Technologies

Carbon fiber manufacturing innovation

Precursors

solution spun

PAN (including textile acrylic)

melt spun PAN pitch

polyethylene

lignin

Heat treatment

thermal

plasma

microwave

magnetic field

e-beam

Post-treatment

water-borne sizings

,

wet surface treatment

,

plasma surface treatment

Product forms

standard tow

,

large tow

,

textile tow

,

nonwoven/mat/web

Recycling

Composite intermediates manufacturing

Polymer composites manufacturing

Composites recycling

Additive manufacturing

Bio-derived materials, esp. nanocellulose

Nondestructive evaluation

Silicon carbide fiber manufacturing innovation

Cement composites, wood composites

Rare earths and critical minerals

Coal-derived products

Electromagnetic field processing, esp. electron beam

Various nuclear technologiestechnologies Nuclear

:

fusion energy

,

reactor and beam facilities

,

neutron and positron sciences

,

uranium enrichment

Cryogenics and vacuum

Heat transfer and fluid mechanics

Techno-economics, manufacturing and embodied energy-emissions estimating