Sustainable Manufacturing

Processing Technique for Ceramic- based Energy Conversion and Storage Devices

Clemson University inventors have created a novel manufacturing technique, with integrated additive manufacturing and laser processing to reduce the costs of ceramic-based conversion and storage devices.

Inventor: Jianhua Tong, Hai Xiao, Fei Peng, Kyle Brinkman

Published: 12/2/2020

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Process for Fabricating Hollow-Porous Silicon Nano-Quills

Advanced Materials

Clemson University researchers have developed a two-step process for the synthesis of hollow-porous silicon nanostructured materials.

Inventor: Srikanth Pilla, Apparao Rao, Morteza Sabet

Published: 11/5/2020

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Flow Drilling for Joining Stronger Materials

Manufacturing, Automotive

Clemson University researchers have developed a technique that allows for the joining of stackups that cannot currently be joined by FDS, and can do so in a faster manner than current methods for common stackups.

Inventor: Laine Mears, Brandt Ruszkiewicz, Jamie Skovron

Published: 11/2/2020

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Sim[PLY]: Sustainable and Eco-friendly Construction Framing

Advanced Materials

Clemson University researchers have developed an innovative structural system that allows individuals to construct a house using only hand powered tools. The Sim[PLY] framing system consists of pre-cut and individually numbered components, designed to be flat-packed and shipped directly to a building site.

Inventor: Dustin Albright, Ulrike Heine, Ufuk Ersoy, Vincent Blouin, Daniel Harding, David Pastre

Published: 8/4/2020

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Graphene Ceramic Composites for Hydrogen Separation Membranes

Advanced Materials

Clemson University researchers have designed a cost-effective alternative that implements graphene sheets rather than traditional metals. These novel graphene-ceramic composites are able to lower membrane production costs, provide higher operating temperatures than palladium, and demonstrate greater resistance to oxidation and expansion than nickel.

Inventor: Dr. Kyle Brinkman

Published: 7/30/2020

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