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Material Measurement Laboratory

Materials Science and Engineering Division

Projects/Programs

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Polymers for Next-Generation Lithography

Completed
Our goal is to develop measurement methods with sufficiently high spatial resolution to uncover the materials limitations in the resolution of state-of-the-art

Protein rheology measurements

Ongoing
Therapeutic protein solutions are highly concentrated during manufacturing purification processes and in finished dosage. At such concentrations, the fluid

Renewable Polymers

Completed
Economic growth, such as that experienced in developed countries over the last century, cannot continue into the next century nor spread to less developed

Scientific Workflow

Ongoing
The ubiquity of computers has profoundly influenced science. Sophisticated software tools and easy access to high-performance computing promises to be a

Springback

Elastic springback compensation is a long-standing issue for formed sheet automotive components. The ability to predict the magnitude of springback as a

Tension-Compression Testing

Ongoing
Project goal is to develop a fully-instrumented version of the tension-compression test, to enable measurement of the Bauschinger Effect in sheet metal, and to

Uniaxial Tension Beyond Necking

Ongoing
This project is developing methods to extract valid tensile stress-strain data out of an ASTM E8-type test beyond the point of necking.

X-ray Stress Measurement

Ongoing
Using X-ray diffraction techniques one can measure the full stress tensor just inside the surface of a sheet metal specimen under applied load. For experiments

Yield Surface Measurement

Ongoing
In order to calculate the stresses that develop within a formed part, and thereby compensate for such things as elastic springback, it is necessary for the