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Advanced
Coatings and Surface Engineering Laboratory |
ACSEL |
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- surface
engineering, modeling and modification; laser surface treatments; wear,
tribology, corrosion and oxidation resistance development; decorative coatings
and color control; structural and mechanical property development and characterization;
semiconductor, electronic, magnetic, and optical thin film processing; photovoltaic
thin film systems; physical and chemical vapor deposition; extensive thin
film characterization and property determination |
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Advanced Control of Energy and
Power Systems |
ACEPS |
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Center
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intelligent control systems; Neuro-F fuzzy control; real-time monitoring
and advanced diagnostic systems; artificial intelligence; advanced acoustic,
optical and electromechanical sensors; pollution reduction; transformers
and breakers monitoring; smart substations; power quality; nondestructive
evaluation; advanced power electronics; remote sensing, security, and control |
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Advanced Steel Processing and Products
Research Center |
ASPPRC |
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Center
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- alloy
and process design of steels; formability and failure analysis; mechanical
property evaluation; fatigue and fracture evaluation; low C sheet steels,
medium carbon forging steels carburized steels, stainless steels, zinc-coated
steels |
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Center for Automation, Robotics,
and Distributed Intelligence |
CARDI |
Summary
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Center
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neural networks; robotics; sensor/actuator development; artificial intelligence;
smart materials; intelligent control; advanced signal processing; computer
vision; networking and distributed intelligence |
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Center for Combustion and Environmental
Research |
CCER |
Summary
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- chemical
kinetics and reacting flow modeling; basic flame, flow reactor and combustion
vessel research; novel optical diagnostic techniques, laser spectroscopy |
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Center for Commercial Applications
of Combustion in Space |
CCACS |
Summary
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Center
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- commercial
opportunities in space; combustion in space; combustors; fire safety and
suppression; advanced materials; sensors and controls |
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Center for Environmental Risk Assessment
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CERA |
Summary
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Center
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- exposure
assessment, dermal absorption; hazard identification, fate and transport;
cost/benefit analysis, risk management; statistics; risk communication |
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Center for Intelligent Biomedical
Devices and Musculoskeletal Systems |
IBDMS |
Summary
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Center
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- implant
design, implant simulator (hip, knee, TMJ, etc.); fluoroscopic imaging of
joint motion; in vivo measurements of implants dynamics; advanced biocompatible
materials; modeling and simulation of musculoskeletal system; micro-electromechanical
(MEM) sensors and actuators; electronically controlled implants; artificial
sensory systems; automatic control; telemetric implants; spinal injuries
and implants |
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Center for Research on Hydrates
and Other Solids in Hydrocarbon and Aqueous Fluids |
CHS |
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Center
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- equilibria
and transport properties of aqueous crystals; kinetic rates of formation
of crystals; inhibition of crystal formation; detection, production, and
processing techniques; hydrates in reservoir production; spectroscropy and
diffraction of crystal structures; analytical and molecular dynamic modeling;
disciplines of chemistry, chemical engineering, petroleum engineering, physics,
and geology; hydrates in food industry |
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Center for Solar and Electronic
Materials |
CSEM |
Summary
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Center
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- photovoltaics;
semiconductors; electrophotography; polymer science; surface science; structural
characterization; thin film materials; electronic materials processing;
mechanical and electronic systems design |
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Center for Wave Phenomena
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CWP |
Summary
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Center
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- seismic
exploration research, computational seismology; applied mathematics; imaging
technology |
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Center for Welding, Joining, and
Coatings Research |
CWJCR |
Summary
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Center
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- metallurgical
engineering; physical metallurgy of joining processes; engineered materials
processing; welding, soldering, and brazing science |
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Colorado Advanced Materials Institute
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CAMI |
Summary
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- provides
seed grants to university researchers in Colorado to work on materials problems
defined by State industries |
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Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics
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CCAC |
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- ceramic
materials science; ceramic synthesis and processing; ceramic-metal composites;
ceramic films, fibers and composites; oxidation and corrosion; dielectrics,
ferroelectrics, and magnetics; glass/glass crystallization; materials for
fuel cells and batteries; porous materials and substrates; electronic and
optical ceramics; gas-solid interactions; ceramic-metal joining; combustion
synthesis; powder and whisker synthesis |
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Colorado Institute for Fuels and
High-Altitude Engine Research |
CIFER |
Summary
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Center
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- heavy-duty
engine and vehicle test method development; environmental and energy policy;
catalysts for air pollution control; fuels and petrochemicals processing
(catalysts, reaction engineering); in-use emissions measurements from heavy-duty
vehicles; alternative and renewable fuels |
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Colorado Institute for Macromolecular
Science and Engineering |
CIMSE |
Summary
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- polymeric
materials science; design and synthesis of new macromolecular species; polymer
rheology and processing; polymers at surfaces and interfaces; directed self-assembly
of colloidal particles; theoretical methods; biological fluids |
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Energy and Minerals Field Institute
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EMFI |
Summary
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Center
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- provides
intensive on-site educational opportunities on energy and mineral resource
exploration, extraction, benefaction, and utilization operations and issues |
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Excavation Engineering and Earth
Mechanics Institute |
EMI |
Summary
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Center
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- mine
mechanization and automation; civil underground construction; geotechnical
engineering; tunneling; mechanical mining; advanced drilling systems; novel
rock excavation systems |
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International Ground Water Modeling
Center |
IGWMC |
Summary
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Center
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- geohydrological
characterization; groundwater model formulation and application; groundwater
hydraulics and engineering; software development and testing; groundwater
modeling training |
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M. King Hubbert Center for Petroleum
Supply Studies |
HUBBERT |
Summary
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- assembles,
studies, and disseminates data concerning global petroleum supplies |
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Petroleum Exploration and Production
Center |
PEPC |
Summary
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- development
and application of exploration techniques for conventional and unconventional
reservoirs; characterization of stratigraphic architecture and flow behavior
of petroleum reservoirs at multiple scales; evaluation of petroleum reserves
and resources on a national and worldwide basis |
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Petroleum Technology
Transfer Council |
PTTC |
Summary
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Center
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- identifies
priority technical problems of oil and gas producers; transfer upstream
environmental and protection technologies to help domestic producers reduce
costs, improve operating efficiency, increase ultimate recovery, enhance
environmental compliance, and add new oil and gas reserves |
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Reservoir Characterization
Project |
RCP |
Summary
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Center
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- integration
of geophysics, geology, and petroleum engineering; multicomponent 3- and
4-D seismology |
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W. J. Kroll Institute for Extractive
Metallurgy |
KROLL |
Summary
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- mineral
processing; extractive metallurgy (pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, electrometallurgy);
chemical processing of materials including materials synthesis; treatment
of waste materials |
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