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Mathematics & Statistics

Experiment design

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Projects and Programs

schematic of the scanning droplet cell apparatus

Autonomous Scanning Droplet Cell

Ongoing
Corrosion impacts a broad spectrum of application areas including infrastructure, transportation, and the military. The annual price tag for corrosion mitigation and remediation is 3.4 % of the US GDP. The team is particularly interested in discovering new metallic glasses (metals without long range

Sensing and Imaging of concealed objects

Ongoing
Threats to personal and collective safety abound in our society. The Security Technologies Group (STG) performs research to advance the technology and measurement science of security imaging and sensing. This work includes the establishment of test and evaluation tools, reference test beds, test

Qualification for AM Feedstocks, Machines and Processes

Completed
Objective - To develop, utilize, and analyze test methods and protocols for characterizing the feedstocks, machines, and processes in metal-based additive manufacturing to enable optimum usage and to reduce the cost and time needed for qualification. What is the Technical Idea? Qualification of AM

Metrology for Real-Time Monitoring of Additive Manufacturing

Completed
Objective To develop and disseminate metrology methods, tools, data, and standards applied to in-situ monitoring of AM processes, such that manufacturers and their customers can accurately and precisely determine the quality of the fabrication process and resulting parts. What is the Technical Idea

Publications

Continuous Mobile Manipulator Performance Measurement Data

Author(s)
Omar Aboul-Enein, Henry Medeiros, Mili Shah, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Roger Bostelman, Ann Virts
Mobile manipulators, which are robotic systems integrating an automatic or autonomous mobile base with a manipulator, can potentially enhance automation in many

Tools and Instruments

Large Aperture Scanner

Large Aperture Scanner

The Large Aperture Scanner (LAS) scans a radar transceiver over a 5 meter by 20 meter aperture. Image reconstruction techniques enable a three-dimensional

Awards