July/August 2007 - University of Dayton Research Institute

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July/August 2007
Also in this issue:
Blood donors • 2
Calendar • 2
John Detrio retires • 2
Welcome aboard • 2
Computer tip • 3
Canning spam • 3
Anniversaries • 3
Accreditation visit • 3
New contracts • 4
Making Strides kickball
results • 4
Researchers
recognized • 6
Picnic pix • 7
Brain teaser • 8
In the public eye • 8
The gun that saves lives — now world’s fastest
“Reach for it!” In the second it takes to say
those words, the fastest gun in the Midwest –
and the world, for that matter – could propel a
small aluminum sphere more than five and onehalf miles. Make that the fastest light-gas gun
in the world, a 45-foot-long, triple-barrel, gunpowder and hydrogen-powered
shooter designed for one purpose
– to help save lives.
The gun is housed at the University of Dayton Research
Institute’s Impact Physics Lab,
and is one of several launchers
at the lab used to evaluate the
impact-effect of fast-moving projectiles on a variety of materials
and structures. Researchers
recently used it to break the world
record for shooting an aluminum
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sphere
Impact physics engineer Andy Piekutowski
prepares UDRI’s three-stage light-gas gun for a
test shot. The 45-foot-long launcher is used to
test the impact effect of objects moving at orbital
speeds. This summer, researchers achieved
world-record breaking speeds of close to 20,000
miles per hour.
New labs dedicated
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Bill Borger, director of the Air Force
Research Laboratory's Propulsion Directorate
(left), cuts a ribbon to dedicate the new von
Ohain Fuels and Combustion Laboratory July 19
as Dilip Ballal, Director of the von Ohain Fuels
and Combustion Center, and guests look on.
The von Ohain Fuels and
Combustion Center dedicated its
new Fuels and Combustion Laboratory at the University of Dayton Research Institute’s Shroyer
Park Center Thursday, July 19.
The new lab space will facilitate
existing and new areas of fuels
research at UDRI. The space includes 3,500 square feet for fuels and combustion work, about
750 for environmental engineering, and about 750 for bio-environmental work.
Dilip Ballal, Director of the von Ohain
Center, said the labs were built because the center has been “inundated with work.” Research
volume has increased 33 percent in the past year,
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RESEARCH LEADER
Blood donors
provided by Mary Ann Dodaro
Thank you to recent blood donors
Jeff Fox, Jeanne Miller, Steve
Smith, Frank Timko and Tom
Wittberg; retirees Bob Gooding and
Ed Kuhl; and Joanne Kuhl (wife of
Ed), Susan McCabe (wife of
Mickey), and Diana Timko (wife of
Frank). To schedule an appointment
to donate blood, call the center at
461-3450. And please remember to
mention UDRI!
Calendar
Holiday
Labor Day
Monday, Sept. 3
TIAA-CREF
Individual counseling sessions
9 a.m. — 4 p.m.
St. Marys Hall room 113A
Sept. 6, 11 and 25
To schedule an appointment, visit
the Web site at tiaa-cref.org/moc,
or call (877) 209-3138.
Detrio retires
John
Detrio
retired from UDRI
July 13, just shy of
his 41st anniversary. John joined
the Institute in 1966
as an associate
research physicist, and later served as
group leader in optical materials research
before being named head of the Metals
and Ceramics division in 1987. Frank
Szmulowicz, group leader in
electromagnetic materials, had this to say
about his supervisor: “Over his career,
John has been the professional mentor,
friend, and advisor to a great number of
people. John could always be counted
on to stop by one’s place of work and
spend all the time needed to thoroughly
discuss whatever the pressing
professional and personal issue was at
the time. But then,
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Welcome aboard!
Drew Bowers joined the human factors group of the Structural Integrity division June 4 as an associate research
psychologist. Drew specializes in visualization, graphic design and collaboration research, and has worked at UDRI
as a student
since his junior
year at UD —
where he received
a
bachelor’s degree in psychology and finished
his
graduate
coursework in
experimental
psychology in
May. When not at
work, Drew enjoys drawing,
tennis, golf, soccer, exercise,
cooking
and
computer games.
