Aided by funding from NASA and using methods similar to 3-D
printing, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are
running computer simulations of processes that could lead to stronger, more
durable materials for the space agency.
The Missouri S&T researchers also plan to fabricate some
of these new materials soon, says Dr. Frank Liou, director of the university’s
Laser Aided Manufacturing Process (LAMP) Laboratory and the Michael and Joyce
Bytnar Professor of Product Innovation and Creativity.