Roger Naslain
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chemical and physical scientist. He has been a Professor at the University of Bordeaux
University of Bordeaux
University of Bordeaux is an association of higher education institutions in and around Bordeaux, France. Its current incarnation was established 21 March 2007. The group is the largest system of higher education schools in southwestern France. It is part of the Academy of Bordeaux.There are seven...
1 since 1969.
Professor Naslain received his master's degree in chemical and physical science
Physical science
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s from the University of Rennes and his doctoral degree in chemistry from the University of Bordeaux
University of Bordeaux
University of Bordeaux is an association of higher education institutions in and around Bordeaux, France. Its current incarnation was established 21 March 2007. The group is the largest system of higher education schools in southwestern France. It is part of the Academy of Bordeaux.There are seven...
. He then did a postdoctoral work at the General Electric
General Electric
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R&D Center. Dr. Naslain is the author or co-author of more than 300 articles, co-author of 17 patents, and editor or co-editor of eight books on composite materials and four special issues of scientific journals devoted to ceramic-matrix composites
Composite material
Composite materials, often shortened to composites or called composition materials, are engineered or naturally occurring materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties which remain separate and distinct at the macroscopic or...
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He was the first Director of the Institute for Composite Materials (IMC), an organization created to promote technology transfer from the aerospace industry to small companies and to deliver continuing education in the field of composites. Professor Naslain was for 15 years the Director of the Laboratory for Thermostructural Composites (LCTS), which was established to conduct fundamental and applied research on ceramic-matrix composites. The research at the LCTS focuses on ceramic fibers, the interphase/interface, processing, mechanical behavior, and environmental effects.
Subsequent work
Professor Naslain and his colleagues designed and experimentally validated the Chemical Vapor InfiltrationChemical vapor infiltration
Chemical vapor infiltration is a variant on Chemical Vapor Deposition . CVD implies deposition onto a surface, whereas CVI implies deposition within a body...
(CVI) process, one of the very few techniques used in the world to manufacture large parts from C/SiC
Ceramic Matrix Composite
Ceramic matrix composites are a subgroup of composite materials as well as a subgroup of technical ceramics. They consist of ceramic fibers embedded in a ceramic matrix, thus forming a ceramic fiber reinforced ceramic material...
and SiC/SiC
Ceramic Matrix Composite
Ceramic matrix composites are a subgroup of composite materials as well as a subgroup of technical ceramics. They consist of ceramic fibers embedded in a ceramic matrix, thus forming a ceramic fiber reinforced ceramic material...
composites
Composite material
Composite materials, often shortened to composites or called composition materials, are engineered or naturally occurring materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties which remain separate and distinct at the macroscopic or...
for aerospace applications
Aerospace engineering
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. Both the Société Européenne de Propulsion (now Snecma
Snecma
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Propulsion Solide) in Bordeaux and the DuPont
DuPont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...
Company in Wilmington, Delaware, are employing this pioneering approach. Dr. Naslain's other research interests include synthesis and crystal chemistry of alkali metal borides, crystal chemistry of boron-rich borides, and interfacial phenomena in metal-matrix or ceramic-matrix composites.
Awards and honours
Dr. Naslain is a member of the editorial board of Composites Sciences and Technology and a member of various international academies and scientific committees. He is Officer in the order of Légion d'Honneur and in that of Palmes Académiques.- 1991 - Medal of Excellence in Composite Materials, delivered by the Center for Composite Materials
- 2000 - International Ceramics Prize 2000, Class: Basic Research, delivered by the World Academy of Ceramics
- 2004 - Distinguished Lifemember of the American Ceramic Society