GC USA has been chosen to take part in analysis and growth program between DEVCOM Soldier Heart, Natick MA and UMass Lowell to develop supplies for the subsequent technology of U.S. navy footwear.
This system, SWIFT [Supporting Warfighters through Innovative Footwear Technologies], is obtainable by the HEROES (Harnessing Rising Analysis Alternatives to Empower Troopers) initiative and can see GC prolong its patented GC Composite graphene and aerogel know-how to develop ultra-lightweight, sturdy, insulative supplies to be used in excessive chilly climate.
Light-weight, efficient, and sturdy thermal insulation is crucial for excessive chilly climate coaching and operations. This industry-academia collaborative program seeks to convey new improvements and subsequent technology footwear options to US Warfighters with considerably enhanced efficiency by way of safety, consolation, sturdiness, and/or weight discount that may be manufactured within the USA.
GC goals to deal with the numerous scientific impediment of enhancing the thermal capabilities of footwear in extreme situations, notably in combating the challenges posed by ineffective insulative supplies for very chilly climate navy footwear. By means of the characterization and growth of GC graphene and aerogel composite designs, the purpose is to provide progressive, insulative, and sturdy supplies, tailor-made to excel in excessive chilly climate environments.
Overseen by Fuqiang Liu, Affiliate Professor, main the Electrochemical Power Lab in Mechanical Engineering division at UMass Lowell, the challenge is known as ‘Characterization and Sampling of Graphene Composites Insulative Supplies for Excessive Chilly Climate Footwear’.
Mox Weber, VP GC USA mentioned “GC Composites stand out as a consequence of their distinctive mixture of low density, higher insulative talents, and strong sturdiness. We’ll apply our nanomaterials and superior supplies engineering experience to graphene and aerogel composites to realize tremendous thermal insulation and enhanced sturdiness of the nano-porous construction’.
“HEROES is worked up to embark on this College-Business-Authorities partnership with reducing applied sciences from {industry} companions similar to Graphene Composites” says Ramaswamy Nagarajan, Ph.D. Distinguished College Professor, Co-Director of HEROES. “We’re proud to contribute to DEVCOM SC’s mission of growing high-performance footwear for our Warfighters and onshoring manufacturing capabilities to the US” .
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