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Materials Science Laboratory

The research team studying nano-structured titania as a photocatalyst to clean the environment are (front row, left to right)  Igor Cella, Fernando Soares, and Andrew Hyder; and (back row, left to right) Ian Deming, Dr. Dan Fleming, Dr. Pnina Ari-Gur, and Emil Sanchez

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)
• X-ray diffractometers (powder and polycrystalline, and residual stresses)
• Optical microscopes
• Hardness and micro-hardness testers
• Arc-melting furnace
• Tube vacuum/protective environment heat treating furnace
• Heat treatment furnaces
• Tables PC’s

Current Funding Sources: 

National Science Foundation and Hewlett Packard

For more information

More information is available from:

Dr. Pnina Ari-Gur
laboratory director
phone: (269) 276-3212
email: pnina.ari-gur@wmich.edu