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Industry-University Crosstalk

Utah State University

• Dr. Thomas H. Fronk

Director of Undergraduate Studies Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

1 Nov 2017

Composite Materials & Structures Utah State University

• Dr. Nick Roberts
• Thermophysical Properties studying fundamental thermodynamics

and thermal transport to enable the tuning properties of composite materials.

• Computational Techniques as a method for materials by design

that span length scales from the atomic level to macroscopic scales.

• Material Processing Techniques to fabricate the designed materials

for characterization and experimental validation

• Multi-Scale Testing & Fabrication: 3-omega thermal conductivity/diffusivity

measurement system, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Stepped Bar Apparatus for thermal conductance/conductivity measurements, Atomic Force Microscope, SEM tensile tester, Process Equipment for Nanoparticle and Film Fabrication, Traditional Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization Facilities.

• Recent Funding Agencies & Industrial Partners: NASA, DOE, ONR,

NSF, Electric Power Systems, Inc.

Composite Fabrication and Characterization

Bimetallics Nanofabrication

Materials Processing Characterization

Self vs. Directed Assembly

500 2000 2500 1000 3000 4000 counts 2000 energy (eV) 1500 C 1000 Pt ebid laebid

nanoscale Thermal Energy Lab, Utah State University

Thermal Transport in Composite Materials

Simulation

Molecular Dynamics Monte Carlo

l t w Smooth Rough

Coupled MD/MC

Experimental

3-ω Thermal Bridge Stepped-Bar

Composite Materials & Structures Utah State University

• Dr. Ling Lui
• Multi-Scale Modeling and Simulation of

Composite Materials for improved understanding

• f materials physics and accelerated design for

performance.

• Multi-Scale Approaches spanning from atomistic

scale to engineering scale.

• Fracture and Fatigue in engineering composites

and nuclear materials,

• Mechanics and Heat Transfer at Materials

Interfaces, and transport phenomena in electrochemical energy storage materials.

Fabrication and Service Induced Defects in Composite Structures

A DOD (NAVAIR) SBIR Phase III Project USU PI: Ling Liu; Team: Global Engineering & Materials Inc., NRL, NIAR, TAMU, CMU, MSU, USU Voids, Misalignment, Delamination, Microcracks, … Multiscale Predictive Modeling

• NAVAIR: Composites with manufacturing and

service-induced defects.

• Global Engineering & Materials Inc.:

Simulation of delamination in composites.

• DOE: Fracture of cladding materials in extreme

conditions.

• DOE: Extended finite element method in INL's

MOOSE package.

• AFOSR: Multiscale structural analysis.
• ONR: Multiscale analysis of biological

macromolecules. Recent Funding Agencies & Industrial Partners:

• Dr. Ling Lui

Composite Materials & Structures Utah State University

• Dr. Thomas Fronk
• Natural Fiber Composites
• Impact Resistance of Composite Materials
• Low-Temperature Applications
• Numerical Modeling of Composites
• Joining of Polymer Composites w/ Metals
• Analytical Models
• Engineering Education
• USAF
• NASA STTR
• SDL

Recent Funding Sources

Composite Materials & Structures Utah State University

• Continue providing Internships for Students
• Continue supporting Capstone Design Projects
• Surplus Material & Equipment Donations
• Guest Lectures
• Tech Talks
• ASME Student-in-Industry Day
• Teaching Courses
• Mutually Beneficial Research Collaborations

Composite Materials & Structures Utah State University

USU has enjoyed working with many government and industry partners in the state of Utah and has been the beneficiary of numerous positive interactions. Open Source Design & Analysis Tools e.g. aero.go.usu.edu Utah Composite Materials & Structures Conference