JCATI Funded Research

Precise and reliable phased-array ultrasonic inspection of aerospace composite materials
PI: Xu Chen (UW) Industry Partners: Boeing, Kawasaki Amount: $113,046

Radar altimeter with 5G interference cancellation
PI: Subhanshu Gupta (WSU) Industry Partners: Boeing  Amount: $120,000

Damage-free contour milling of freeze clamped high-modulous CFRP space products in a production environment
PI: Dave Kim (WSU) Industry Partners: Innovative Composites  Amount: $113,804

Corrosion of stainless stees/Ti64 in green propellant environment for space vehicles
PI: Qizhen Li (WSU) Industry Partners: Aerojet  Amount: $99,266

Low specific mass electric propulsion for small satellites
PI: Justin Little (UW) Industry Partners: Aerojet, Eagle Harbor  Amount: $120,000

Ergonomic risk mitigation of composite hand layup using machine learning
PI: Krithika Manohar (UW) Industry Partners: Boeing  Amount: $80,000

Recycling carbon fibers from cured composite scrap via mechanical-chemical recycling
PI: John Misasi (WWU) Industry Partners: Toray  Amount: $95,177

Orthogonally coded near field scanning for rapid characterization of dynamic metamaterial antennas
PI: Matt Reynolds (UW) Industry Partners: Kymeta  Amount: $97,904

Broadband self-interference cancellation for simultaneous transmit and receive radio communication with machine learning augmented adaptation and optimization
PI: Chris Rudell (UW) Industry Partners: Boeing  Amount: $115,000

Recycling waste prepreg to bulk molding compound
PI: Ben Rutz (UW) Industry Partners: Boeing, Toray  Amount: $112,076

Advanced manufacturing of thermoplastic aerospace structures: simulation and optimization of induction tooling
PI: Marco Salviato (UW) Industry Partners: Sekisui Aerospace  Amount: $120,000

Development of novel liquid electrolytes for batteries in electric aircraft
PI: Min-Kyu Song (WSU) Industry Partners: Ecellix  Amount: $106,231

Beyond visual line of sight drones for wilderness search and locate operations
PI: Juris Vagners (UW) Industry Partners: FreeFly Systems, Hood Tech  Amount: $119,881

Real-time optimization based trajectory planing for spacecraft rendezvous and docking with electric propulsion
PI: Acikmese, Behcet (UW) Industry Partner: Starfish Space Amount: $115,000

Automating the preparation and maintenance of layup tooling for composite aerostructures and parts
PI:  AlGeddawy, Tarek (WWU)  Co-PI: Larson, Nicole  Industry Partners: Sekisui Aerospace/Wilder Aerospace  Amount: $59,711

Overcoming obstacles to the industrialization of metal powder bed fusion AM
PI: Arola, Dwayne (UW)  Co-PI: Mamidala, Ramulu Industry Partners: The Boeing Company/Sentecor Solutions  Amount: $104,194

Rapid heating of compression mold tooling
PI: Gill, David (WWU) Industry Partner: Sekisui Aerospace  Amount: $55,595

Advanced friction model development supporting of the next-generation DigitalEx puller system
PI: Kim, Dave (WSU)  Co-PI: Tan, Hua Industry Partner: Fatigue Technologies Inc.   Amount: $100,000

Cryogenic origami fuel bladders Phase 3: scale size, pressure bladders, TRL level
PI: Leachman, Jake (WSU) Industry Partner:  Blue Origin Amount: $78,000

Development of water-propellant electric thruster for multi-mode in-space propulsion
PI: Little, Justin (UW) Industry Partner: Tethers Unlimited Amount: $95,690

Ergonomic risk assessment of composite had layup using machine learning
PI: Manohar, Krithika (UW)  Co-PI: Banerjee, Ashis Industry Partner: The Boeing Company Amount: $103,000

Aerodynamics and acoustics of urban eVTOL
PI: Matveev, Konstantin (WSU)  Co-PI: Swenson, John Industry Partners: Zeva Aero Amount: $83,000

Chemical recycling demonstration of carbon-fiber epoxy composites
PI: Misasi, John (WWU)  Co-PI:Hoekstra, Nicole/Larson, Nikki  Industry Partners: Toray Amount: $104,024

Real time optimal sensing for robustness in aeroelastic control of fixed wing aircraft
PI: Morgansen, Kristi (UW) Co-PI: Livne, Eli Industry Partners: The Boeing Company/QuickSilver Aerospace  Amount: $80,000

Non thermal plasma decontamination system for viral particles on complex surfaces
PI: Novosselov, Igor (UW) Co-PI: Meschke, John Industry Partners: Control Dynamics Inc. Amount: $73,000

Correlating the microstructure to nanomechanical properties of 3D printed metals for aerospace applications
PI: Wang, Junlan (UW) Industry Partner: Blue Origin Amount: $53,000

Developing a portable and multi-faceted inspection method for evaluation of tool surface condition and release coating and tool cleaning strategies in composites processing
PI: Zobeiry, Navid (UW)  Co-PI: Chen, Xu Industry Partners: The Boeing Company  Amount: $110,362

Development of a high temperature oxidation resistant Ti alloys
PI: Bandyopadhyay, Amit (WSU)  Co-PI: Bose, Susmita Industry Partner: The Boeing Company Amount: $76,388

Mask-based sensor for real time monitoring SARS-CoV-2 infection
PI:  Dong, Wen-ji (WSU)  Co-PI: Qiu, Kaiyan  Industry Partner: Altek  Amount: $58,086

Wideband interference cancellation using true-time-delay receivers
PI: Gupta, Subhanshu (WSU)  Co-PI: Heo, Deuk Industry Partner: The Boeing Company  Amount: $100,000

