QuesTek will lead the overall STTR program with the long-term objective to design and fabricate a functionally graded material (FGM) component, joi…
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
June 27, 2019
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QuesTek will lead the overall STTR program with the long-term objective to design and fabricate a functionally graded material (FGM) component, joining the W shielding layer and underlying coolant-contacting parts (e.g., RAFM steel) via advanced Additive Manufacturing techniques for enhanced cooling of the PFCs. Prof. Raymundo Arroyave and Prof. Ibrahim Karaman at Texas A&M University (TAMU), leading experts in the field path optimization and AM production of FGM, will serve as academic partners for this STTR program. Path planning and optimization algorithm developed at TAMU and the unique multi-hopper OED laser engineering net shaping (LENS®) AM capabilities at TAMU's AMTex Laboratory will be leveraged to ensure program success.