Multidisciplinary University Initiative (MURI) efforts involve teams of researchers investigating high priority topics and opportunities that intersect more than one traditional technical discipline. For many military problems this multidisciplinary approach serves to stimulate innovations, accelerate research progress and expedite transition of results into naval and aerospace applications.
(from https://www.onr.navy.mil/education-outreach/sponsored-research/university-research-initiatives/muri)
This MURI program aims to understand, design, pyrolyze, and optimize compositionally complex ceramics for hypersonics through an experiment – characterization – simulation – machine learning integrated approach. Our team encompasses world-leading experts in precursor synthesis, pyrolysis study, characterization, reactive force field (ReaxFF) simulation, thermomechanical and thermochemical property assessment, and AI/machine learning. This carefully integrated MURI effort will fill the scientific gap in polymer-to-ceramic conversion and lead to quantitatively designed compositionally complex ceramics of 1400-3000°C.