Smart and Advanced Materials Laboratories
Current research
- Nano-crystalline titania as a photocatalyst
- Magnetic shape memory (MSM) alloys
- High-temperature coatings
- Metal matrix nano-composites
Facilities
- Scanning electron microscope (and EDS)--currently unavailable
- X-ray diffractometers (powder, polycrystalline and residual stresses)
- Optical microscopes
- Hardness and micro-hardness testers
- Arc-melting furnace
- Tube vacuum and protective environment heat treating furnace
- Heat treatment furnaces
- Table PC’s
Rates for use of x-ray diffraction, electron microscope and other materials facilities
| User | Daytime Rate | Night and Weekend | Operator Assisted | Facility Service |
| WMU users | $40/hour | $30/hour | $30/hour | $84/hour |
| Other University users | $50/hour | $50/hour | $40/hour | $110/hour |
| Industrial users | $161/hour | $161/hour | $55/hour | $110/hour |
Current funding sources
National Science Foundation and Hewlett Packard
For more information
Dr. Pnina Ari-Gur
Professor and Laboratory Director
Phone: (269) 276-3212
Email Pnina Ari-Gur