Project Partners

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Gurpreet Singh: P.I. Kansas State University Manage the project, supervise studies related to the synthesis of pre-ceramic polymeric fibers, and coordinate all personnel to achieve the proposal’s tasks. |
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Alexandra Navrotsky: co-P.I. Arizona State University Co-direct studies related to structure property characterization of ceramic fibers specifically the measurement of enthalpies of formation and transformation by high temperature calorimetry |
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Peter Kroll: co-P.I. University of Texas at Arlington Perform computation modeling of polymers and pyrolyzed ceramics |
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Himanshu Jain: co-P.I. Lehigh University Characterization of amorphous phases in the ceramic fiber |
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Elsa Olivetti: co-I. Massachussets Institute of Technology Assess environmental and economic impacts of the manufacturing of pre-ceramic polymers and ceramic fibers at the earliest stages of technology development |
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David Marshall: co-I. University of Colorado, Boulder Co-direct studies related to the processing of ceramic fibers and high temperature properties |
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Sailesh Menon: Program/Project Administrator Kansas State University |
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U.S. PARTNERS (NATIONAL LABS AND INDUSTRY) |
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Michael Cinibulk Air Force Research Laboratory Guidance on property characterization of ceramic fibers at high temperatures. AFRL will allow short-term visits by students. |
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Amit Naskar Oak Ridge National Laboratory Guidance on scalable manufacture of polymeric fibers. ORNL will allow short-term visits by students |
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Jared Weaver General Electric PIRE industry advisory council |
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NON-U.S. PARTNERS |
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GianDomenico Soraru University of Trento (Italy) Sol-gel chemistry of polysiloxanes and pyrolyzed polymer derived ceramics (PDC) |
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Ralf Riedel Darmstadt Technical University (Germany) Synthesis of polysilazane, siloxanes and boron doped pre-ceramic polymers |
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Gabriela Mera Darmstadt Technical University (Germany) High-temperature ceramics, polymer-derived ceramics (PDC) |
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Guenter Motz Bayreuth University (Germany) Polymer derived ceramics (PDC) fiber processing, ceramic matrix composite (CMC) and characterization |
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Hagen Klemm Fraunhofer Institute (Germany) Polymer derived ceramics (PDC) fiber processing, ceramic matrix composite (CMC) and characterization |
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Martin Friess German Aerospace Center Polymer derived ceramics (PDC) fiber processing, ceramic matrix composite (CMC) and characterization |
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Bill Lee Imperial College (UK) Refractory ceramics |
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Doni Daniel Kingston University (UK) Refractory ceramics |
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Philippe Miele University of Montpelier (France) Precursor derived boron doped fibers |
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Christel Gervais Universit'e Pierre et Marie Curie/CNRS (France) Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) characterization of pre-ceramic polymers and pyrolyzed ceramics |
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Florence Babonneau Universit'e Pierre et Marie Curie/CNRS (France) Sol-gel chemistry of polysiloxanes and pyrolyzed polymer derived ceramics (PDC) |
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Diletta Sciti Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics- National Research Council (Italy) Refractory ceramics |
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PARTNERS (POST-AWARD) AND AFFILIATES |
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Samuel Bernard Institut de recherche sur les céramiques, CNRS-Centre Européen de la Céramique, Université de Limoges, France |
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Ravi Kumar N.V. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India |
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Chrystelle Salameh University Montpellier, France |
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Paolo Colombo University of Padova |
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Sanjay Mathur University of Cologne |
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EXTERNAL EVALUATORS |
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Katie Allen Office of Educational Innovation and Evaluation |
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Ben Claar Piestar Inc. |
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