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Projects

Prepreg format
          + Unidirectional Prepreg Format Design for Robust Manufacturing
          + Composite Repair
          + Polymer Film Dewetting for High Through-Thickness Permeability Prepregs
          + Complex Geometries and Prepreg Format
          + Fast Cure of Composites
Co-cure of sandwich structures
          + Development of a physics-based process model for co-cure bonding of honeycomb-core sandwich structures
          + Defect formation in the adhesive bond-line of honeycomb sandwich structures
High-temperature composites
         + Process and properties of polyimide-matrix composites
         + Thermal Oxidative Aging of PETI-340M Composites
Reuse/Recycling
         + Prepreg Reuse through Bulk Moulding Compound
         Recycling of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoset Composites
         + Processing and Performance of Recyclable Composites for Wind Energy Application
Defect Control
         + Manufacturing of Complex Geometries Using Out-of-Autoclave Prepregs
         + In-situ Monitoring of Void Evolution in Unidirectional Prepregs 
Liquid Molding
         + Volatile Induced Porosity of Resin Transfer Molded Composites
Cold Spray Projects
         + Effect of Preprocessing on Multi-Direction Properties of 5056 Al Cold Spray Deposits
         + Depositing Metallic Coatings on Polymer Substrates by Cold Spray Process
Thermoplastic Composites
          + Thermoplastic Prepreg with Partially Polymerized Matrix
Automation
         + Automated Defect Evaluation Software for Ultrasonic NDI
 Completed Projects
         + Surface Porosity in Out-of-Autoclave Composite Laminates
         + Ageing and Fatigue of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers
          Active Tooling with In-Situ Process Monitoring 
          + Dielectric Cure Monitoring and Resin Characterization
          + Cost and Life Cycle Assessment
         + Processing and Deformation of Nanocrystalline Aluminum Alloys
         + Synthesis of Metallic Foam
         + Interface Design in Polymer Nanocomposites
         + Modeling the Ballistic Impact Behavior of Textile Composites
         + Accelerated Aging of Composite Power Lines
         + Analytic Modeling of Sound Transmission through Membrane-Type Acoustic Metamaterials
         + Design for and Analytic Modeling of Acoustic Performance of Sandwich Structures
         + Polymer Cement for Oil Well Applications
         + Infusion Quality and Elution Effect of Multifunctional Light Weight Ceramic Proppants