The Durable Repellent Engineered Advanced Materials (DREAM) Laboratory
The DREAM Laboratory tackles challenges in sustainability, energy, and engineering through materials innovation. Key material technologies include:
- Ice repellent surfaces
- PFAS-free oil repellent chemistries
- Anti-biofouling coatings
- Superhydrophobic, superomniphobic and omniphobic surfaces
- Drag-reducing coatings
- Fiber composites
- Coatings for additive manufacturing
- Adhesion and interfacial mechanics
- Sensors and smart materials
- Metamaterials
- Bug-phobic and insect repellent surfaces
Coatings
Surface and interface modification
Sustainability
Fluorine-free oil repellency
Adhesion
Mechanics of interfaces
Wettability
Solid liquid interactions
