Milling is one of the most commonly used processes in manufacturing, and milling cutters are tools used to remove material. Milling machines vary in size and complexity, from the simplest hand-operated milling machines to CNC milling machines.
My master's thesis at UCLA was creating a simulation model to predict cutting forces from ball-end mills based on the geometry of the mill and feed speed - using data from prior research.
Simulation code was written in MATLAB, with accuracy within 1% compared to experimental results.