Introduction
Welcome to Professor Melkote’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Group. Our primary location is at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI), with additional operations at the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (AMPF). Our research spans a wide range of areas, including hybrid manufacturing, surface post-processing of Additively Manufactured (AM) Parts, cyber manufacturing, robotic machining, and numerous other projects within the manufacturing field. We maintain active collaborations with industry leaders such as Novelis and Boeing. Our team consists of both students and postdoctoral researchers who work together collaboratively to push the boundaries of research in the domain of manufacturing.

Latest News
- Akshar Kota Selected as a 2025 Novelis Graduate Scholar by the Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia TechWe are proud to announce that our group member, Akshar Kota, has been selected… Read more: Akshar Kota Selected as a 2025 Novelis Graduate Scholar by the Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech
- Akshar Kota Presents Research on Interface Engineering of Bimetallic Wire-Arc DED structures at ASTM ICAM 2024Akshar Kota, a Ph.D. student from our research group, presented a poster… Read more: Akshar Kota Presents Research on Interface Engineering of Bimetallic Wire-Arc DED structures at ASTM ICAM 2024
- Xiaoliang Yan and Akshar Kota Awarded Fall 2024 Topping FellowshipsWe are proud to announce that two of our group members, Xiaoliang… Read more: Xiaoliang Yan and Akshar Kota Awarded Fall 2024 Topping Fellowships