About

Welcome to the Morscher Research Group (Materials For Extreme Environments Lab). Our group works in the area of high temperature materials and composites. Our current research is focused on understanding micro-structure/property relationships and how these relationships affect the performance and durability of non-oxide and oxide based ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) for use in aerospace applications. Our lab emphasizes in the use of non-destructive evaluation (NDE) and health monitoring techniques such as acoustic emission (AE), electrical resistance (ER), and digital image correlation (DIC) to monitor and measure the degree of damage that occurs as a function of stress, time, and environment.