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Monday, November 14 |
5:00 PM |
Registration for Minority Leaders Program Review and Reception |
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Tuesday, November 15 |
8:00 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:30 AM |
AFRL/RX Research and CTC Overview
Jeff Baur, AFRL/RXB
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8:55 AM |
AFRL/RX Cooperative HBCU-MLP Overview
Angela Campbell, AFRL/RXPJ
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Session MM1
Structural Materials and Applications CTC
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Ceramics Sub-CTC
Chairperson: Eric Jones, AFRL/RXLN |
9:00 AM |
Overview
Eric Jones, AFRL/RXLN |
9:05 AM |
Durability and Damage Tolerance of CMCs
Ajit Kelkar and Jeffery Jordan, North Carolina A&T State University |
9:30 AM |
Development of Advanced Ceramic Materials and Processes: Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Borides
Baburaj Eranezhuth and Laverne Smith, Clarkson Aerospace
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10:00 AM |
Morning Break |
Nondestructive Evaluation Sub-CTC
Chairperson: James Blackshire, AFRL/RXLP |
10:30 AM |
Overview
James Blackshire, AFRL/RXLP |
10:35 AM |
Quantitative Acoustic Emission Technique for Monitoring Hot Spots in Aging Aircraft Structures
Mannur Sundaresan, North Carolina A&T State University |
11:00 AM |
Joint Session Lunch
AFRL/RX Overview and Operational Experience
Colonel Todd Copeland, AFRL/RX
Introduction by 1st Lt David Fortson
University Address
Dr. Ronald Mason Jr., President
Southern University System |
Hybrids Sub-CTC
Chairperson: Greg Schoeppner, AFRL/RXBC |
12:30 PM |
Overview
Greg Schoeppner, AFRL/RXBC |
12:35 PM |
Evaluation of Embedded Actuators
Larry Peel, Texas A&M University Kingsville |
1:00 PM |
Methodologies for Processing Hybrid Materials
Paul Biney and Remi Oki, Prairie View A&M University |
1:30 PM |
Prediction of High Temperature Degradation in Textile Composites
John Whitcomb, Kevin Maxwell and Brian Owens, Texas A&M University |
2:00 PM |
Improving Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in Epoxy for Increased Electrical Conductivity
Dan Davis and Vipul Patel, University of Houston
Frank Gardea and Dimitris Lagoudas, Texas A&M University
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2:30 PM |
Strength and Fatigue of a Carbon Fiber Epoxy Composite Enhanced by Amine Functionalized CNTs
Dan Davis and Vipul Patel, University of Houston |
3:00 PM |
Investigations into Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes in Nanocomposites using Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Paul Withey, University of Houston-Clear Lake
Kena Senegal, Sarena Senegal and Tamika Thomas, Northwestern State University |
3:30 PM |
Afternoon Break |
Session MM2
Functional Materials and Applications CTC
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Electromagnetic Materials Integration Sub-CTC
Chairpersons: Angela Campbell and Paul Fleitz, AFRL/RXPJ |
4:00 PM |
Overview
Paul Fleitz, AFRL/RXPJ |
4:05 PM |
Plasmonic Blackbody Absorber using Nanostructured Metal Films
Paresh Ray and Teresa Demeritte, Jackson State University |
4:30 PM |
Spectroscopic and Electronic Studies in Metamaterials
Natalia Noginova and Quincy Williams, Norfolk State University |
5:00 PM |
Rare-Earth Ion Substituted Transition-Metal-Ferrite Based Ceramic Dielectrics
Chintalapalle Ramana and Stephen Wells, University of Texas at El Paso |
Optical & Infrared Materials Sub-CTC
Chairpersons: Angela Campbell and Paul Fleitz, AFRL/RXPJ |
5:30 PM |
Overview
Paul Fleitz, AFRL/RXPJ |
5:35 PM |
Metal Nitride and Oxynitride-Based Optical Materials
Chintalapalle Ramana, Stephen White and Manuel Hernandez, University of Texas at El Paso |
6:05 PM |
Thermal and Electrical Properties of Nanocomposites
Entrique Barrera and Pol Spanos, Rice University
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6:35 PM |
