AFOSR: Design of Energy Absorbing and Tough Ceramics for Rotation Detonation Engines Co-managed with Prof. Carlos Martinez Graduate Students: Bianka Pajo and TBD
Canopy Aerospace: AFWERX Phase II STTR Proposal – Autonomous Robotic Coating for TPS (ARCT) Graduate Students: TBD
AFRL: Adapting Extrusion Deposition Additive Manufacturing to Carbon/Carbon Composites Multidisciplinary Hypersonics Program: Prof. Poggie, Lead on the AFRL Funded Grant Prof. Dan. Delaurentis, Task IV Lead Our Part: Co-managed with Prof. Byron Pipes, the John L. Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering Graduate Students: Edwin Romero
ONR: Design and Evaluation of Rare-Earth Co-Stabilized Cubic Zirconia for Hypersonic Flight Program Managers and Technical Contact: Dr. Eric Marineau and Dr. Eric Wuchina Co-managed with Prof. Carlos Martinez Graduate Students: Abdullah Al Saad
ARPA-E: Multiscale Porous High-Temperature Heat Exchanger Using Ceramic Co-Extrusion Lead: MIT Co-managed with Prof. Jeffrey Youngblood Graduate Students: Rodrigo Orta Guerra and Olivia Brandt
Industrial: Development of Mechanically Robust Transparent Windows for IR Co-managed with Prof. Jeffrey Youngblood Graduate Students: Ashwin Sivakumar
DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO): Higher Energy Content Jet Blending Components Derived from Ethanol Prof. Gozdem Kilaz, PI with Prof. Hilkka Kenttamaa, Prof. John Sutherland, Prof. Nathan Mosier as co-PIs Graduate Student: TBD
Industrial: Investigation of APS EBCs Co-managed with Prof. Mike Titus Undergraduate Student: Vincent Mika
Industrial: Manufacturing (Slipcast and Direct Ink Write) of Silicon Nitride RF Windows
OSD Manufacturing Science & Technology Program via NSWC Crane and NSTXL: Hypersonic Advanced Manufacturing Testing Capability (HAMTC) Prof. Michael Sangid, Executive Director Advisory Role Graduate Students: Matthew Thompson, Ryan Carr
My colleagues and I also have students supported by DRAPER Graduate Student Fellowship, and the Purdue Military Research Institute.