TRICE CERAMICS
  • Our Team/Home
    • Rodney Trice
    • Faith Quinn
    • Bianka Pajo
    • Samuel Blankenship
    • Matthew Thompson
    • Benjamin Lam
    • Nathan Misenheimer
    • Caleb van Haaster
    • David Calvo
    • Victoria Rusnak
    • Tyriek Craigs
    • Former Grad Students
  • Our Research
    • Videos
    • Publications
    • Patents and Disclosures
    • Current Grants
    • Equipment
    • Presentations
  • Teaching
  • Contact/Address
  • Our Team/Home
    • Rodney Trice
    • Faith Quinn
    • Bianka Pajo
    • Samuel Blankenship
    • Matthew Thompson
    • Benjamin Lam
    • Nathan Misenheimer
    • Caleb van Haaster
    • David Calvo
    • Victoria Rusnak
    • Tyriek Craigs
    • Former Grad Students
  • Our Research
    • Videos
    • Publications
    • Patents and Disclosures
    • Current Grants
    • Equipment
    • Presentations
  • Teaching
  • Contact/Address


Current Grants as of January 2026

ONR: Sustained Thermomechanical Response of High-Frequency Propulsion Materials
PI: Prof. Georgios Koutsakis  (University of New Mexico,  ME)
Co-PI: Prof. Rod Trice
Graduate Student: Sam Blankenship


AFOSR: Embodied Sentient Mechanomorphing for Agile Control
PI: Prof. Andres Arrieta ( Purdue ME)
Co-PI: Prof. Rod Trice
Graduate Student: Nathan Misenheimer


AFOSR: Design of Energy Absorbing and Tough Ceramics for Rotation Detonation Engines
Graduate Students:  Bianka Pajo and Captain Benjamin Lam


AFRL Midwest Hub: Morphing Surfaces  
Prof. Andres Arrieta PI
Graduate Students: Nathan Misenheimer



I also have students supported by AFRL, NDSEG, SMART, and the Purdue Military Research Institute. I have various grants for defense contractors as well. 


 
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