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Materials Research for Manufacturing

An Industrial Perspective of Turning Materials into New Products

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Lynnette D. Madsen

    1. Svedberg Science, Inc., Falls Church, USA

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  2. Erik B. Svedberg

    1. Svedberg Science, Inc., Falls Church, USA

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  • Includes both manufacturing issues and challenges to research
  • Written by authors from different industry sectors
  • Outlines needed skills of researchers for hiring in industry
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 224)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xlvii
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  2. Corning Incorporated: Designing a New Future with Glass and Optics

    • Michael S. Pambianchi, Matthew Dejneka, Timothy Gross, Adam Ellison, Sinue Gomez, James Price et al.
    Pages 1-38

  3. IRradiance Glass: Technology Transfer from University to Industry

    • J. David Musgraves, Jennifer McKinley, Peter Wachtel
    Pages 39-58

  4. General Electric Company: Selected Applications of Ceramics and Composite Materials

    • Gregory Corman, Ram Upadhyay, Shatil Sinha, Sean Sweeney, Shanshan Wang, Stephan Biller et al.
    Pages 59-91

  5. KEMET Electronics: Breakthroughs in Capacitor Technology

    • Abhijit Gurav, Xilin Xu, Yuri Freeman, Erik Reed
    Pages 93-129

  6. American Superconductor: Second Generation Superconductor Wire—From Research to Power Grid Applications

    • Srivatsan Sathyamurthy, Cees Thieme, Martin W. Rupich
    Pages 131-165

  7. Trans-Tech: Perspectives on the Development Process for New Microwave Dielectric and Magnetic Ceramics

    • Michael D. Hill
    Pages 167-194

  8. Catalytic Materials: Nanofibers—From Research to Manufacture

    • Nelly M. Rodriguez, R. Terry K. Baker
    Pages 195-225

  9. Dow Chemical: Materials Science Contributions to Membrane Production

    • Abhishek Shrivastava, Ian A. Tomlinson, Abhishek Roy, Jon E. Johnson, Steven Jons, Caleb V. Funk et al.
    Pages 227-265

  10. American Process: Production of Low Cost Nanocellulose for Renewable, Advanced Materials Applications

    • Kim Nelson, Theodora Retsina, Mikhail Iakovlev, Adriaan van Heiningen, Yulin Deng, Jo Anne Shatkin et al.
    Pages 267-302

  11. The Procter and Gamble Company: Current State and Future Needs in Materials Modeling

    • Russell H. DeVane, Matthew S. Wagner, Bruce P. Murch
    Pages 303-328

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 329-338
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About this book

This book is about applied materials research in industry. It presents various important topics and challenges and gives guidance to materials researchers who move to industry. The book focuses on the materials manufacturing issues for industrial application. It deals with developments and challenges in traditional materials areas, such as metals and ceramics, and new opportunities that have risen from nanotechnology and additive manufacturing. The chapters, written by senior people from large companies, include successful manufacturing undertakings, several distinct and unresolved manufacturing challenges, with the focus on approaches, timelines and the skills needed for future company research and development. The book provides a cross-section of current and future approaches valuable for new employees and academics working in industry.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Svedberg Science, Inc., Falls Church, USA

    Lynnette D. Madsen, Erik B. Svedberg

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