492W - Teams for 2008

Team THE BRICK

Thermal shock resistance of high purity fine-grained alumina

Jessica Serra
David Hartwich
Kim Dong-Min
Clarence Smith

Piezo-Kinetics - Steve Dynan
814-355-1593 x214
sdynan@piezo-kinetics.com

Team mentor - Prof. David Green

Team JAB

Process and market for ceramic fibers

Joshua Sayre
Andrew Barnes
Bryan Tomko
Joshua Kitzhoffer

Zircoa - Rick Alexander
440-349-7228
RAlexander@zircoa.com

Team mentor - Prof. Venkat Gopalan

Team STICKY

Coating adhesion

Matthew Menyo
Chen Bin
Zachary Hughes
Thomas Carbone

PPG - Kevin Gallagher
kpgallagher@ppg.com

Team mentor - Prof. Evangelos Manias

Team TUBES

Carbon nanotube polymer matrix composites

Tamara Lubysheva
Brad Dinkfelt
Peter Gotthold
Matthew Gross

Tyco - Marjorie Myers
717-986 – 7290
marjorie.myers@tycoelectronics.com

Team mentor - Prof. Michael Hickner

Team SPARKS

Relay contact material development

Ling Yan
Kathryn O’Brien
Christopher Brink
Mohammad Uddin

Marjorie Myers
717-986 – 7290
marjorie.myers@tycoelectronics.com

Team mentor - Prof. Tarasankar Debroy

Team PILOTS

Alternative materials for aircraft bushing applications

Jason Kostelnik
Paul Patchoski
Andrew Beran
Joshua Sheldon

Carpenter Technology - Mike Schmidt
610-208-2792
MSchmidt@cartech.com

Team mentor - Prof. Todd Palmer

Team HOT ONES

Fuel cell heat exchanger joining methods

Bradley Hasek
Matthew Gadinsky
Aaron Keller
Abdelaziz Elmadani

Concurrent Technologies Corporation - Juan Valencia
Valencia@ctc.com

Team mentor - Prof. Earle Ryba