G r e g
Strunks joined
UDRI June 11 as
a senior research
engineer in the
structures group
of Aerospace
Mechanics.
Greg specializes
in mechanical
engineering, and worked at Bechtel in
its Navy nuclear propulsion program before coming to the Research Institute.
Greg is also a UD alum, having earned
his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in
mechanical engineering from the University. He spends his time away from work
with his children attending Cub Scouts
and Girl Scouts activities and baseball
games.
Bill Turri joined the Sensors Technology Office July 2 as a digital systems
engineer, specializing in digital design and
reconfigurable computing. Bill comes to
UDRI from Systran Federal Corp. He
received his undergraduate and graduate
degrees in electrical engineering from UD.
Bill enjoys photography, cycling, hiking,
skiing and reading, particularly theology,
religion and history.
Nick Vicen joined the Sensors Technology Office July 16 as a signal processing engineer. He received a
bachelor ’s degree in computer
engineering at
UD, where he received a master’s
degree in electrical engineering in
early August. He
specializes in
digital design,
particularly in
image/signal processing. Nick enjoys running, golf
and reading.
Kristen
Hartshorn
joined UDRI July
30 as a senior
property records
clerk in the Purchasing office.
She specializes in
logistics and
worked for the
NCR Corp. before
joining
UDRI. Kristen
enjoys tennis,
sewing and bowling.
Matt Willenbrink joined the Research Institute Aug. 1 as Director of
Technology Partnerships. Matt joins
UDRI from the University of Cincinnati,
where he served as Assistant General
Counsel in the university’s Intellectual
Property Office. Before being promoted
to Assistant General Counsel, Matt
served as a Licensing Associate and then
Senior Licensing Associate. Matt received his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Dayton and
a juris doctor degree from the University
of Cincinnati College of Law. Matt is licensed to practice law in the state of Ohio
and is a registered patent attorney with
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
JULY/AUGUST 2007
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Computer tip
by Valerie Quinn
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Canning spam
by KC Campbell
Here are a few tips on how to limit
your exposure to spammers’ lists:
• Never click on the “Unsubscribe”
option on unsolicited e-mail.
• Do not enter your e-mail address on
Web sites that do not clearly state
that they will maintain your privacy.
• Be aware that many shopping Web
sites have options for receiving
e-mail from their “partners,” who do
not have the same restrictions on
selling your address. Always attempt
to opt out of these partners’ publications or marketing options.
• Do not participate in online offers
where you have to satisfy terms by
purchasing items or signing up for
services from different sources. For
example, many advertisers will offer a free item if you sign up for a
magazine, purchase a credit card or
buy a gift card.
If you choose to participate in any
of these activities, it is recommended that
you do so using a “disposable” e-mail
address from Yahoo, Google or other
free account
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Be prepared — Accreditation visit Sept. 17-19
All employees should be aware that
consultants appointed by the Higher
Learning Commission of the North
Central Accreditation Association HLC/
NCA will visit the University of Dayton
campus Sept. 17-19 as part of UD’s
accreditation process. During this site
visit, employees may be asked questions
about the Research Institute, its relationship to the University, its role in student
education and other questions.
Following are frequently asked
questions about the process from UD’s
accreditation Web site. Additional information can be obtained by visiting the
site at accreditation.udayton.edu.
• What is university accreditation? It
is “seal of approval” by UD’s regional
accreditation agency, the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central
Association. Headquartered in Chicago,
the commission is responsible for
accrediting institutions of higher learning in a 19-state region that covers most
of the Midwest, but also extends to
states as far away as Arizona.
Every 10 years, UD undergoes an
institutional accreditation process, providing an opportunity to conduct a selfexamination to ensure UD is providing
its students a high-quality education. As
part of this process, UD prepared a draft
of a self study that examines all aspects
of the institution, followed by a draft
report circulated among campus stake(continued page 4)
holders.
