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Center for Surface Protection

North Dakota State University
COE Funds Distributed: $2,000,000
Amount of Match Received to Date: $1,734,592
Approved: March 8, 2006
Funded: May 2006
Anticipated Total Match: $4,000,000

The Center for Surface Protection is focused on market-driven research to address industrial problems for North Dakota companies. Research on surface protecting coatings will enhance the durability of manufactured products while creating, designing and developing inorganic soft and hard coatings to meet industry needs.



Center for Surface Protection II

North Dakota State University
Amount Approved: $2 million
Anticipated Match: $4 million

The Center for Surface Protection is focused on working with private sector partners to address new materials development, industrial product issues, and provides technical services in the form of testing. Research is focused on hard and soft coatings as they are created, designed, and developed. The new coatings systems proposed will demonstrate improved corrosion, erosion, and wear properties relative to the current state-of-the-art coatings systems.



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