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Recruitment
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Research projects are developed by mutual agreement between individual sponsors and ACSEL faculty. Participation by sponsor technical personnel is encouraged. Students are encouraged to acquire internships at sponsor facilities.
Long term research programs are conducted as the basis of M.S. and Ph.D. theses. Shorter term projects can be conducted using postdoctoral fellows and research/technical staff.
REPORTING PROCEDURES
Progress reports are presented to all sponsors on a regular basis as requested by sponsors and at the annual ACSEL workshops held at CSM in the spring of each year. Sponsors may send as many representatives as they wish to the workshops. Personnel from companies considering joining ACSEL are welcome to attend.
All sponsors receive technical reports and theses. Papers will also be published in archival international materials journals..
Industry-owned patents can be negotiated for separately, fully-funded projects. A small percent of the net royalties nregotiated are to be returned by the sponsor to Colorado School of Mines.
- Mechanical/tribological: tensil & compressive strength MTS rigs, MTS nano-indentor, CETR microtribometer, Teer SC 200 scratch/adhesion tester, Vyco & Dektak optical profilometers, thin film impact tester.
-Microscopy: SEM, EDS,SAM, AFM, XPS, XRD, TPL porosimeter, image analysis
-Thermal analysis: DTA, TGA, DSC, dilatometer, thermal conductivity
-Chemical analysis: AA, ICP, Mossbaeuer spectroscopy, NMR, FTIR, chromatography
-Physical properties: electronic, magnetic and optical property measurement facilities
-Coating systems: transferred, non-transferred arc & ICP torches; cyclone systems
Wear-resistant and Structural Coatings:
Ceramic, metallic,cermet & multi-layer coating systems for:
- wear/abrasion resistance & tribological
applications
- stress management and adhesion improvement
- low friction and enhanced toughness
- novel pulsed plasma technology (HPPMS-PIPMS)
- target synthesis
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Low friction-high toughness TiC-C films |
ECI |
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Fracture toughness of aC-metal thin films |
Caterpillar, Inc. |
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Nanostructured, adaptive, high temp wear resistant coatings |
USAFRL |
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High temp self lubricating coatings for bearings |
Timken |
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Deposition of Al-Si-Oxide TBC Precursors |
ONR |
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High power pulse Magnetron sputtering (HPPMS) |
Chemfilt, Zond, AEI, Teer Coatings, Tribocoatings |
Corrosion/Oxidation-Resistant and Decorative Coatings:
- self-healing oxidation resistant coatings
- non-wetting, non-galling films, e.g., die-coatings
- atmospheric corrosion resistant films
- decorative films
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Projects Sponsors Development of coatings for A1 die-casting dies Dept. of Energy/NADCA Removal of coatings from A1 die-casting dies NADCA Fundamental evaluation of soldering:A1-thin films NADCA Corrosion resistance of coatings ECI Ultra thin optical/decorative films King Brokerage
Electronic and Functional Thin Films:
- semiconductor, photovoltaic, fuel cell, magnetic, optical & decorative thin films
long-term environmental compatibility, wear resistance & low COFProjects Sponsors Joining using NiTi multi-layer thin films SNL Semitransparent solar cells on iInexpensive plastic substrates MVSystems/XsunX Photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation MVSystems/DOE High quality ZnO films made at RT MVSystems Development of a durable high-temperature solar selective coatings NREL/DOE CVD Synthesis of carbon Nanotubes NSF "Smart" die coatings DOE/NADCA Confidential Research: Fluorinated carbon films Ball Aerospace Target-thin film correlations for refractory metals H.D. Starck Reactive sputtering of dielectric materials Bose Characterization of biocompatible films/coatings Zimmer Characterization of thin films/coatings Various companies