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Pages 93-95

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... In addition, he has worked with turbine suppliers to assess 93 fiber performance requirements for an oxide continuous-fiber ceramic composite combustor. MARTIN HARMER is the Alcoa Foundation Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and the director of the Materials Research Center at Lehigh University.
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... Projects have included studies in the manufacturing costs of advanced ceramic fibers and their composites for the Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology Consortium. He also has experience performing airframe structural analyses for General Dynamics Corporation (now the Tactical Aircraft Division of LockheedMartin)
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... AND ADDRESS(ES) National Academy of Sciences National Materials Advisory Board 2101 Constitution Ave.
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