Materials Research for Manufacturing

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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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.

• Additive Manufacturing
• Ceramics for Energy Applications
• Developments in Metals and Ceramics Research
• Industrial Application of Materials Research
• Innovation and Sustainability
• Materials Manufacturing
• Materials for Aerospace
• Skills Sets Needed for Company Research

• Svedberg Science, Inc., Falls Church, USA

  Lynnette D. Madsen, Erik B. Svedberg

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