Lab Tour to See Something Hot

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.

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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.

e beam deposition for optical coatings

http://www.fhcmi.org/