Take a break with the Department of Aerospace Engineering (AE) to meet Jeff Baur, a research leader, PI, & PM at the Air Force Research Laboratory, current Adaptive & Attritable Composite Structural Materials Lead, and AEs next Professor. Dr. Baur will provide an overview of his education and career as well as discuss his current work with multifunctional and adaptive aerospace materials and structures. Finally, he will briefly cover his role in the new Additive and Composite Manufacturing Lab within the Talbot Expansion building project.
Biography:
Dr. Baur is the Adaptive & Attritable Composite Structural Materials Lead, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. He leads a team of researchers in the design, testing, and performance prediction of polymer matrix and ceramic composite composites with application to propulsion, aircraft structures, and advanced munitions.
Dr. Baur has worked for the Air Force for 25 years as Division Technical Director, Branch Technical Advisor, Research Leader, Program Manager, and in-house researcher. Scientifically, Dr. Baur remains personally active in the development of multifunctional composites including additively manufactured structural composites, morphing structures, microvascular composites with reconfigurable liquid metal antenna, nano-tailored composites, smart structures, and structurally integrated sensors. He has co-authored more than 90 refereed papers, 1 book, 3 book chapters, 4 patents and taught classes on polymers, physics, and chemistry at M.I.T., the University of Dayton, and the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Baur has led collaborative projects with India, the Netherlands, France, Korea, and the United Kingdom. He was the Manufacturing and Structures Air-Worthiness Lead for the XQ-58A as part of the Low-Cost Attritable Strike Demonstration program – the backbone of the Air Force’s Autonomous Collaborative Platform for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
