Start-up company focused on research and development benefiting the aerospace, energy, defense, and industrial markets while leveraging strategic University and Laboratory partners.Current funded projects focus on:- Advanced fabrication techniques for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs).- Novel multilayer nanostructured coatings for high energy coherent beams.- Unique thermal-environmental barrier coatings (T-EBC) designs for enhanced calcium-magnesium-alumino-silicate (CMAS)… Show more Start-up company focused on research and development benefiting the aerospace, energy, defense, and industrial markets while leveraging strategic University and Laboratory partners.Current funded projects focus on:- Advanced fabrication techniques for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs).- Novel multilayer nanostructured coatings for high energy coherent beams.- Unique thermal-environmental barrier coatings (T-EBC) designs for enhanced calcium-magnesium-alumino-silicate (CMAS) resistance.Focus areas:- Energy (SOFCs, TBCs, fusion wall materials and coatings, nuclear storage materials)- Aerospace (TBCs/EBCs, radome materials)- Defense (optical coatings, metamaterials and 2D materials)- Industrial (advanced wear resistant coatings, 2D lubricants)Core competencies:- Combined experimental-numerical approaches for fast and efficient design iteration- Process development; process-structure-property relations- Test development for unique and non-trivial components and conditions Show less

Faculty Advisor: Douglas WolfeDepartment: Materials Science and Engineering- Investigated the use of advanced design architectures for thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) with improved durability. - Performed process-structure-property relations using electron beam - physical vapor deposition (EB-PVD), air plasma spray (APS), and plasma spray - physical vapor deposition (PS-PVD).- Utilized mulilayer and multiphase composite architectures to improve durability and maintain… Show more Faculty Advisor: Douglas WolfeDepartment: Materials Science and Engineering- Investigated the use of advanced design architectures for thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) with improved durability. - Performed process-structure-property relations using electron beam - physical vapor deposition (EB-PVD), air plasma spray (APS), and plasma spray - physical vapor deposition (PS-PVD).- Utilized mulilayer and multiphase composite architectures to improve durability and maintain thermal conductivity benefits of advanced materials such as Gd2Zr2O7.- Incorporated composite theory to understand and coating behavior and improve toughening effects of secondary phases.- Developed finite element modeling framework for a combined experimental-numerical approach where real microstructures were simulated to understand and predict composite coating behavior.- Became proficient in analytical techniques including x-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, energy dispsersive spectroscopy, image analysis, Raman spectroscopy, nanoindentation and microindentation, optical profilometry and atomic force microscopy to understand process-structure-property relations and the effects of coating morphology and chemistry. Show less

- Performed research in a variety of areas including fuel cells, coatings, corrosion, thermal insulation and wear resistance.- Work culminated in an undergraduate thesis entitled "Calcium-Magnesium-Alumino-Silicate (CMAS) Degradation, Erosion Resistance and Thermal Conductivity of Thermal Barrier Coatings with Unique Design Architectures" establishing the importance of microstructure on CMAS degradation of thermal barrier coatings.

- Helped develop process structure property relationships in a novel thermal spray process (Plasma Spray - Physical Vapor Deposition or PS-PVD).- Developed advanced Gd2Zr2O7 coatings which exhibited erosion rates comparable to state of the art YSZ coatings with singificant improvements in thermal conductivity.- Established standard operating procedure for the PS-PVD process to ensure reproducability and optimum coating performance.- Authored two peer reviewed journal articles… Show more - Helped develop process structure property relationships in a novel thermal spray process (Plasma Spray - Physical Vapor Deposition or PS-PVD).- Developed advanced Gd2Zr2O7 coatings which exhibited erosion rates comparable to state of the art YSZ coatings with singificant improvements in thermal conductivity.- Established standard operating procedure for the PS-PVD process to ensure reproducability and optimum coating performance.- Authored two peer reviewed journal articles detailing the PS-PVD technique for advanced thermal barrier coatings. Show less