The 11 students who participated in the workshop attend the four colleges that comprise the Montana Science and Technology Consortium: Fort Peck Community College, Little Big Horn College, Rocky Mountain College, and Salish Kootenai College.
The DOE CFCC program is supporting the consortium by conducting a series of programs designed to enrich the science education of Native American students in Montana.
The Bozeman workshop, also attended by students from Montana State University and New Mexico Highlands University, was one of several programs offered this year by CFCC scientists. The others included a residential science camp for young Native Americans, and a summer student/faculty research program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and several CFCC industries.
Many of the students also attended other sessions of the working group meeting.
Introductory information at the student workshop was presented by Mike Karnitz and Rick Lowden of ORNL.
Design and engineering was discussed by Bill Long, Babcock & Wilcox Corporation, who outlined the properties of CFCCs, their industrial applications, and how the CFCC program is assisting in development of specific uses.
Ken Reifsnider, Virginia Polytech, explained the importance of being able to predict durability, cost, and other factors in the design of products made with ceramic composites. He also discussed the opportunities being made available by the performance simulation code, MRLife, which is being used to assist in designing more durable, reliable, and safer products using CFCC components.
John Kibler, Materials Sciences Corporation, described for the students the elements of the design cycle for composites, including the difference between how constituent parts (fibers and matrixes) behave in their basic state, as a composite, as elementary structure, structural element, and as end structure.
Michael Jenkins, University of Washington, and Edgar Lara-Curzio, ORNL, discussed thermomechanical tests and the importance of standardized testing methods in the long-term development of CFCC applications. The scientists also outlined the differences between various CFCC testing methods, including tensile, compression, shear, elevated temperature, and mechanical and thermal cycling.
See also CFCC Working Group Meeting in Bozeman, Workshop for Native Americans Held at Bozeman Meeting, enrichment for native americans, and people at the Bozeman Meeting
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