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Composite Materials and Advanced Materials 

  • What improvement in processing and manufacturing technique can lower the cost of composites?

  • How can composites be uniquely incorporated into aerospace platforms of the future?

  • How can composites be improved upon to reduce weight or the number of parts in aerospace platforms?  

  • Can platforms such as UAVs be made of eco-friendly or using bio-degradable materials?

  • How can repairing of composite airframes or UAV’s be made less difficult and costly?

  • While composites make aircraft invisible to radar, what if regulatory agencies for example want to track aircraft such as UAV’s, how could this be accomplished?

  • Can composites and other advanced materials be manufactured in environments that do not require controlled temperatures (eg hot or cold curing processes)  

  • Can materials be coated or processed in such a way as to improve their properties (eg aluminum-like properties from coatings to reduce cost of using aluminum)

  • Are their better ways to test the integrity and endurance of composite structures (eg non-invasive, less-labor intensive/automated tests, etc.)   

  • Can composite materials be made to withstand high temperatures (eg aircraft flying over forest fires or the Antartic)

Biodegradables, eco-friendly, etc.
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