Grant Crawford

Grant Crawford is Professor and Director of the Arbegast Materials Processing and Joining Laboratory at South Dakota Mines. His research advances materials processing technologies with industrial applications.

Research expertise includes:

• Friction stir welding/processing parameter optimization
• Laser powder directed energy deposition
• Cold spray coating development
• Plasma electrolytic oxidation coatings

Industry experience includes semiconductor manufacturing research at Intel Corporation. Leads institutional research laboratory conducting basic and applied materials research.