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RESEARCH LEADER
New contracts by Julia Phelps
The Research Institute received
more than $11.7 million in contracts in
May and June. A few recent projects are
highlighted here.
UDRI was awarded $397,200 (with
two option years) from Northrop
Grumman Information Technology
(NGIT) to work on a project for the Air
Force Research Laboratory’s Human
Effectiveness Directorate, Cognitive
Systems Branch (HECS). AFRL is helping the U.S. Strategic Command develop
technologies that will better allow the
coordination and synchronization of
time-sensitive planning for possible
courses of action in a rapid global strike
scenario. UDRI’s human factors group
will lead the effort, with support from
AFRL/HECS and NGIT, to develop user
interface designs, and NGIT and Clark
Software Engineering Ltd. will build software to support the demonstration of
these concepts to USSTRATCOM. The
goal is to develop a seamless workcentered support framework that will
unify and synchronize multiple users in
separate locations who are developing
response courses of action to a global
threat. Funds were received for the first
of three years of work; at the end of
each year a prototype design and technology will be demonstrated. Laurie
Quill (Structural Integrity) serves as the
principal investigator for this work.
The Environmental Engineering
group received $226,250 for phase two
of a study of the combustion of
fluorotelomer polymer substances, which
find use in many consumer applications.
The sponsor, the Society of the Plastics
Industry, has been asked by the Environmental Protection Agency to learn
what contribution these specific polymers make, in their production or
degradation, to the presence of
perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in the
environment. According to the EPA,
trace levels of PFOA have been found in
random blood samples of the U.S. population, and have caused adverse effects
in laboratory animals. In order to determine how much PFOA might be formed
in the combustion of fluorotelomers, the
group has built and is fine-tuning a
lab-scale incineration system that can
work with the polymers in very small
quantities, with methanol as a background fuel. The group must conduct
the tests following a strict EPA laboratory protocol. Phil Taylor (Energy and
Environmental Engineering) is the PI for
this multi-year program.
The Impact Physics group received
$137,336 from SNECMA, a French
commercial engine manufacturer, to
evaluate the bird-impact resistance of
composite fan blade material. The composite material will be used in the manufacturing of large fan blades for large
commercial aircraft engines. Kevin
Poormon (Aerospace Mechanics)
serves as the PI for this project.
Detrio from page 1
John had a lighter side too: an occasional
volunteer in the dunking booth at UDRI
picnics, a Johnny-come-last at UD golf
outings, an intrepid traveler through the
jungles of Central America, and a man
unafraid to don a Wright Brothers’
handlebar mustache 90 years after Kitty
Hawk. He leaves the division in the hands
of people he has groomed to become
mature leaders in their fields and mentors
themselves. So, his legacy will continue,
and his legend shall only grow (but not
his mustache) with the passage of time.
Making strides
Congratulations to Tammy Zell
(Purchasing), who successfully
organized a kickball tournament that
raised more than $1,500 for the
“Making Strides Against Breast
Cancer” event to be held Oct. 20 at
Fifth Third Field. That amount put the
“UDRI and Friends” team in first place
for fundraising for the Dayton event!
One hundred and thirty people turned
out for the tournament Aug. 11,
including UDRI employees Jon
Borgwardt (Purchasing) and Joe
Broeckert (Nonmetallic Materials)
and his wife, Emmy, in addition to
Tammy. Tammy has participated in
the last four Making Strides events,
and invites all UDRI employees who
are interested in participating in or
sponsoring for the event to call her at
937-229-3880.
Accreditation from page 2
• What is looked at during the
accreditation process? HLC/NCA
provides a complete university accreditation — from food service to physics.
Every department and unit on campus is
examined for its ability to facilitate learning, directly or indirectly. The focus is
on the student and how the University,
in all its parts, helps foster learning. It
verifies that the University has the wherewithal to offer the programs it proposes.
So the accreditation not only looks at
academic programming, but also at all
other aspects of University life — financial, administrative and interpersonal.
Since universities differ, NCA does not
impose a single vision of what should
occur. Instead, it measures the individual
university against general criteria that
apply to higher education as a whole and
against each university’s mission statement.
