Research Topic:
Composite Materials
About Composite Materials
These materials are used in industrial and consumer products due to their exceptional stiffness and strength-to-weight ratios. Applications of composites in the construction industry, such as steel bridge repairs using graphite-epoxy composites, are growing rapidly. Meanwhile, next generation conceptual plans for hybrid electric vehicles are using ceramic composite components for gas turbine engines and thermal recuperators. Composites research activities at Rensselaer include ceramic, metallic, and polymer matrix composites; micromechanics and modeling of both fabrication processes and materials properties; design with new materials; synthesis of new matrix materials; and all aspects of the fabrication and characterization of composites and composite structures. Of special note is the sailplane program, in which students have designed, fabricated, and tested an all-composite glider, which has now been flying for over seven years. A new project, the composite hybrid electric vehicle, has also been initiated and offers numerous opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate participation.
Associated Faculty Members
Rahmi Ozisik
Associate Professor
Linda S. Schadler
Professor
Roger N. Wright
Professor
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Research Topics
Materials Science and Engineering faculty work across many discipliness, select a research topic from the list below to get a list of the faculty working in those areas:
- Advanced Materials
- Applied Mechanics/Mechanics of Materials
- Biomaterials
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Cellular Engineering
- Ceramic Materials
- Composite Materials
- Computational Modeling
- Crystals
- Data Mining and Knowledge Acquisitions
- Electronic Devices
- Electronic Materials
- Energy
- Entrepreneurship
- Extracellular Matrix and Tissue Engineering
- Flexible Manufacturing
- Functional Tissue Engineering
- Glass Materials
- Heat Transfer
- High Voltage Engineering and Dielectric Phenomena
- Industrial Engineering
- Integrated Electronics
- Interfacial Phenomena
- Lasers
- Manufacturing and Service Operations
- Manufacturing Processes
- Manufacturing/Design
- Mass Transport
- Materials for Microelectronic Systems
- Materials IT
- Materials Processing
- Metallurgy
- Microelectronics Technology
- Microstructures
- Modeling
- Molecular Simulations
- Nanomaterials
- Nanotechnology
- Nuclear Science and Technology
- Optoelectronics
- Particles
- Plasma Science
- Plastics
- Polymers
- Process Control and Design
- Radiation
- Reliability
- Semiconductors
- Sensors
- Silicon
- Simulation
- Solar Energy
- Solid Mechanics
- Thermodynamics
- Thin Film
- Tissue Engineering
- Tissue-Implant Interfaces
- Tribology
- Wound Healing
Did you know?
Rensselaer's Department of Materials Science and Engineering...
- one of the oldest materials departments in the country,
- has consistently ranked among the top 15 Departments in the United States,
- committed to the educational process, to individual mentoring, and to academic excellence,
- offers many Undergraduate & Graduate courses in an interactive, hands-on format, and
- provides opportunities for undergraduate research.
Materials Science and Engineering offers students a variety of hands-on design opportunities—even bridge design! See a sample project from Design in Materials Engineering (MTLE – 4910)