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Primary Practice

Areas of Focus

Alloy compositions

  • Ferrous alloys (low-carbon steels, medium- and high-carbon steels, specialty steels, stainless steels such as ferritic, austenitic and martensitic stainless steels, tool steels)
  • Nonferrous alloys (aluminum, copper, magnesium, titanium, zirconium, nickel, cobalt, precious metals, refractory metals)
  • Intermetallics
  • Brazing
  • Welding and soldering compositions
  • Thermo/mechanical processing of metals

Ceramics and glasses

  • Sol gel applications
  • Coatings
  • Fibers
  • Cutting tools
  • Dental applications
  • Magnetic ceramics
  • Superconducting ceramics
  • Electronic materials
  • Oxide materials (silica, alumina, ceria, titania, zirconia, yttria)
  • Carbon-based materials (silicon carbide, boron carbide, tungsten carbide, fullerenes, diamondoids)
  • Single crystal and polycrystalline silicon
  • Nitride/carbonitride materials and liquid crystal materials

Metallurgical products

  • Medical devices (stents, guide wires, shape memory components)
  • Magnetic materials
  • Ceramic superconducting components
  • Hydrogen storage materials
  • Fuel cell materials
  • Nanocrystalline materials
  • Catalysts and nuclear reactor components

Polymers and monomers

  • Polyolefins
  • Polyamides
  • Polyimides
  • Polyurethanes
  • Polyesters
  • Absorbent polymers
  • Polymer resins eterocyclic polymers
  • Epoxies
  • Ceramic precursors
  • Transition metal olefin polymerization
  • Cationic polymerization
  • Conducting polymers and photoresists

Powder metallurgical processing

  • Powder production via atomization and ball milling
  • Compaction into shaped articles
  • Sintering (reactive, liquid phase, solid state)
  • Heat treatment and hot isostatic pressing to consolidate and densify powder compositions

Semiconductor processing

  • Chemical vapor deposition
  • Sputtering
  • Plasma etching
  • Vacuum reactor components

Fuel cells

  • Components
  • Structures
  • Assemblies

Clean technology

  • Recycling
  • Renewable energy (wind power, solar power, biomass, hydropower, biofuels)
  • Information technology
  • Green transportation
  • Electric motors
  • Green chemistry
  • Lighting