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ASM member leads air and spacecraft lubricant coatings development.(ASM News)

Advanced Materials & Processes, August, 2004

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received a $1 million grant as part of a $2.5 million joint research project with the University of Florida to develop a new generation of synthetic lubricant coatings for future aircraft and spacecraft. The five-year award is from the United States Department of Defense's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative.

ASM Member Linda Schadler, Ph.D., professor of materials engineering, will lead the Rensselaer team on the project, which involves multidisciplinary research teams from both schools. "Vehicles that voyage from Earth's warm and humid environment into the extreme cold vacuum of space require lubricants that can perform under a great range of conditions without fail," Schadler said. "We are...

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