Extreme Environments Laboratory

Summer 2022


Particle Induced Drag from Cryovolcanic Plumes
Non-Destructively Capturing CMAS Degradation of EB-PVD Thermal Barrier Coatings through 3D Confocal Raman Renderings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring 2022

Characterizing particulate related degradation on high temperature ceramic turbine blade coatings within aircraft jet engines with 3D confocal Raman spectroscopy renderings
Evaluating the Effects of Sand Ingression on Novel Thermal Barrier Coatings Using Non-Destructive 3D Confocal Raman Spectroscopy
Variation of Optical Properties of Lunar Regolith with Manufacturing Process

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring 2021

Developing a 3D Printing Method to Print Stress Sensing Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring by Perla Latorre-Suarez
Effects of CMAS Infiltration on Thermal Barrier Coatings Analyzed by Confocal Raman Spectroscopy and Synchrotron High-Energy X-Rays by Vanessa D’Esposito

 

 

A Study on Phosphor Thermometry Thermal Gradient Sensitivities for Gas Turbine Environments by Johnathan Hernandez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer 2020

Thermal Barrier Coating Delamination Evaluation using Luminescence Modeling by Quentin Fouliard
Inside the Engine Environment: Synchrotrons Reveal Competing Influence of Thermal and Mechanical Loads on the Strain of Turbine Blade Coatings by Albert Manero

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall 2019

Mechanical Properties of Coatings by Electron-Beam Physical Vapor Deposition and Plasma-Spray Physical Vapor Deposition Compared Using Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction by Matthew Northam
High Temperature Characterization and Defect Detection through Pulsed Eddy Current Thermography by Johnathan Hernandez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring 2019

Stress Sensing of Alumina-Epoxy Coatings with Varying Volume Fractions of Alumina Nanoparticles using Photoluminescence Piezospectroscopy by Nicholas Reed
3D Printed Stress Sensing Coating on Composite Materials by Khanh Vo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMAS Ingression Study on EB-PVD Thermal Barrier Coatings using Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction by Zachary Stein
Phase Volume Fraction Compared Between PS-PVD & EB-PVD After Thermal Cycling Via X-Ray Diffraction by Maxwell Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configurations for Luminescence-based Temperature Sensing Thermal Barrier Coatings by Quentin Fouliard

Fall 2018

Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction Measurements of Thermal Barrier Coating Configurations with Rare Earth Elements for Phosphor Thermometry by Sandip Haldar
Configurations for Luminescence-based Temperature Sensing Thermal Barrier Coatings by Quentin Fouliard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer 2018

Raman studies on EB-PVD 7%Yttria – Stabilized Zirconia coatings with CMAS deposits by Estefania Bohorquez
Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction Study of CMAS Ingression in Electron-Beam Physical Vapor Deposition Thermal Barrier Coatings by Zachary Stein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring 2018

X-ray Diffraction Studies of CMAS Infiltrated Thermal Barrier Coating by Zachary Stein
Spectroscopy on Composite Materials by Khanh Vo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall 2017

Characterizing Hybrid Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Using Piezospectroscopy and Digital Image Correlation by Sanjida Jahan
Manufacturing of Thermal Barrier Coatings Through Plasma Spray Physical Vapor Deposition by Taiason Cole

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer 2017

Plasma Spray – Physical Vapor Deposition by Eric Barker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring 2017

Characterization of Additively Manufactured Inconel 718 for Extreme Environments Through Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction by Lin Rossmann

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring 2016

Characterization of the Microstructure of SLM IN718 Under Extreme Environments by Brooke Sarley
Mechanical Analysis of Hybrid Carbon Fiber Reinforced with Alumina Nanoparticles via Piezospectroscopy by Alex Selimov

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring 2015

Inelastic Response and Impact of Internal Cooling on Thermal Barrier Coatings via Synchrotron Study by Pascal Fouquet
Hybrid Carbon Fiber Composite for Non-Contact Stress Sensing via Piezospectroscopy by Imad Hanhan
Hybrid Carbon Fiber Composite Characterization via Piezospectroscopy by Quentin Fouliard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall 2014

In-situ Synchrotron Analysis of Thermal Barrier Coatings under Thermal Gradients and Mechanical Loads by Pascal Fouquet

Spring 2014

Monitoring Strain Evolution within Thermal Barrier Coatings under Thermal Gradients and Mechanical Loads by Stephen Sofronsky
Alumina Particulate-Epoxy Composite Mechanics via Spectroscopy by Imad Hanhan

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