a MASc under the co-supervision of Dr. Scott Tsai in the area of abrasive jet micro-machining of three dimensional microfluidics components.

The following paper has been accepted for publication in Wear:

A. G Gradeen, M. Papini, J.K. Spelt, The effect of temperature on the cryogenic abrasive jet micro-machining of polytetrafluoroethylene, high carbon steel and polydimethylsiloxane