HT-MAX research strategy
HT-MAX takes a highly structured approach to research, with phases of integration, exploration, and discovery overlapping and informing each other as efforts progress in different areas.
Integration
Establish an integrated framework and demonstrate with silicon carbide (SiC) as a model material at variable rates, temperatures, and microstructures.
Exploration
Intelligent exploration of expanded materials space – nitrides, carbides, borides, ceramic/ceramic composites, and compositionally complex ceramics (CCC)
Discovery
Apply the multi-level discovery framework to a broader set of brittle materials, mechanisms, and applications.