Materials, Sensors, and Electronics

·         Development and testing of materials, sensors, and vehicle configurations of Thermal Protective Systems (TPS) for shuttle, constellation, and inter-planetary missions

·         Ballistic impact testing of materials up to hypervelocity speeds

·         Experimentation with advanced metallics, ceramics, coatings, lubricants, tribology, and surface science for aerospace power and propulsion systems

·         Clean-room operations (class 1,000/100) for manufacturing and experimentation on materials and sensors

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Clean-room operations, texture measurement test

Thermal Protection System Stagnation Model at the NASA ARC Interaction Heating Facility

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Impact testing – NASA ARC vertical gun range