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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 Materials Processing Characterization Self vs. Directed Assembly 2500 ebid laebid 2000 Pt 1500 C counts 1000 Bimetallics 500 0 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 energy (eV) Nanofabrication

Thermal Transport in Composite Materials Experimental Simulation 3- ω nanoscale Thermal Energy Lab, Utah State University Molecular Dynamics Monte Carlo l t Thermal Bridge Smooth Rough w Coupled MD/MC Stepped-Bar

Composite Materials & Structures Utah State University Dr. Ling Lui • Multi-Scale Modeling and Simulation of Composite Materials for improved understanding of 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 Dr. Ling Lui A DOD (NAVAIR) SBIR Phase III Project Recent Funding Agencies & Industrial Partners: USU PI : Ling Liu; Team : Global Engineering & Materials Inc., NRL, NIAR, TAMU, CMU, MSU, USU • NAVAIR: Composites with manufacturing and service-induced defects. Voids, Misalignment, Multiscale Predictive Delamination, • Global Engineering & Materials Inc.: Modeling Microcracks, … 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.

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 Recent Funding Sources • USAF • NASA STTR • SDL

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