Center for Advanced Materials in Transport Aircraft Structures (AMTAS)

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1 Center for Advanced Materials in Transport Aircraft Structures (AMTAS) Summary of the AMTAS/JAMS Center of Excellence prepared by Mark Tuttle, AMTAS Director

2 Background FAA Centers of Excellence FAA Centers of Excellence (COE): COE program established in 1995 (Dr. Pat Watts, Director) COEs are funded through cooperative agreements among academic institutions, industrial partners, and the FAA FAA funds must be matched 1:1 by non-federal sources (Nominally) 10-year life for each COE About 13 COEs (past and present) have been established since 95 ( Current COEs devoted to: Airport technology Intermodal transport environment General aviation (currently, two GA research centers) Aircraft noise and emissions mitigation Advanced materials Commercial space transportation Proposals to establish a new COE devoted to alternate jet fuels are currently being evaluated by FAA

3 Background FAA Centers of Excellence

4 The FAA Joint Advanced Materials & Structures (JAMS) Center of Excellence Dec. 2003: FAA announces co-winners of a competition to establish a new Joint Advanced Materials & Structures (JAMS) Center of Excellence: - University of Washington (UW) - Wichita State University (WiSU) UW and WiSU subsequently established their respective programs: UW: Center for Advanced Materials in Transport Aircraft Structures (AMTAS) WiSU: Center of Excellence for Composites and Advanced Materials (CECAM)

5 JAMS COE Member Schools AMTAS (Advanced Materials for Transport Aircraft Structures) University of Washington, Lead Washington State University Oregon State University Edmonds Community College Florida International University University of Utah CECAM (Center for Composites and Advanced Materials) Wichita State University, Lead Northwestern University Purdue University Tuskegee University University of Delaware University of California at Los Angeles

6 AMTAS Administration (Remaining slides are AMTAS-centric) Curt Davies (FAA Hughes Research Center, New Jersey) serves as the JAMS-AMTAS-CECAM Program Manager FAA Technical Monitors (Hughes RC): Allan Abramowitz, Curt Davies, Dave Galella, Lynn Pham, Dave Westlund Larry Ilcewicz, FAA NRS, Composites (Renton, Washington) also helps monitor all AMTAS projects Administration of UW-AMTAS: Prof. Mark Tuttle, AMTAS Director Prof. Kuen Lin, AMTAS Co-Director Ms. Ellen Barker, Assistant to the Director

7 AMTAS Participants AMTAS currently consists of: Six academic partners Twelve industrial partners Boeing is most active industrial partner (e.g., annually provides ~$500k in cash and in-kind matching support) UW provides ~$75k annually, to help offset AMTAS administrative costs: Office of the Provost College of Engineering Departments of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering

8 AMTAS Activities AMTAS activities can be roughly grouped into three main categories Education Technology transfer Research

9 AMTAS Activities Education (UW activities only) Ten different undergraduate and graduate-level composite courses intended for degree-seeking students; offered by the departments of A&A, MSE, and ME Composite short courses intended for practicing engineers: 5-day version (10 instructors from academia and industry); offered sporadically on UW campus since day version (1 instructor); offered twice since 2011 Other synergistic activities (not funded via AMTAS): Boeing Certificate Program in Aircraft Composite Structural Analysis and Design MAE degree with emphasis on composite structures

10 AMTAS Activities Technology Transfer AMTAS Technical Meetings, held in the Pacific Northwest Sixteen one-day meeting held since 2004 Speakers from all AMTAS universities, industry partners, and FAA Occasional guest speakers describing non-aerospace composite applications (wind turbines, tidal turbines, sporting goods, etc) Typically attendees Annual JAMS Technical Meetings, held at various locations Two-day meeting held every spring/early summer since 2005 Speakers from all 12 JAMS-AMTAS-CECAM universities Summaries and presentations from virtually all AMTAS and JAMS meetings available from AMTAS website: One or more Boeing engineer(s) is an active participant in all AMTAS projects conducted at the UW

11 AMTAS Activities Research In keeping with the underlying FAA mission, all AMTAS research projects are related in some way to aircraft safety and/or certification Funding levels depend on project a typical AMTAS project receives $50k-$75k/yr from the FAA Selection of specific research topics/projects based on collective input from: FAA ( greatest influence; safety/cert; C. Davies & L. Ilcewicz) Industrial partners ( significant influence, especially if cash match provided!) Academia ( significant influence)

12 AMTAS Activities Research Current Projects Delamination/Disbond Arrest in Composite Structures (Kuen Y. Lin, UW) Improving Adhesive Bonding of Composites (Brian Flinn, UW) Analytical Chemistry Methods for Detecting Surface Contamination and Moisture (Dwayne McDaniel, FIU) Durability of Adhesively Bonded Joints (Dan Adams, UoU) Composite Thermal Damage Measurement with FT-IR (Brian Flinn, UW) Damage Tolerance of Sandwich Composites (D. Adams, UoU) Out-of-Plane Loading of Thick Laminates (J. Parmigiani, OSU) Composite Crashworthiness (Paolo Feraboli, UW) Certification of Discontinuous Fiber Composite Structures (Mark Tuttle, UW) Assessment of Active Flutter Suppression Technologies (new Autumn 2013, Eli Livne, UW)

13 AMTAS Accomplishments A recent summary of AMTAS accomplishments was prepared for Pat Watts, FAA COE Director. Highlights (since 2004) are: Research studies of 10 faculty PIs at six universities supported Approximately 75 Journal or Proceeding articles published Approximately 40 graduate degrees (Ph.D or MS) earned; more in-progress Hosted, co-hosted, or participated in 27 technical meetings Developed and maintain a highly-regarded website: Developed new (a) university-based composite courses, and (b) short courses for practicing engineers and technicians Many synergetic effects: Boeing Composite Certificate program, MAE composite degree, strengthened ties between academia, industry and government, etc

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