Joint Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research

The Joint Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research is a joint effort between the Center of Excellence for Composite and Advanced Materials and the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials in Transport Aircraft Structures. The goal of this joint center is to create a cost-sharing academic, industrial, and governmental partnership to research, develop, and standardize the use of advanced materials in commercial aircraft. The focus of this partnership is on the research, engineering, and development of information used to assure safety and standardize certification of existing and emerging structural applications of composites and advanced materials. Some of the research areas include damage tolerance of advanced composite structures, durability of adhesively bonded joints, and crashworthiness of composite airframes and seating systems. • Damage Tolerance of Advanced Composite Structures • Durability of Adhesively Bonded Joints (Composite and Hybrid) • Metal & Non-Metal Based Additive Manufacturing Technologies • Crashworthiness of Composite Airframes and Seating Systems • Environmental and Aging Effects on In- Service Composite Structures • Lightning Strikes on Composite Airframes • New material systems and innovative production technologies • Maintenance and Inspection of Composite Structures