Professor James Economy's Group
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Our group is currently one of the
largest research groups in the Department of Materials
Science & Engineering at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Economy has played a
major role during the past 40 years in the design and
development of a number of polymer systems, including
liquid crystalline materials for structural uses, novel
thermosetting resins that can be recycled, and activated
fibers for filtering environmental contaminants. He led the effort to create the
National Science Foundation Center on Advanced Materials
for Water Purification at the Urbana campus. Most recently he and his group
have developed a new composite based on carbon fibers in
a boron nitride matrix, which shows a 10x improvement in
wear for aircraft brakes as compared to the currently
used carbon/carbon composites. We would like to invite you to
read about our research areas, and contact us about them
if you are interested in the advancements we are making |
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