Expert View

The High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI) is a leading center in the composite R&D consisting of multidisciplinary professional researchers: students, staff and faculty. HPMI is dedicated to: -Become a leader in developing cost-effective high-performance composites and multifunctional nanomaterials and product prototypes, -Develop an interdisciplinary research team with a wide range of technical backgrounds for conducting world-class research towards making high-performance materials scalable, affordable and energy efficient, -Develop unique capabilities for concept-prototype development, nanomanufacturing, advanced manufacturing, -Establish a leading institute for undergraduate and graduate study and degree production in the related areas, and -Accelerate technical transfer and commercialization of the developed technologies to create local and national impacts.