Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center (CCOMC)

CCOMC IAB MEETING

Rutgers University,

Piscataway, NJ

Spring 2013

Site Report

Richard A. Haber

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials CenterAn NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center

CCOMC

Clemson

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center

Rutgers

CCOMC

Clemson

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center

Rutgers

Ceramic and Composite Materials CenterStatus

• The MEDE moving ahead strongly. 2 weeks ago the MACH conference was held in Annapolis with a strong showing from industry and researchers.

• The next meeting will at Clemson at the end of September

• There will be a MEDE Team meeting October 23-25 in Baltimore

• There will be an armor subgroup meeting in Daytona, Thursday January 30, 2014 8am-1pm. This will be a CCOMC-MEDE Review

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials CenterAn NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center

CCOMC

Clemson

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center

Rutgers

CCOMC

Clemson

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center

Rutgers

CCOMC Member Companies Through Rutgers

1. Ceradyne Large Membership

2. BAE Large Membership – lost because of CoorsTek purchase

3. BASF Large Membership – joined July 2013

4. CoorsTek Large Membership

5. Corning Large Membership

6. Exothermics Small Membership – joined in April 2013

7. Ferro Ceramic Grinding Small Membership

8. Greenleaf Large Membership

9. Hammond Group Large Membership

10. H.C. Spinks Clay Company Small Membership

11. Industrie Bitossi Large Membership

12. Kennametal Large Membership

13. Kyocera Large Membership

14. M Cubed Small Membership – ending their membership in July due to acquisition by II-VI Corp

15. Millennium Chemical Large Membership

16. Morgan Large Membership

17. Saint Gobain Large Membership

18. Schott NA Large Membership

19. Superior Graphite Small Membership

20. US Army – ARL, TARDEC Large Membership

21. Washington Mills Small Membership

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials CenterAn NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center

CCOMC

Clemson

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center

Rutgers

CCOMC

Clemson

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center

Rutgers

The total funding for the Rutgers site is $610K

Rutgers Recruiting Efforts

VERY GOOD PROSPECTS: (NO CHANGES)• Protective Materials Group – Miami Lakes, FL (SM)• Evonik – Piscataway, NJ (LM)• Armorline – SC (SM)• Bhukhanwala – India (SM)• Micro-Lam Technologies – Kalamazoo, MI (SM)

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials CenterAn NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center

CCOMC

Clemson

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center

Rutgers

CCOMC

Clemson

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center

Rutgers

Projects Continuing

Project Title Prof/GA(PD) Start Date Estimated Completion/Check Date

Synthesis of Spinel Riman/Kopp 9/11 CHK PT 9/13 NDE – Carbides Haber/DeLucca 9/10 FINISH 5/13 Sintering Model for the Densification of Non-oxide Ceramics

Matthewson/Pantina 10/09 CHK PT 9/11

Grain Boundary Engineering of Spinel Haber/Vu 5/11 CHK PT 5/13 Uniformity of Carbide Powders Haber/Domnich 1/09 FINISH Q3/12 Residual Stress Measurements in Ceramics Mann/Groth 9/08 ENDED DEC 2012 Processing of B4C Powder Haber/Toksoy 5/11 CHK PT 5/13 Processing of Thermoelectrics Birnie/Langan 9/11 CHK PT 5/13 Modeling Binder Removal Matthewson/Incledon 1/12 CHK PT 4/14 Dispersion of h-BN Haber/Ornek 9/12 CHK PT 4/14

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials CenterAn NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center

CCOMC

Clemson

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center

Rutgers

CCOMC

Clemson

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center

Rutgers

CCOMC

Clemson

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center

Rutgers

CCOMC

Clemson

Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center

Rutgers