• What are the general HLC/NCA criteria? Mission and integrity; preparation
for the future; quality of student learning and teaching; degree of acquisition,
discovery and application of knowledge;
and degree of university engagement and
service.
• How has UD prepared for accreditation? Work on the self-study process
began in March of 2005. A steering committee created by the provost initiated
planning, including the development of
a timeline and the accreditation Web site.
The University Accreditation Committee
— comprising representatives from
many different University units —
worked closely and extensively with the
steering committee for nearly one and
one-half years. In December 2005, both
groups worked with a set of five subcommittees organized around the five
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main criteria.
JULY/AUGUST 2007
PAGE 5
The gun that saves lives from page 1
at hypervelocity speed without vaporizing, liquefying or otherwise disintegrating the slug.
The ability to launch “mini-missiles”
to 5.5 miles per second — nearly 20,000
miles per hour — is critical to helping
scientists understand the extent of
damage that can be incurred by vehicles
in space that collide with orbital debris.
This understanding can assist in the design of shields and materials better suited
to withstand the potentially devastating
damage that even a BB-sized pellet can
inflict when flying at orbital speeds.
The need for impact testing is
becoming more critical as concerns grow
about the amount of “space junk” now
orbiting the earth, said Kevin Poormon,
a senior research engineer and group
leader for impact physics at UDRI. In
addition to the meteoroids and other natural objects that pose a collision threat to
spacecraft, NASA and other world space
officials now estimate the number of
pieces of man-made debris — from nuts,
bolts and rocket parts to defunct satellites — to be in the tens of millions,
Poormon said.
“NASA is now tracking about 11,000
objects greater than the size of a baseball. But their real concern lies with what
they don’t track — objects down to one
centimeter or less in diameter. At orbital
‘encounter speed’ — the speed at which
two objects in space meet head on — a
pea-sized particle can rip a hole through
two inches of aluminum. The concern
is that it’s only a matter of time before a
piece of space junk collides with a shuttle,
a functioning satellite, or the International
Space Station.”
Impact physics engineer Andy
Piekutowski recalls a NASA-sponsored
report following the explosion of space
shuttle Columbia that called for controlled impact studies at speeds greater
than 8 kilometers per second. “But the
technology to do that didn’t exist,”
Piekutowski said. “Several years ago,
we were able to shoot a nylon slug at
about 8.6 kilometers per second, but the
gun suffered significant swelling and
erosion during the tests. Replacing the
nylon slug with a heavier aluminum
sphere, which has about the same
density as orbital debris, would have
caused even more damage to the gun.”
Piekutowski set about modifying the
gun and loading parameters and, as
adjustments continued, tests became
more successful. This spring, the
researchers recorded a successful shot
of a small aluminum sphere at 9.08 kilometers per second. “We’ve developed
the technology to not only launch
projectiles at orbital speeds, but with zero
to minimal damage to the gun.”
Poormon said he is aware of techniques that use a shaped-charge device,
a magnetic field pulse, or shock acceleration to propel small aluminum discs
at more than 11 kilometers per second,
but those methods are used primarily in
tests related to energy, material studies
and planet formation rather than impact
damage. “At those speeds, the projectile
deforms or liquefies before it hits its
target, or the projectile and target are
obliterated together on impact so there’s
no way to study target damage,” he said.
“In our tests, even at orbital speed, the
projectile is exactly the same shape and
weight when it hits its target as when
it’s loaded into the gun, and the target,
while damaged, is not destroyed. That
allows us to conduct highly controlled
tests to determine exactly what happens
to a shield or structure when it is hit by
a specific object at a specific speed,
giving us truly measurable damage
information.”
UDRI’s 20,000-square foot indoor
impact physics lab is the largest private
facility of its type in the United States
and has long been considered by peers
as one of the top impact test labs in the
world. It houses 12 gun ranges capable
of launching objects as small as a grain
of sand for foreign object damage
research to as large as an eight-pound
goose that could strike an aircraft in
flight.
“Everything we do in the lab is about
protecting people,” Poormon said.
