MSE Professor Brian Gleeson and former Adjunct Assistant Professor Daniel Sordelet, both scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, have won national recognition for a coating that helps turbine blades hold up better to the heat of jet engines.
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http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2005/jul/rdawards.shtml
http://www.external.ameslab.gov/final/News/2005rel/R&D100.htm