Appendix A
Future Investigations in Materials Science Planned for the ISS
Investigation |
Principal Investigator/Affiliation |
Flight Hardware Availability/Carrier |
Facility |
Kinetics of Nucleation and Crystal Growth in Glass-Forming Melts in Microgravity |
D. Day, University of Missouri at Rolla |
2008 |
MSRR1 |
Gravitational Effects on Distortion in Sintering |
R.M. German Pennsylvania State University |
2007 |
MSRR1 MSL/LGF |
Reduction of Defects in Germanium-Silicon |
F. Szofran, Marshall Space Flight Center |
2007 |
MSRR1 MSL/LGF |
Particle Engulfment and Pushing by Solidifying Interfaces |
D.M. Stefanescu University of Alabama |
2005 |
MSRR-1 MSL/LGF/ QMIc |
Coupled Growth in Hypermonotectics |
J.B. Andrews, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
2005 |
MSRR-1 MSL/LGF/ QMI |
Interface Pattern Selection in Directional Solidification |
R.K. Trivedi, Iowa State University |
2006 |
MSRR-1 MSL/LGF/ QMI |
Comparison of Structure and Segregation in Alloys Directionally Solidified in Terrestrial and Microgravity Experiments |
D.R. Poirier, University of Arizona |
2006 |
MSRR-1 MSL/LGF/ QMI |
Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures |
P.W. Voorhees Northwestern University |
2003 |
MSGd |
Spaceflight Holography Investigation in a Virtual Apparatus |
J. Trolinger, Metrolaser, Inc. |
2007 |
MSG |
Transient Interfacial Phenomena in Miscible Polymer Systems |
J.A. Pojman, University of Southern Mississippi |
2007 |
MSG |
Role of Convection and Growth Competition in Phase Selection in Microgravity |
M.C. Flemings Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
2005 |
EMLe |
Quasicrystalline Undercooled Alloys for Space Investigation |
K. Kelton, Washington University |
2005 |
EML |
aMaterials Science Laboratory. bLow Gradient Furnace. cQuench Module Insert. dMicrogravity Science Glovebox. eElectromagnetic Levitation Facility. |