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Virtual defects preventing real failures

Integrating materials solutions with design, analysis, manufacturing, inspection, and in-service usage.  Structural aerospace components are made of materials like high-temperature alloys, lightweight alloys, fiber-reinforced composites, and ultra-high-temperature ceramic-based composites.

Link to Oct 2020 article

High-throughput X-ray diffraction instrument comes to Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source

A consortium of institutions has joined with Argonne to build a new X-ray diffraction instrument for users of the APS, one that will enable materials research and clear the way for improvements in advance of the APS Upgrade.

Link to July 2020 article

Purdue hypersonics combines industry, academia in new materials and manufacturing center

Purdue University will expand its hub of hypersonics research with the addition of a center focused on developing high-temperature materials and creating new manufacturing processes to build and join these materials, which will extend hypersonic vehicles’ capabilities and apply to other industries.

Link to Feb 2022 article

'Remarkable': Leader in hypersonics explains Purdue's new Mach 8 wind tunnel

In addition to being called the "Cradle of Astronauts," Purdue University could also be the cradle of hypersonics, with its history of wind tunnel expertise preceding the opening of a new facility.

Link to June 2023 article

Investigating drivers for fatigue failure via coupled x-ray experiments and simulations

Fatigue crack intitiation,a predominant failure mechanism in many structural materials, is currently mitigated by large scale testing programs and conservative design practices.

Link to research highlights

Twinning in space

Lengthy space missions, such as the human journey to mars,or permanent state outposts like the International Space Station require new materials, manufacturing processes, and continuous reliability assessment methods.
Link to Apollo 11 issue

CHESS user examines material under thermo-mechanical loading - with goal to develop predictive material modeling

Michael Sangid, CHESS user and Elmer Bruhn Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University, employs the unique tools at CHESS to manipulate his samples under thermal and mechanical loading, particularly at the FAST beamline.

Link to March 2021 article

RCAC cluster Negishi powers study of additively manufactured materials

Researchers at Purdue are studying the behavior of additively manufactured (otherwise known as 3D-printed) materials, thanks to the powerful capabilities offered by the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC)’s Negishi cluster.

Link to January 2024 article

How a new multimillion research center will accelerate the development of hypersonic air vehicles

Michael Sangid from Purdue University discusses how a new multimillion research center will accelerate the development of hypersonic air vehicles in the USA.

Link to March 2022 article

Meet Alexandra!

Meet Alexandra!She is an Aerospace Engineering student at San Diego State University and spent her Summer 2016 semester at Purdue as part of the Pathways program.

Link to a YouTube video

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships at Purdue University

SURF is Purdue University's premiere Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program. More than 100 students across engineering, science, and technology disciplines are given 11 weeks of financial support to focus on research for the summer while being mentored by both a faculty member and graduate student.

SURF participants presenting research posters during the final symposium event.

PNNL Leads Team to Accelerate Development of Affordable Carbon Fiber Composites

By model year 2025, U.S. regulations mandate that the average fuel economy standard meets 54.5 miles per gallon, a 60 percent improvement over the 35.5 mpg required of vehicles now.

Mold filling predicted for 2D plaque using the Autodesk Moldflow software