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With the passing of the infrastructure bill, the U.S. joins the world at large in making concrete investments in a hydrogen energy future. Transitioning to hydrogen (H2) as a utility-scale fuel source comes with many fundamental materials challenges. There are overarching research needs that relate prolonged service under H2 and degradation of mechanical properties, such...

We are pleased to welcome U.S. Pipe, a Forterra company, to EWI membership. Headquartered in Alabama, the company specializes in the manufacturing of a broad line of ductile iron pipe products, fittings, and joint restraints used in drinking water and wastewater systems.

Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs) are comprised of a unique mixture of materials blended into specialized superalloys through AM DED. EWI has recently completed R&D to create a set of these materials for the Department of Energy and is working to develop standard methods for modeling and validating FGMs. This work is discussed in Functionally Graded...