Opportunity: Effect of Novel Heat Treatments on Mechanical Properties in Steel

Opportunity Number:

ARL-SRP-00016

Opportunity Location:

APG, MD

Opportunity Description:

This summer internship project will develop skills related to understanding and utilizing
fundamental structure processing property relationships in steel. Specifically the project will focus on how microstructural changes during quenching of martensitic steels affect their subsequent tempering response. Various equipment from tensile testing machines to thermomechanical simulators will be used to design a set of experiments to test the effects of novel heat treatments on mechanical response. Technical training on new tools and techniques will be provided throughout the summer internship in addition to professional development opportunities and experiences within DEVCOM ARL and across APG.

Opportunity Skill Set:

Materials Engineering

Opportunity Host Facility

DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory (DEVCOM ARL)

Multiple Locations Across the Country

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (DEVCOM ARL), as an integral part of the Army Futures Command, is the U.S Army’s foundational research laboratory that has the mission of operationalizing science. The DEVCOM ARL mission essential task of foundational research has the objective to conduct research and reconnaissance to inform future Army science, technology, and engineering and invest in areas that ensure overmatch. DEVCOM ARL executes research in 11 competencies that provide the Army foundational expertise and specialized capabilities grounded in scientific excellence and driven by unique Army challenges. These competencies are: Biological and Biotechnology Sciences; Electromagnetic Spectrum Sciences; Energy Sciences, Humans in Complex Systems; Mechanical Sciences; Military Information Sciences; Network, Cyber, and Computational Sciences; Photonics, Electronics, and Quantum Sciences; Sciences of Extreme Materials; Terminal Effects; and Weapons Sciences.

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