Composite Materials Research Group
Research Areas
The Composite Materials Research Group (CMRG) at the University of Mississippi emphasizes
an interdisciplinary research approach. Current research areas include thermal modeling, experimental
characterization, process optimization, and natural materials processing. Recent projects include
photoinitiated resin curing for filament winding and pultrusion, computer modeling and experimental
evaluation of pressure, temperature, and degree of cure within a pultrusion die, optimization of
pultrusion die geometry, evaluation and optimization of fiber/resin wet-out techniques, evaluation of
environmental effects (temperature, humidity) on pultruded composites, testing and evaluation of
structural composites, examination of fatigue properties of pultruded composites, process development for
new resins, and pultrusion development for natural fiber reinforcements. Research programs sponsored by both government and
industry are currently underway. Further information concerning research topics, research sponsorhip, and a list of recent University of Mississippi
publications with abstracts are available below.
Polyurethane Pultrusion Process Development - Research conducted in conjunction with Bayer Material Science researchers
Natural Fiber Reinforcement Process Development - sponsored by USDA |
Novolac Phenolic Pultrusion Process Development - Research conducted in conjunction with Dow/Angus researchers
Industry Reseach Sponsorship Programs
CMRG Publications and Abstracts
The background image is from an SEM micrograph of the cross-section of a pultruded fiberglass/epoxy composite.