Heating links the aerothermal environment and propulsion to materials. Purdue brings tremendous capabilities in advanced materials, manufacturing processes and cooling technologies with researchers whose efforts have long been multidisciplinary. Our strengths include ultra high temperature robust ceramic composite component manufacturing via shape- and size-preserving reaction processing of low-cost preforms and additive manufacturing of ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs). It also includes passive surface cooling approaches via high-emissivity coatings, high-temperature windows development, in-flow environmental tests under realistic operating conditions, and particle impact tests and material life-cycle modeling. The work also entails oxidation-resistant alloys for structural materials, thermal management systems, and materials discovery and design guided by machine learning.
Mukerrem Cakmak
Reilly Professor of Materials and Mechanical Engineering
R Byron Pipes
John L. Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Materials Engineering
Kenneth Sandhage
Reilly Professor of Materials Engineering
Michael Sangid
Reilly Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Professor of Materials Engineering
Michael Titus
Assistant Professor of Materials Engineering
Vikas Tomar
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Rodney Trice
Professor of Materials Engineering
Justin Weibel
Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Jeffrey Youngblood
Professor of Materials Engineering