educational research

technical consulting and research services in the fields of materials science, namely, coatings, composites, electric and magnetic materials, fluids, lubricants and fuels, phase change materials, polymers, adhesives, elastomers and sealants, structural ceramics and metals, process modeling and control, process technologies, prototype composite fabrication, and materials characterization, synthesis and design; aerodynamics and thermodynamics; characterization, namely, chemical analysis, chromatography, corrosion and fractography analysis, image analysis, mechanical analysis, metallography, optical analysis, rheology, scanning electron microscopy, electron, mass, optical, ultraviolet, X-ray and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric and thermomechanical analysis and X-ray diffraction; electro-optics; environmental science and engineering, namely, analytical tools and procedures development, combustion byproduct analysis and prediction, instrument development, production process analysis for pollution prevention, thermal process analysis, thermal stressing of polymers, site remediation, software development, thermal decomposition studies and waste management and toxic waste disposal; human factors and ergonomics, namely, anthropometric modeling, biodynamics and disability research, crew system information and analysis service, modeling and simulation, interface design, performance modeling, prototype development support, system and process analysis, training systems research and analysis, usability testing and virtual reality; impact physics; manufacturing technologies, namely, computer aided design and engineering geometry interchange, electronic design and fabrication, manufacturing process development and control, and rapid and virtual prototyping; mathematics and computer science, namely, development of application software for instrumentation and control, artificial intelligence, mathematical modeling and neural network design, operations research, probability and statistical analysis, real-time system development, risk analysis, software and database reengineering and conversion, and technological forecasting and assessment; and structural technologies, namely, analytical and experimental stress analysis, component and full-scale testing, damage assessment and life prediction, definition of operational conditions, design engineering, fatigue, fracture and durability analysis, nondestructive evaluation, product analysis and design evaluation, structural analysis, structural dynamics analysis, structural integrity, surface and failure analysis capability support, testing, vibration control, analysis, design and testing, and structural loads, environmental, and mission analysis; and development of new products for others