Industry/University Cooperative Research Center Competitive Renewal: U of New Mexico-Rutgers Ceramic and Composite Materials Center (CCMC)

该奖项为新墨西哥大学陶瓷和复合材料工业/大学合作研究中心提供资金支持，罗格斯大学是该中心的附属合作伙伴。该中心的使命是开发新的跨学科技术，使美国在陶瓷科学和工程方面更具竞争力，并将这些技术转让给其工业成员。该中心将结合新墨西哥大学在陶瓷合成和高负载聚合物方面的研究，以及罗格斯大学在陶瓷加工和微结构-性能关系方面的研究。研究的重点是合成和加工具有微结构的先进材料所需的科学和技术，以满足新兴工程应用的性能要求以及成本，形状和可靠性要求。该方法包括旨在了解起始材料，化学和加工参数与成品材料的结构和性能之间关系的研究。使用的加工技术有溶胶-凝胶合成、气相合成和粉末加工。该中心将由新墨西哥大学的一名执行主任和罗格斯大学的一名主任领导。中心设有由行业附属公司和合作伙伴代表组成的行业咨询委员会。

This award provides funding to support the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Ceramic and Composite Materials at the University of New Mexico with Rutgers University as the affiliate partner. The mission of the center is to develop new, interdisciplinary technologies to make the United States more competitive in ceramic science and engineering and to transfer these technologies to its industrial members. The center will combine the research on ceramic synthesis and highly loaded polymers at the University of New Mexico with the research on ceramic processing and microstructure-property relationships at Rutgers University. The focus of the research is on the science and technology needed to synthesize and process advanced materials with the microstructures needed to fulfill the property requirements as well as cost, shape, and reliability requirements of emerging engineering applications. The approach includes research aimed at understanding the relationships between starting materials, chemistry, and processing parameters to the structures and properties of the finished materials. Processing techniques used are sol-gel synthesis, vapor phase synthesis, and powder processing. The Center will be led by an Executive Director at the University of New Mexico and a Director at Rutgers University. The Center has an Industrial Advisory Board composed of representatives from the industry affiliates and partners.