As a young woman, Sharon Cobb became fascinated with materials when she watched molten metal being formed into huge shapes at a steel foundry in Birmingham, Ala., where her father worked. Today, she ...
Diane Collard, research scientist for the Purdue Energetics Research Center, uses a blowtorch to ignite energetic materials and test their burn rate. (Photo: Charles Jischke) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — At ...
Materials testing is usually done in the laboratory. This involves using small-to-medium-sized samples of a material and testing them using apparatus designed for an indoor lab space. But what if what ...