WSU-NIAR Advanced Coatings Lab

Overview

The Advanced Coatings Lab is a division of the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University. We specialize in research, product and process development, and testing for coatings, adhesives, and sealants. Particular areas of focus are corrosion, material analysis, weathering testing, nanotechnology, and flammability. Capabilities include: New coatings technology research and development ? Customized formulation of interior and exterior high performance coatings ? Materials/process evaluation and optimization ? Coatings application process improvement ? Product testing to military, OEM, and industry specifications

Standards & Methodologies

WSU-NIAR Advanced Coatings Lab has not posted any Methodologies at this time.

Qualifications, Certifications, Accreditations & Licenses

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Lab Gallery

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Industries Served

Adhesives, Glues, and Tapes
Advanced Materials
Advanced Technology
Aerospace, Aviation, and Aeronautical
Ballistics
Chemicals
Coatings and Finishings
Combustion
Composites
Industrial Materials
Metals
Military and Defense
Nanomaterials
Nanotechnology
Paints, Colorants, and Dyes
Plastics and Polymers
Polymer
Resins

Testing Types

Abrasion
Absorbance
Accelerated Weathering
Adhesion Strength
Advanced Materials
Analytical
Analytical Chemistry
Appearance
Atomic-Force Microscopy (AFM)
Barrier Analysis
Colormetric
Combustibility / Explosive Properties
Compression
Condition Monitoring
Conductivity
Consumer
Contaminant
Corrosion
Cure Behavior
Defect Analysis
Degradation
Design Review and Evaluation
Destructive
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
Discoloration
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)
Elasticity
Electrochemical Corrosion
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
Electron Microscopy
Electron Microscopy with Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX)
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
Elemental Analysis
Elongation
Engineering and Process Design
Environmental Stress Cracking (ESC)
Fire Resistance
Formulation
Formulation Development
FTIR Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Glass Transition Temperature (Tg)
Hardness
Heat Resistance
Humidity
Impact
Light Transmission
Materials Characterization
Melting Point
Method Development
Microscopy and Imaging
Moisture Resistance
Nanomaterials
Nanotechnology
Non-Destructive (NDT)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy NMR
pH
Potentiodynamic Corrosion
Process Development
Product Development
RAMAN spectroscopy
Raw Material
Reformulation
Rheology
Scratch Resistance
SEM / Scanning Electron Microscopy
Shear Stress
Softening Temperature
Specific Gravity
Spectrophotometry
Spectroscopy
Strength
Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC)
Substrate Analysis
Surface Analysis
Tensile
Tension
TGA
Thermal Imaging
thernal conductivity
UV/Vis
viscoelastic properties
Viscosity
wear resistance
Weathering
XRD

Publications

WSU-NIAR Advanced Coatings Lab has not posted any publications.

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