PROJECTS

AFFILIATED FACULTY

• Soumendra N. Basu
• Srikanth Gopalan
• Michael Gevelber
• Uday Pal
• Varin Sarin

AFFILIATED LABORATORIES

• Advanced Materials Process Control Laboratory
• Green Manufacturing Laboratory
• High Temperature Materials Processing Laboratory
• High Temperature Oxidation Laboratory
• Microscopy Laboratory
• Powder Metallurgy and X-ray Laboratory
• Surface Modification Laboratory

AFFILIATED CENTER

• Boston University Center for Energy and Environment

EXTERNAL SUPPORT

• NSF
• DOE
• DARPA
• LANL
• Sandia National Laboratory
• Siemens Westinghouse
• UTC
• Ion Bond
• Vidia
• ALEM
• Tantalum Australia

AFFILIATIONS

• INEEL
• NIST
• MIT Lincoln Laboratories
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Oak Ridge National Laboratories
• Acumentrics Corporation
• Air Products and Chemicals Incorporated
• Sandvik
• Engelhard
• RMD
• SECO
• Praxair
• Saint Gobain (Norton)
• MEMC
• Kayek
• GTI
• ELMEX
• Allied Signal
• GE
• Chromealloy

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ENGINEERED MATERIALS and PROCESSES PROJECTS

Environmentally Benign Manufacturing

• Synthesis of high-energy content materials, such as magnesium, aluminum, titanium, tantalum, and ferro-alloys.
• Recycling and resource recovery, and evaluation of global economic, environmental and energy impact of process modifications.

  Affiliated Faculty:
  Uday Pal, upal@bu.edu
  Srikanth Gopalan, sgopalan@bu.edu
  
  Affiliated Laboratories/Center:
  High Temperature Materials Processing Laboratory
  Green Manufacturing Laboratory
  Boston University Center for Energy and Environment

Energy Conversion and Storage

• Study of a one step processing technique for manufacturing solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs).
• Investigation of electrode polarization effects on the performance of intermediate temperature SOFCs.
• A theoretical and experimental investigation of hydrogen separation using mixed ionic and electronic conducting (MIEC) membranes.

  Affiliated Faculty:
  Uday Pal, upal@bu.edu
  Srikanth Gopalan, sgopalan@bu.edu
  Vinod Sarin, sarin@bu.edu
  
  Affiliated Laboratories/Center:
  High Temperature Materials Processing Laboratory
  Green Manufacturing Laboratory
  Powder Metallurgy and X-Ray Laboratory

Development of Advanced Thin Film and Coating Systems

• Development of functionally graded high-alumina mullite environmental barrier coatings for Si-based ceramics.
• Development of transparent Lu2O3 based ceramic materials for solid state devices.
• Development of III-V nitride thin films for photonic applications.
• Development of CVD coatings for cutting tool applications.

  Affiliated Faculty:
  Vinod Sarin, sarin@bu.edu
  Soumendra N. Basu, basu@bu.edu
  
  Affiliated Laboratories:
  Surface Modification Laboratory
  High Temperature Oxidation Laboratory
  Microscopy Laboratory
  Powder Metallurgy and X-ray Laboratory

Control of Advanced Materials Processing

• Control of plasma deposition for engineered coatings: turbines and fuel cell applications.
• Real-time control for E-beam deposition of optical coatings.
• Development of advanced control strategies for bulk crystal growth: elemental and compound crystals for opto-electronics.
• Real-time control of chemical-vapor-deposition: coatings for cutting tool and semiconductors.

  Affiliated Faculty
  M. Gevelber, gevelber@bu.edu
  Soumendra N. Basu, basu@bu.edu
  
  Affiliated Laboratories
  Advanced Materials Process Control Laboratory
  Microscopy Laboratory

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