“We’ve launched hail and birds at air-
craft structures and have participated in
the development of a number of
birdstrike-resistant canopies for Air
Force jets to save pilot lives — technology that has also been transitioned to
commercial aircraft. We’ve launched
flight data recorders — popularly known
as ‘black boxes’ — to test their impact
shock resistance, and pieces of turbine
engine blades to see if they can penetrate
their protective cases. We’re shooting
materials for military vehicle and body
armor designed to shield our soldiers, as
well as police and others who need protection. Everything we do is designed to
help keep people safe.”
von Ohain labs from page 1
Ballal said. Since the center was established in February 2003, work has been
performed on campus and at WrightPatterson Air Force Base, but the increase
in sponsored research has outgrown
available space at the base, he added.
Bill Borger, Director of the Air Force
Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Director, dedicated the lab space with a
keynote speech and ribbon cutting.
The von Ohain Fuels and Combustion Center performs fuels, combustion,
modeling and simulation, and environmental engineering research and engineering services for the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, the U.S. Army,
Federal Aviation Administration, U.S.
Department of Energy, the state of Ohio
and industrial clients such as GE and
DuPont. It was named after propulsion
pioneer Hans von Ohain (1911-1998),
co-inventor of the jet engine. He retired
in 1979 as Chief Scientist of the Aerospace Research Laboratories and the Air
Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
and joined the University of Dayton as a
professor of mechanical engineering.
The von Ohain Fuels and Combustion
Center
also
develops
multidisciplinary educational courses in
fuels and combustion, conducts sponsored research, and facilitates technology transfer.
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RESEARCH LEADER
Kudos! UDRI researchers recognized
Bang-Hung
Tsao (Metals and
Ceramics) has
been elevated to
the grade of Senior Member of
the Institute of
Electrical and
Electronics Engineers Inc. Senior Member is the highest
professional grade bestowed by the IEEE
and requires experience reflecting professional maturity. Less than eight percent of the IEEE’s nearly 375,000 members have achieved this grade.
Nick Jacobs
(Materials Engineering) has
passed the national Professional Engineering test and is
now a registered
Professional
Engineer in the state of Ohio. Supervisor John Ruschau said the PE test is a
rigorous, eight-hour exam. “Passing is a
great technical accomplishment to the
individual as well as the university from
which they graduated.” In order to take
the test, a candidate must first pass a
Fundamentals in Engineering course
while still in college, then practice as an
engineer for a minimum of four years.
Nick received his undergraduate degree
in mechanical engineering and his graduate degree in materials engineering from
UD.
Let us know!
If you have been recognized for
your research, please notify
Pamela Gregg, Communication
Coordinator. Recognition can
include any award, honor or
citation related to your work at
UDRI (see recent honorees,
above).
Also, if you have published a
paper or report, please send a
copy to Julia Phelps, Website and
Information Services Administrator,
for filing in the publication archives,
and copy Pamela Gregg.
Dilip Ballal
(Energy
and
Environmental
Engineering) has
received
the
American
Institute
of
Aeronautics and
Astronautics
national Air Breathing Propulsion Award
for 2007. The award is presented for
sustained meritorious accomplishments
in the arts, sciences and technology of
air-breathing propulsion systems. Dilip
was cited for his outstanding contributions that have greatly advanced the
science and art of gas turbine combustor design and advanced jet fuel research
for air-breathing propulsion systems.
The award was presented in June at the
43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint
Propulsion Conference in Cincinnati,
presided over by Gov. Ted Strickland,
who praised Dilip for his work during a
keynote speech.
C h a d
Barklay (left)
and Dan Kramer
(Metals
and
Ceramics), along
with
Joseph
Talnagi of Ohio
State University,
won the “Outstanding Poster in
Space Exploration” award at the
National Space
and Missile Materials Symposium
in June. Their
poster was titled
“Neutron Irradiation of Refractory Tantalum Alloys (T111 and Ta/10S) for Radioisotope Space
Power System Applications.”
Accreditation from page 4
These groups included more than 70
members of the campus community.