Reception and Poster Presentations |
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Wednesday, November 16 |
8:00 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
Thermal Sciences & Materials Sub-CTC
Chairperson: Chris Muratore, AFRL/RXBT |
8:30 AM |
Overview
Chris Muratore, AFRL/RXBT |
8:35 AM |
Variable Thermal Interface Conductance via Surface Phonon Polaritons
Baratunde Cola, Georgia Institute of Technology |
9:00 AM |
Tunable Thermal Interface Conductance via Surface Phonon Polaritons
James Hammonds and Daril Brown, Howard University |
9:30 AM |
Carbon Nanotube / Epoxy Composites for Thermal Management
Dimitris Lagoudas and Frank Gardea, Texas A&M University |
10:00 AM |
Morning Break |
10:30 AM |
Thermal and Electrical Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Epoxies for Aerospace Composites
Hung-Jue Sue, Kevin White and Spencer Hawkins, Texas A&M University |
11:00 AM |
Functionalization and Dispersion of Conductive CNTs
Bobby Wilson and Xin Wei, Texas Southern University |
11:30 AM |
Heat Transfer and Drag Reduction for Water/Sodium Salicylate/Ethoquad in a Coolant Loop
Charles Browning and Winston Black, University of Dayton |
12:00 PM |
Joint Session Lunch
In Memoriam
Jorge Aravena, Alain Hunter, Atindra Mitra
University Address
Michael Martin, Louisiana State University Chancellor
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Thermal Sciences & Materials Sub-CTC (cont’d) |
1:30 PM |
Thermal Management (AFRL/RZ)
Kenneth Clark and Vivian Glover-Simmons, Prairie View A&M University |
2:00 PM |
Thermal Management (AFRL/RZ)
John Kizito, North Carolina A&T State University |
Computational Modeling
Chairperson: Rajiv Berry, AFRL/RXBN |
2:30 PM |
Overview
Rajiv Berry, AFRL/RXBN |
2:35 PM |
Conductivity in Nanocomposites, a Versatile Model Based on Charge Hopping and Atomistic Description of the Interface
Pedro Derosa, David Cossey, Joshua Brown, Ian Vance, and Kewaynethian Riser; Louisiana Tech University |
3:15 PM |
Afternoon Break |
3:45 PM |
Simulation Study of Nano-Reinforced Epoxy Resins; Materials Science and Evaluation at CAU
Larry Wang, Ishrat Khan, Chantel Nicholas, Vernicia Person, and Kelvin Suggs, Clark Atlanta University
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Session MM3
Manufacturing Technology CTC |
Manufacturing Readiness Sub-CTC
Chairpersons: Alan Herner and Carl Lombard, AFRL/RXMP |
4:30 PM |
Overviews
Alan Herner and Carl Lombard, AFRL/RXMP |
4:40 PM |
Li-Ion Battery Manufacturing
Peter Dreher, Central State University |
5:10 PM |
Probabilistic Analysis of Jet Engine Turbine Blade Manufacturing Process Uncertainties
Abayomi Ajayi-Majebi, Central State University |
5:40 PM |
Use of Nano-enhanced Direct Digital Manufacturing Methods to Create Aerospace Components
Nasrollah Hamidi, South Carolina State University |
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Thursday, November 17 |
8:00 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
Session MM4
Support for Operations CTC |
Agile Airbase Engineering Sub-CTC
Chairpersons: 2nd Lt Jason Lowery and Craig Mellerski, AFRL/RXQ |
8:30 AM |
Overview
2nd Lt Jason Lowery, AFRL/RXQ |
8:35 AM |
Nanoclay Reinforced Polyurea for Blast-resistant Applications
Valery Khabashesku, Umair Ulhaq, and Ben Cuadra, University of Houston
Baburaj Eranezhuth, Clarkson Aerospace
Kelin Bower, VersaFlex Inc. |
9:05 AM |
Characterization of Nanoclay Reinforced Polyurea for Blast-resistant Applications
Seetala Naidu and Danny Hubbard, Grambling State University
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9:35 AM |
Development of B4C-based Nanocomposites for Armor Protection Applications
Baburaj Eranezhuth and Laverne Smith, Clarkson Aerospace
James Meen and Viktor Hadjiev, University of Houston
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10:05 AM |
Explosive Detection Polymer Modeling and Simulation
Tahir Cagin, Texas A&M University
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10:35 AM |
Adjourn |
