Desktop Additive Manufacturing of Continuous Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites
Abstract
This proposal will enhance workforce training infrastructure and broaden research participation in the critical area of high temperature materials for the U.S. Department of the Navy by establishing a structured mentorship program (CEMENTED: Ceramic Engineering Mentorship and Education) in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T). CEMENTED will recruit highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented groups into the Ceramic Engineering degree program at Missouri S&T, one of only two such degree programs remaining in the U.S., and support participants from admittance through graduation with a combination of fellowships, internships, and earned salary/wages while serving as research assistants embedded in a sponsored project. By the conclusion of this three-year project, the team will have demonstrated an advanced platform for desktop additive manufacturing of continuous fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composites and improved understandings of process-structure-property relationships for thus produced materials, will have forged end-to-end recruitment relationships from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to several top defense contractors, will have fully supported the studies of at least four high achieving students through graduation with their Ceramic Engineering B.S. and M.S. degrees, and will have established a model to significantly enhance diversity and inclusivity in a critically important engineering discipline enabling defense technologies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Oct 21, 2021
- Source ID
- N001742110008
Entities
People
- David W. Lipke
Organizations
- United States Navy
- University of Missouri System