{"159201":{"#nid":"159201","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nanotube Assemblages for Structures Workshop","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Manufacturing Research Center held the facilitated workshop, \u0022AFOSR\/AFRL\/NASA Joint Workshop on Nanotube Assemblages for Structures\u0022 at the Technology Square Research Building (TSRB) at Georgia Tech. The challenges and barriers of translating the potential of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to macroscale aerospace structures were discussed and debated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere were 36 attendees from industry, government, and education. The format of the workshop included focused panel discussions with specific guiding questions to address the tall poles in making structural nanomaterials a reality. The workshop focused on the subset of CNT materials techology for structural applications. Sessions included:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EReality check \u2013 what are the needs and prospective application challenges?\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EChallenges and barriers to going from nanoscale to microscale assemblages \u2013 tubes to sheets, yarns, fibers\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EChallenges and barriers to going from microscale to macroscale structures\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELeveraging real-time concept maps to stimulate discussion of technology gaps and problems with advancing CNTs from nanoscale to macroscale applications. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Manufacturing Research Center held the facilitated workshop, \u0022AFOSR\/AFRL\/NASA Joint Workshop on Nanotube Assemblages for Structures\u0022 at the Technology Square Research Building (TSRB) at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The \u0022AFOSR\/AFRL\/NASA Joint Workshop on Nanotube Assemblages for Structures\u0022 was held by the Manufacturing Research Center."}],"uid":"27564","created_gmt":"2012-10-04 10:28:08","changed_gmt":"2022-05-25 17:28:15","author":"Ayesha Patel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["pam.rountree@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}