The University of Bristol, UK, announces that its researchers have developed a nonlinear acoustic imaging technique that can detect cracks that cannot be seen by conventional acoustic imaging methods.
Continue readingCloud-like materials cut construction costs
A research team by the National University of Singapore (NUS) developed Cloud Arch, an innovative, ultra-light architecture that will revolutionize the way large open public spaces are built.
Continue readingTransforming waste into a resource
Essentium Materials, College Station, Tex., converts coconut husk fibers into materials for cars and homes.
Continue readingCustomized military armored composite crew compartments
Morgan Advanced Materials (Morgan), Windsor, UK, announces that survivability solutions offered by its Composites and Defence systems business are being used in customized armored composite crew compartments.
Continue readingPolycarbonate window solution drives down vehicle weight
The Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., revealed a drivable multi-material lightweight vehicle (MMLV) with an advanced polycarbonate (PC) glazing solution from SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business that reduces weight by 35% compared to the same window on a 2013 model.
Continue readingASM Fellow Dr. Pradeep Rohatgi elected Fellow of Wisconsin Academy of Sciences
Pradeep Rohatgi, Fellow of ASM International and Distinguished Professor of Materials Engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, has been elected Fellow of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters.
Continue readingHarper wins contracts worth $38 million for carbon fiber production systems
Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., has been awarded contracts worth $38 million for advanced three meter wide oxidation ovens, LT and HT carbonization systems, waste gas abatement systems, fiber handling, and integrated additional unit operations, controls, and services.
Continue readingPTFE/NanoDiamond coating doubles surface durability and reduces friction by up to 66%
Carbodeon, Helsinki, Finland, has released a new PTFE/NanoDiamond coating with twice the durability and up to 66% less friction than current products.
Continue readingOhio Third Frontier loans MesoCoat $1.5 million to scale up nanocomposite powder production
MesoCoat Inc., Euclid, Ohio, has been awarded a $1.5 million loan from the Ohio Department of Development’s Ohio Third Frontier Commission to assist MesoCoat to increase the scale-up of PComP powder production from 18 tons to 160 tons per year.
Continue readingBioinspired glass dents instead of shatters
Engineers inspired by the mother-of-pearl lining of mollusk shells have found that etching wavy lines in glass can actually give the brittle material the ability to bend and dent instead of shatter.
Continue readingSave the date: Microgravity materials science workshop
NASA’s microgravity materials science program supports materials research conducted on the International Space Station (ISS).
Continue readingAirbrushed carbon nanofibers
Researchers from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, used airbrushing techniques to grow vertically aligned carbon nanofibers on several different metal substrates, opening the door for incorporating these nanofibers into gene delivery devices, sensors, batteries and other technologies.
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