MSU earns 2 NASA projects

Mississippi State University has been selected for two of three Marshall Space Flight Center (of Huntsville, Ala.) Cooperative Agreements geared to aid development of advanced technologies vital to the achievement of NASA's goals in space; and the enhancement of commercial partnerships and technology innovations. The first of MSU’s selected proposals was for “Improving Interlaminar Shear Strength of Out-of-Autoclave Composites." It was submitted by a school partnership between Mechanical Engineering and the Raspet Flight Research Lab. The second selection was for "Additive Manufacturing Processes for Fabrication of Large Aerospace Structures." MSU’s Mechanical Engineering will partner with Marshall's Combustion Devices Design & Development Branch and Nonmetallic Manufacturing Branch to develop fabrication process parameters and validation data needed for large-scale additive manufacturing using the gas metal arc welding process. The third recipient of an FY 2014 CA was The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., of Cambridge, Mass. (Source: Marshall Space Flight Center 08/11/14)