{"650099":{"#nid":"650099","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Leads Effort to Tackle the Composite and Hybrid Materials Challenge","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBased at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta), the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwiUxO67g7vyAhXfAZ0JHSXBAxkQtwJ6BAgOEAM\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjRH7vIYlWcc\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1tIvHobKrTdZXz2Frbv5SN\u0022\u003ECenter for Composite and Hybrid Materials Interfacing\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(CHMI) intends to dramatically improve how composite and hybrid structures are joined and repaired. The Center is one of four active National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry\/University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRCs) at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;Funded for five years with an NSF IUCRC grant, the Center will reportedly work closely with an industry consortium of leading manufacturers and government organizations that will underwrite research projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHoused in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(GTMI), the Center incorporates three university research teams from Georgia Tech, Oakland University (Detroit, Mich., U.S.)\u0026nbsp;and University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT). Each research and development partner are said to bring\u0026nbsp;decades of composite and hybrid materials research focus in specific industries: Georgia Tech in aerospace, Oakland University in automotive composite systems\u0026nbsp;and UT in infrastructure and medical devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The study of the interface between composite, metallic and other electronic materials is really the future of manufacturing,\u0026rdquo; says\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EBen Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E, executive director of GTMI. \u0026ldquo;The Center amplifies the thought leadership of Georgia Tech advancement in composites. It also puts us in the nexus of three areas:\u0026nbsp;advanced manufacturing, innovative materials and data analytics.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECenter director \u003Cstrong\u003EChuck Zhang\u003C\/strong\u003E, Harold E. Smalley Professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), will drive CHMI\u0026rsquo;s vision to transform the current labor-intensive, experience-based joining and repair practice into fast, automated and reliable processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Using advanced computation, experimental, data analytics and digital techniques and tools, we hope to reduce by 50% the overall cost, cycle time and variation of these processes in the next 10 years,\u0026rdquo; Zhang says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.compositesworld.com\/news\/georgia-tech-leads-effort-to-tackle-the-composite-and-hybrid-materials-challenge\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead the full article in CompositesWorld, August 2021.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-leads-industry-effort-tackle-composite-and-hybrid-materials-challenge\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EComplete article also posted at Georgia Tech\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;- written by Anne Sargent\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew National Science Foundation (NSF) center combines industry and academia, uses analytics, AI to modernize how manufacturers repair composites.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New National Science Foundation (NSF) center combines industry and academia, uses analytics, AI to modernize how manufacturers repair composites."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2021-08-25 20:31:58","changed_gmt":"2021-08-26 14:09:24","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"650097":{"id":"650097","type":"image","title":"Jarod Weber, CHMI project manager, and Chuck Zhang, CHMI director","body":null,"created":"1629923237","gmt_created":"2021-08-25 20:27:17","changed":"1629923237","gmt_changed":"2021-08-25 20:27:17","alt":"Jarod Weber, CHMI project manager, and Chuck Zhang, CHMI director,","file":{"fid":"246751","name":"0821-cw-news-georgia-tech2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0821-cw-news-georgia-tech2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0821-cw-news-georgia-tech2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":102675,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/0821-cw-news-georgia-tech2.jpg?itok=gKYzgXMc"}}},"media_ids":["650097"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}