Research at CCM
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UD-CCM's research philosophy encourages faculty, post-docs, professionals,
and students from different science and engineering disciplines to work
in a collaborative environment to meet the research needs of our sponsors.
In 1985, five research thrust areas were established as part of our NSF
Engineering Research Center to promote interdisciplinary research in composites.
This year, a sixth research thrust area has been established in Multifunctional
Composite Materials. Our researchers conduct world-class research in each
of these areas but also work in research teams at the interface between
these disciplines to design and optimize new materials and processes that
deliver performance and affordability. Our unique manufacturing science
laboratory provides facilities for synthesis of new materials, chemical
and mechanical characterization from the nano-scale to large-scale structures,
computation, design, and re-engineering and manufacturing workcells on existing
and next generation processes that are ready for transition to our sponsors.
To that end, UD-CCM research is often organized into the following theme
areas:
- Materials and Synthesis
Identifying, creating, and
tailoring of existing and next generation materials through the control
of microstructure and molecular architecture.
- Mechanics and Design
Processing-Microstructure-Property relationships to enable design of
internal architecture to predict and optimize properties; Multi-scale
modeling, Numerical methods, CAD/CAM, Re-engineering, and new
software design tools.
- Processing Science
Developing models and simulations in a
"virtual manufacturing" environment for process optimization and tool
design that leads to improved quality and affordability; Evaluating
influence of processing parameters on state of material, Innovate new
composite manufacturing processes; Prototyping.
- Sensing and Control
Developing on-line sensors and devices
for monitoring composites from manufacturing to end-of-life; Develop
and validate process control schemes using simulations and manufacturing
workcells.
- Performance
State-of-the-art testing and evaluation of a
wide range of material, component, and full-scale article properties
- mechanical, thermal, electrical, cost, etc. Developing new test procedures
and equipment.
- Multifunctional Materials
Designing materials to accomplish multiple performance objectives in
a single system. Encompassing traditional systems, such as fire-hardened
structural composite armor, to newer systems that include blast, sensors
and actuators, power harvesting, communications, and electro-optical
capabilities.
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