On Wednesday, the Ravenclaw Physics Class visited Professor Gevelber’s Advanced Materials Process Control Laboratory.
http://www.bu.edu/pcl/
There we saw a plasma spray which is used to test ceramic coatings for the hot temperatures experiences inside jet engines.
http://www.bu.edu/me/people/faculty/gn/gevelber/
We also visited the Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation where we saw an e-beam deposition for optical coatings.
http://www.fhcmi.org/