Hamish L' Fraser

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Center for the Accelerated Maturation of Materials
Hamish L. Fraser Ohio Regents Eminent Scholar
Professor Department of Materials Science
Engineering The Ohio State University
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High Performance Materials in the States Economy

• Strengthening Ohios Economy
• Provide new technologies and tools to make Ohios
  companies more competitive

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The Necessary Coupling Required for Success
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Partnerships and Knowledge Transfer
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Development vs. Use of Materials RD Tools

• Development
• Need to develop computationally-intensive
  simulation tools
• Ab-initio physics-based models, phase field
  modeling and finite element modeling
• Use of high performance computing facilities -
  e.g., OSC

• Develop novel experimental techniques for
• Rapid population of databases for development of
  neural networks for new materials
• Multi-scale materials characterization, from
  nano- to macro-scale, to supply mechanisms
  required for models

• Use
• Need to access simulation tools on a desktop PC
• Need to access characterization and testing tools
  for calibration of simulation tools for new
  materials systems/types

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Requirements for Access by Industry

• Need to access simulation tools on a desktop PC
• Use of computationally-intensive models to
  calibrate neural networks

• Need to access characterization and testing tools
  for calibration of simulation tools for new
  materials systems/types

• Major problem
• Cost of equipment is out of reach for most
  companies - both legacy industries and new
  start-up ventures

• Examples
• New scanning electron microscopes with required
  performance - 450k
• State-of-the-art transmission electron microscope
  - 4M.

• Location asymmetry CAMM has the equipment,
  industry doesnt

• CAMM has acquired a world-class set of equipment
  for materials characterization

• Largely Result of Action and Investment Funds

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Example of State of the Art Acquisition by CAMM
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Solution Remote Access using Third Frontier
Network

• Provide remote access to equipment - and so full
  advantage of CAMMs computational RD tools may
  be realized
• Speed of the network permits this to occur in
  real time - essential for efficient use of the
  equipment

• Provide this access to industry, national
  laboratories (e.g., AFRL and NASA Glenn), and
  other universities

• Initial start-up of concept through Regents
  Initiative VIM (Visualization, Instrumentation
  and Modeling)

Ohio truly leading the way internationally by
stimulating transformational collaborations to
provide increased competitiveness for its
industries