Research

General areas of research interest

• Coatings for aerospace and automotive high-temperature applications (diffusion coatings, overlay coatings, thermal barrier coatings)
  
• Cavitation resistant coatings and wear-resistant coatings for power energetics
• Functional and/or decorative electro-chemical coatings
• Coatings for biological/biomedical applications
• Bulk metallic alloys surface interaction studies
• Powder processing techniques
  
• Development of unique or uncommon testing techniques
• Wear-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials for energy applications