SME 248 TOUR - GONZAGA MATERIALS RESEARCH LABS

Are you interested in seeing what local university research is happening right here in Spokane?

SME Chapter 248 would like to invite you to tour the Gonzaga Material Research Labs on Thursday, December 5th from 6 to 8 p.m.

This SME Research Tour will be held at Gonzaga University in Herak 123 (see HK in the middle of the Campus Map).

Informal tour of tribology & materials research labs with Dr. Harman Khare and Dr. Pat Ferro. Areas of research that are currently being investigated include hydrogen embrittlement, hydrogen storage, and frictional and wear properties of solid & liquid lubricants. Instrumentation and analytical capabilities include tensile and fatigue testing, three-point bending, optical metallography, atomic force microscopy, pin-on-flat tribometers, quartz crystal microbalance, 3D printing, and hardness testing. Materials currently being investigated include titanium alloys, stainless steels, 3D printed tough PLA, metal injected molded materials, PTFE and metal matrix composites.