W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Overview
Dr. Patrick Hale is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology (SEPT) at McMaster University. He joined the faculty full-time after teaching as a sessional instructor since 2013. During that time, he taught undergraduate and graduate engineering courses primarily in computer-aided design, manufacturing engineering, rapid prototyping, and engineering design while simultaneously building a career in advanced manufacturing.
Before joining McMaster full-time, Dr. Hale worked in the metal additive manufacturing sector as a Lead Manufacturing Engineer. His work focused on developing manufacturing strategies for high-precision aerospace and space components. His industry experience includes manufacturing process optimization, CAD/CAM programming, CNC machining, fixturing design and workholding strategies, laser engraving procedures, wire EDM processes, GD&T and CMM inspection, and DED process development. He developed machining strategies and production processes that improved manufacturing efficiency and enabled reliable lights-out machining.
Dr. Hale’s areas of expertise include additive manufacturing, advanced machining, CAD/CAM/CAE, process optimization, digital engineering tools, engineering education, and design for manufacturing.
Dr. Hale is a Professional Engineer (Ontario)
Did you know?
Dr. Hale is the inventor of the U.S. patent “Board Fastening Tool” (US10464196B2), which introduced an innovative fastener driving mechanism for hardwood flooring installation (Patent Link).
P. Hale and E.G. Ng. “Non-Linear Material Characterization of CFRP with FEM Utilizing Cohesive Surface Considerations Validated with Effective Tensile Test Fixturing”. In: Materials Today Communications 23 (2020), 1 − 15. url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2019.100872.
P. Hale and E.G. Ng. “Three-Point Bending Analysis with Cohesive Surface Interaction for Improved Delamination Prediction and Application of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics Composites”. In: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 28, No. 3 (2020). url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-651X/ab7054
Hale, P.; Ng, E.-G. 3D Finite Element Model on Drilling of CFRP with Numerical Optimization and Experimental Validation. Materials 2021, 14, 1161. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14051161