Their goals were to write “white papers”
summarizing UD’s performance relative
to the criteria. In the summer of 2006,
the steering and accreditation committees integrated the findings of these white
papers into a draft self study. After a draft
of the comprehensive self-study report
was completed in October 2006, it was
widely circulated among UD stakeholders for feedback. Additionally, the
steering committee visited more than 50
relevant campus groups to discuss the
draft and the process, and to solicit feedback and suggestions for change. Nearly
200 suggestions were provided, and a
final draft report was completed in
mid-April 2007 and sent to the board of
trustees for review prior to their May
meeting. Board suggestions were also
incorporated into the report.
• Who has been involved in this process? Hundreds of members of the UD
community participated in preparation
for the upcoming site visit. Participation
ranged from submission of material to
the steering committee and resource
room, attendance at forums, participation on the criterion subcommittees, and
more. Public input was solicited by an
ad in the Dayton Daily News and other
venues.
• What will happen during the actual
site visit in September? UD will be
visited by a team of consultant evaluators appointed by the HLC/NCA,
comprising approximately 11 administrators and faculty from other member
colleges and universities. Team members
will want to have conversations with
representative members from all
segments of the UD community: administrators, staff, faculty and students.
Some of these conversations will occur
in small group settings; others as individual interviews. Some will be scheduled in advance, but team members
reserve the right to arrange additional
interviews or activities after they arrive.
The visit schedule will be posted on the
accreditation Web site as soon as it
becomes available.
Snapshot of a good time
Many thanks to the
members of the Materials
Engineering division and all
who worked hard to create a
terrific picnic. Good food
and fun made for an
enjoyable evning and lots of
smiles — especially from
the children
(and children at heart)
In the public eye from page 8
safety (July 30), site visits by the Ohio Aerospace
Institute (Aug. 11 and 14), defense funding (July
26) and clean coal (Aug. 6), which was also picked
up by Columbus Business First.
The Dayton Business Journal wrote about
UDRI’s reorganization July 20, and John Chumack
(Materials Engineering) was featured in a Wired
magazine story on “backyard stargazers” Aug. 8.
300 College Park
Dayton OH 45469-0101
Phone: 937.229.3268
Fax: 937.229.2888
[email protected]
www.udri.udayton.edu
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Brain teaser
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In the public eye
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Three women each have two daughters.
They are having lunch at a restaurant.
There are only seven chairs in the restaurant.
All the women are seated.
How is this possible?
Please submit your answer, along with your name and division, by Sept. 12 to
Pamela Gregg at [email protected].
Answer to the May/June brain teaser: 14
Thanks to Michael Craft (Aerospace Mechanics), Doug Hufnagle and Sarah
Kuhlman (Materials Engineering), Roger Carr (Metals and Ceramics), Derek
Johnson (Nonmetallic Materials) and Jim Hoeffel (Structural Integrity); Susan
McCabe (University Information Technology) and Scott Segalewitz (University
Engineering Technology) for submitting answers.
Canning spam from page 3
providers, so you can stop using it in
the event it becomes a spammer’s
playground.
Most importantly, just be cautious in
deciding to whom you make your e-mail
address available.
USA Today selected UDRI’s “fastest
gun” (see page 1) for its Ohio brief in the
state news digest June 25. The story was
also picked up by Aviation Week, the
Dayton Daily News, Cox News Service,
the Akron Beacon Journal, the Alliance
Review, Ashland Times Gazette,
Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian and the
Hamilton Journal-News Sun, in addition
to WYSO, WMUB, WOSU and WVXU
radio and several online media sources.
UDRI’s Center for Multifunctional
Polymers and Nanocomposite Devices
(CMPND) made news in the July print
edition of High-Performance Composites.
The Dayton Daily News featured
Doug and Karolyn Hansen’s (Materials
Engineering) work in organic coatings in
a special technology section July 22, and
also highlighted UDRI research in
stories on IDCAST (July 3), dedication
of the new von Ohain Fuels and Combustion Center (July 19), nanomaterial
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