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ERI: Mechanistic Insights into Enhancing Uniform Dispersion of Micro-scale Ceramic Reinfor — NSF Award to Embry-Riddle Aeronautica

Ceramic particle-reinforced metal matrix composites (MMCs) have attracted wide interest across multiple industries because they combine the ductility and toughness of metals with the hardness, stiffness, and thermal stability of ceramics. In recent years, additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged for producing MMCs with

Award titleERI: Mechanistic Insights into Enhancing Uniform Dispersion of Micro-scale Ceramic Reinfor
Award ID2553094
AwardeeEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University
CityDAYTONA BEACH
StateFL
Amount obligated$200,000
Principal investigatorYue Zhou
ProgramAM-Advanced Manufacturing
Start date05/01/2026
AbstractCeramic particle-reinforced metal matrix composites (MMCs) have attracted wide interest across multiple industries because they combine the ductility and toughness of metals with the hardness, stiffness, and thermal stability of ceramics. In recent years, additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged for producing MMCs with complex geometries and functionally graded structures. Among AM technologies, directed energy deposition (DED) offers exceptional flexibility in material feedstock control, making
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