Autonomy Research Center for STEM

California State University, Northridge proposes to establish the Autonomy Research Center for STEM (ARCS), a sustainable multidisciplinary university center of excellence that will significantly contribute to NASA?s research in autonomy for civil aviation and space exploration, while transitioning and commercializing research results to address pressing industry and societal needs. In collaboration with researchers at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center and Je...

Consortium for High-volume Additive Manufacturing of Aerospace Heat Exchanger and Talent Development

The Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM1 (ARCS), a NASA-sponsored center for convergence research at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), in partnership with Castheon Inc, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), ASTM International Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE), UCLA, LA Piece College and Honeywell propose a transformative convergence research approach that will fundament...

Experimental Investigation for Guided-Wave Based Non-destructive Evaluation (NDE) of Composite Structures with Various Features

Composite made structural elements can be found in aerospace, marine and automotive applications. Previous research with novel ultrasonic inspection technique has been demonstrated on relatively simple geometry. This research aims to manufacture and inspect composite specimens with various features. To process the ultrasonic inspection data, advanced methods such as thos...

Multi-Scale Mechanical Characterization Laboratory

With this grant, the PIs establish a new, interdisciplinary Multi-Scale Mechanical Characterization Laboratory (MMCL) at CSUN. The proposed MMCL will greatly extend current research capabilities and allow for new cutting-edge research avenues. In particular, the new laboratory will enable interdisciplinary work on key thrusts of the identified DoD agency technical areas. Planned projects include the design of smart, composite and lattice material...

Study and Modelling of Lamb Wave Propagation Through Pristine and Flawed Manufactured Materials

The objective of this work is to build a large data set, annotated with ultrasonic transducer locations, material properties, and measured ultrasonic signal waveforms at various locations in the material to build up a fundamental understanding of the properties of Lamb wave propagation through manufactured materials with known material defects. Thus, the data set must contain a large number of baselin...