MIPS Project Detail:
Company
Company Description:
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 120,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation’s net sales for 2016 were $47.2 billion.
MIPS Project
Cost and Quality Assessment for Shape Memory Alloys
Project #
1023.24
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MIPS Round
14
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Starting Date:
Oct 1994
MIPS Project Challenge:
Lockheed sought help from MIPS-supported researchers to improve the quality assessment of shape memory alloys.
Project Scope:
University researchers developed a prototype smart tool post for machine tools that can selftune to compensate for vibration during the cutting process, resulting in a much smoother cut.
Results:
Principal Investigator:
John
Baras
Professor
Project Manager:
A.
Cooke
Manager Technology Commercialization
Technologies:
Computer Aided Design
Reliability
