Dr. William Coblenz’s areas of technical interests encompass the development of new materials and manufacturing processes. His past programs include Ceramic Insertion, which transitioned advanced ceramic components into fielded military systems; Ceramic Bearings, which developed the technology base for ceramic hybrid bearings used in high performance mechanical systems; Solid Freeform Manufacturing, which developed digitally driven tool-less manufacturing of ceramic and metallic components; as well as development programs for novel processing of ceramic and metal matrix composites.
Technical areas of interest include digital direct manufacturing processes, electroactive ceramics, and applications of advanced ceramics in gas turbines.
Dr. Coblenz holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a master’s degree and doctorate in ceramic science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He came to DARPA from The Norton Company, where he served as the key technologist for advanced ceramics. Previous research and development experience includes positions at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards (now NIST), the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, and the General Electric Company (Corporate R&D).
Dr. Coblenz has authored or co-authored more than 20 technical papers and has eight patents on which he is listed as an inventor.
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