Automotive Materials & Technologies
Ohio State offers world-class research faculty and facilities, including the Fontana Corrosion Center, Acoustics and Dynamics Laboratory, and the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) to name just a few of the many resources that make Ohio State a premier research institute to focus on automotive and materials technologies.
Focus:
- Light-weight materials
- Advanced simulation analysis for improved predictive caPAbilities
- Smart materials
- Advanced forming processes
- Bonding and adhesives
- Novel materials and aPPlication
- Improved manufacturing processes
- Environmentally safe materials
Faculty Involved:
- Glenn Daehn
- Amos Gilat
- Marcelo Dapino
- Taylan Altan
- Rudy Buccheit
- Jim Williams
- Mark Walter
- Rebecca DUPaix
Sample Projects
Adaptive Smart Material Structures
Photo: Professor Marcelo Dapino (2nd from left) is meeting with Lara Minor and students Gordon Fox, John Larson and Travis Walker to discuss the development and application of smart material technologies for enhancing the response of automotive structures to loading events.
Material Fracture Testing and Simulation
Photo: OSU Jeremy Seidt, PhD. (right), working with Professor Amos Gilat (not pictured), discussing enhanced material testing concepts to develop new fracture testing methodologies and simulation analysis for advanced predictive capabilities for automotive materials.
