Ben Claar
Piestar Inc.
Project Partners
PROJECT P.I. AND CO-P.Is | |
Gurpreet Singh: P.I. Kansas State University Manage the project, supervise studies related to the synthesis of pre-ceramic polymeric fibers, and coordinate all personnel to achieve the proposal’s tasks. |  |
Alexandra Navrotsky: co-P.I. Arizona State University Co-direct studies related to structure property characterization of ceramic fibers specifically the measurement of enthalpies of formation and transformation by high temperature calorimetry |  |
Peter Kroll: co-P.I. University of Texas at Arlington Perform computation modeling of polymers and pyrolyzed ceramics |  |
Himanshu Jain: co-P.I. Lehigh University Characterization of amorphous phases in the ceramic fiber |  |
Elsa Olivetti: co-I. Massachussets Institute of Technology Assess environmental and economic impacts of the manufacturing of pre-ceramic polymers and ceramic fibers at the earliest stages of technology development |  |
David Marshall: co-I. University of Colorado, Boulder Co-direct studies related to the processing of ceramic fibers and high temperature properties |  |
Sailesh Menon: Program/Project Administrator Kansas State University |  |
U.S. PARTNERS (NATIONAL LABS AND INDUSTRY) | |
Michael Cinibulk Air Force Research Laboratory Guidance on property characterization of ceramic fibers at high temperatures. AFRL will allow short-term visits by students. |  |
Amit Naskar Oak Ridge National Laboratory Guidance on scalable manufacture of polymeric fibers. ORNL will allow short-term visits by students |  |
Jared Weaver General Electric PIRE industry advisory council |  |
NON-U.S. PARTNERS | |
GianDomenico Soraru University of Trento (Italy) Sol-gel chemistry of polysiloxanes and pyrolyzed polymer derived ceramics (PDC) |  |
Ralf Riedel Darmstadt Technical University (Germany) Synthesis of polysilazane, siloxanes and boron doped pre-ceramic polymers |  |
Gabriela Mera Darmstadt Technical University (Germany) High-temperature ceramics, polymer-derived ceramics (PDC) |  |
Guenter Motz Bayreuth University (Germany) Polymer derived ceramics (PDC) fiber processing, ceramic matrix composite (CMC) and characterization |  |
Hagen Klemm Fraunhofer Institute (Germany) Polymer derived ceramics (PDC) fiber processing, ceramic matrix composite (CMC) and characterization |  |
Martin Friess German Aerospace Center Polymer derived ceramics (PDC) fiber processing, ceramic matrix composite (CMC) and characterization |  |
Bill Lee Imperial College (UK) Refractory ceramics |  |
Doni Daniel Kingston University (UK) Refractory ceramics |  |
Philippe Miele University of Montpelier (France) Precursor derived boron doped fibers |  |
Christel Gervais Universit'e Pierre et Marie Curie/CNRS (France) Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) characterization of pre-ceramic polymers and pyrolyzed ceramics |  |
Florence Babonneau Universit'e Pierre et Marie Curie/CNRS (France) Sol-gel chemistry of polysiloxanes and pyrolyzed polymer derived ceramics (PDC) |  |
Diletta Sciti Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics- National Research Council (Italy) Refractory ceramics |  |
PARTNERS (POST-AWARD) AND AFFILIATES | |
Samuel Bernard Institut de recherche sur les céramiques, CNRS-Centre Européen de la Céramique, Université de Limoges, France |  |
Ravi Kumar N.V. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India |  |
Chrystelle Salameh University Montpellier, France |  |
Paolo Colombo University of Padova |  |
Sanjay Mathur University of Cologne |  |
EXTERNAL EVALUATORS | |
Katie Allen Office of Educational Innovation and Evaluation |  |
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