DLR Guests Visit UCF

Collaborators and guests Dr.-Ing Marion Bartsch, Dr.-Ing Uwe Schulz, Dr.-Ing Stefan Hackemann, and Katia Artzt from DLR (German Aerospace Center) visited UCF, and presented a panel presentation on current trends in high temperature materials research.

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Left to right: Dr. Jay Kapat, Dr. Seetha Raghavan, Dr. Marion Bartsch, Dr. Uwe Schulz, Dr. Axel Schülzgen, Katia Artzt, and Dr. Stefan Hackemann.

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DLR visitors viewing the 3D printed arm created by UCF engineering students.

 

Our collaborative work with DLR in combining synchrotron X-rays with a recreated engine environment was featured as the cover story in the January 2015 ACerS bulletin. Read our article in the ACerS Bulletin: Inside the engine environment – Synchrotrons reveal secrets of high-temperature ceramic coatings.

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DLR visitors and students visit Dr. Nina Orlovskaya’s research laboratory.

 

 

 

 

UCF graduate student Albert Manero is currently in Germany at DLR conducting research in high temperature materials with support awarded through the US Fulbright program.

Erik, Greg, and Stephen present at SciTech 2015

The Largest Event for Aerospace Research, Development, and Technology.

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Left to right: Erik Durnberg, Sanna Siddiqui, Dr. Seetha Raghavan, Dr. Gregory Freihofer, Imad Hanhan.

 

Check out our conference publications from SciTech 2015:

High School Student Mentored in Microwave Propulsion Physics

Microwave Propulsion Device 2Jack – a Hagerty high school senior mentored by Imad – is currently investigating the underlying physical theories of microwave propulsion in order to produce a more efficient and more powerful propulsion device.

This research could potentially provide a more viable alternative method of satellite propulsion as well as develop our understanding of electrodynamics and the quantum vacuum.