I/UCRC Phase II: Collaborative Research: Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center

陶瓷、复合材料和光学材料中心（CCOMC）是NSF第二阶段I/UCRC，由罗格斯大学、新泽西州立大学（罗格斯大学）和克莱姆森大学（克莱姆森）管理。该中心由两所大学合作伙伴组成，由21家跨国成员公司和国家实验室组成的工业咨询委员会（IAB）指导。CCOMC的使命是开发新的跨学科技术，以提高陶瓷，聚合物和光学材料科学，技术和工程的水平，并将这些技术转让给其工业成员，以促进具有竞争力的，可再生的陶瓷，聚合物纤维和复合材料的发展，用于先进的，高性能的系统。续设建议的目的是将中心的范围扩大到技术上互补的新领域，并将导致中心的建立。长期自给自足。中心内的程序专注于创建新材料，新的合成和加工方法，基于过程的模型，测量和表征方法的复杂，集成的系统和设备。CCOMC开始在陶瓷和聚合物材料和加工，纳米颗粒和工艺，不透明装甲陶瓷，光学材料合成和加工以及能量转换材料的计划推力。随着我们进入下一个五年，我们将扩大我们的研究范围，包括陶瓷基复合材料和超硬高温材料的新研究领域。此外，我们将探索绿色/生态友好的处理作为潜在的推力。这是至关重要的长期自给自足，我们不仅吸引了更广泛的成员基础，而且还成功地确保联邦资金，以加强新的和现有的推力，以提高大学和国外的中心的知名度。

The Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center (CCOMC) is an NSF Phase II, I/UCRC which is managed by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (Rutgers) and Clemson University (Clemson). The Center is integrated between the two university partners and is directed by an Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) comprised of 21 multinational member companies and national laboratories. The mission of the CCOMC is to develop new, interdisciplinary technologies to increase the level of ceramic, polymer and optical material science, technology and engineering and to transfer these technologies to its industrial members to foster the development of competitive, reproducible ceramic, polymer fiber and composites made of them for advanced, high performance systems. The continuation proposal aims to broaden the scope of the Center to new areas that are technologically complementary and will lead towards the Center?s long terms self-sufficiency. The programs within the Center focus on the creation of new materials, new synthesis and processing methods, process based models, measurements and characterization methods for complex, integrated systems and devices. CCOMC began with program thrusts in ceramic and polymeric materials and processing, nanoparticulates and processes, opaque armor ceramics, optical material synthesis and processing and materials for energy conversion. As we move forward into the next five years, we will expand the scope of our research to include new research thrust areas in ceramic matrix composites and superhard, high temperature material. In addition we will explore green/ecofriendly processing as potential thrusts. It is critical to long-term self-sufficiency that we not only attract a broader base of members, but also be successful in securing Federal funding to strengthens new and existing thrusts to improve the visibility of the Center within both universities and abroad.