Further development of a tridyne microthruster for CubeSat applications
PI: Hermanson, Jim (UW) Co-PI: Knowlen, Carl  Industry Partner: Aerojet Rocketdyne  Amount: $81,819

Cryogenic fuel-bladders for in-space propellant storage Phase II
PI: Leachman, Jacob (WSU)  Industry Partner: Blue Origin   Amount: $100,000

Demonstration of low acoustic emissions control and propulsion of aerial vehicles
PI: Mamishev, Alexander (UW) Industry Partner:  Aeroject Rocketdyne Amount: $100,000

High power density SOFC for more electric aircraft
PI: McLarty, Dustin(WSU)  Co-PI: Drazin, John Industry Partner: The Boeing Company Amount: $85,000

Sensor-based modeling for commercial aircraft model verification and validation to support ride quality
PI: Morgansen, Kristi (UW)  Co-PI: Livne, Eli Industry Partner: The Boeing Company Amount: $99,976

Noise sensor network for workers protection in aerospace manufacturing
PI: Novosselov, Igor (UW)  Industry Partners: The Boeing Company/SpecTree LLC Amount: $100,000

Surveillance and control of airborne COVID-19 transmission using non-thermal plasma reactor and hyper resolved aerosol sensor network
PI: Novosselov, Igor (UW)  Co-PI:Meschke, John  Industry Partners: Control Dynamics Inc/SpecTree LLC Amount: $40,000

Integrating combinatorial "model free" cure kinetics with composites simulation products
PI: Peyron, Mark (WWU) Industry Partner: Convergent Manufacturing Technologies  Amount: $98,671

Computationally-assisted modeling of the manufacturing of recyled discontinuous fiber composites
PI: Salviato, Marco (UW) Co-PI: Yang, JK Industry Partners: Composite Recycling Technology Center/Chomarat NA/ES3 Inc. Amount: $100,000

Development of safe, high-energy all-solid-state batteries for electric aircraft
PI: Song, Min-Kyu (WSU) Industry Partner: Ecellix Inc. Amount: $86,536

Drone aided wilderness search and locate (SAL)
PI: Vagners, Juris (UW)  Industry Partners: Applewhite Aero/Hood Technology/Chelan County Sheriff's Office  Amount: $95,653

Minimization of jet fuel emissions via optimization of J-A1 fuel with the lignin-based jet fuel compositions and processing
PI: Yang, Bin (WSU)  Industry Partners: Phonon Energy/Mercurius Biorefining/Polykala Technologies LLC  Amount: $100,000

Self-repairable and recyclable carbon fiber reinforced epoxy vitrimer composites for aerospace application
PI: Zhang, Jinwen (WSU) Co-PI: Liu, Tuan Industry Partner:  Global Fiberglass Solutions  Amount: $80,444

Hybrid conversion process for producing sustainable aviation fuel from lignin
PI: Zhang, Xiao (WSU) Co-PI: Chen, Chunlong Industry Partner: The Boeing Company/Dason Technology  Amount: $50,000

Advancing continuous carbon fiber-PPS filament for 3D printing thermoplastic componenets
PI: Arola, Dwayne (UW)  Co-PI: Ohuchi, Fumio Industry Partner: Toray Amount: $99,855

Integrated true-time-delay beamforming for large-scale arrays
PI: Gupta, Subhanshu (WSU)  Co-PI: Heo, Deuk Industry Partner: The Boeing Company  Amount: $80,000

Development of a tridyne microthruster for CubeSat applications
PI: Hermanson, Jim (UW) Co-PI:Knowlen, Carl  Industry Partner: Aerojet Rocketdyne  Amount: $84,609

Modified expoxy prepreg system for improved out life
PI: Hoekstra, Nicole  (WWU)  Co-PI: Misasi, John Industry Partner: Hexcel   Amount: $95,915

Fatigue simulation technologies of split-sleeve cold expanded aircraft holes for development of the new-generation instrumented puller system with advanced process monitoring
PI: Kim, Dave (WSU) Co-PI: Tan, Hua Industry Partner:Fatigue Technologies Amount: $85,274

Development of pilot-scale biphasic catalytic process for production of sustainable aviation fuels
PI: Lin, Hongfei (WSU)  Industry Partner: Phillips 66 Amount: $100,000

Low acoustic emissions control and propulsion of aerial vehicles
PI: Mamishev, Alex (UW)  Industry Partner: Aerojet Rocketdyne Amount: $100,000

Strong and durable permeable concrete pavements using cured composites from plane manufacturing
PI: Nassiri, Somayeh (WSU) Co-PI: Englund, Karl Industry Partner: The Boeing Company Amount: $60,000

Hybrid sensor network for workers exposure monitoring and intervention strategies
PI: Novosselov, Igor (UW) Industry Partners:  The Boeing Company/SpecTree  Amount: $100,000

Maximally-digital integrated ultra-wideband compact CMOS multibeam mm-wave phase array transceivers with ML-enhanced baseband processing
PI: Rudell, Chris (UW) Co-PI: Sathe, Vivesh Industry Partner: The Boeing Company Amount: $70,000

GPS degraded /denied navigation via cellular networks (CellNav)
PI: Vagners, Juris (UW) Industry Partners: T-Mobile/Hood Technology Amount: $88,3180

Machine learning-assisted composite design tool development
PI: Yang, Jinkyu (UW) Co-PIDevasia, Santosh  Industry Partners:  Electroimpact/Chomarat/Think Composites  Amount: $70,000

Self-repairable and recyclable carbon fiber reinforced expoxy vitrimer composites for aerospace application
PI:Zhang, Jinwen (WSU) Co-PI:Liu, Tuan Industry Partner: Global Fiberglass Solutions Amount: $78,000