ADA’s core competency lies at the intersection of material synthesis and product engineering.  By coupling engineering and material synthesis, ADA produces advanced product solutions possessing unsurpassed performance.

ADA’s Advanced Materials program area is focused on developing advanced products by combining material synthesis and engineering resulting in commercially relevant and highly optimized product solutions.  ADA’s Advanced Materials team possesses a broad array of expertise spanning material synthesis, material mechanics and engineering design.  As such, the ADA team is highly adept at tailoring materials to meet a variety of environmental and functional challenges.

ADA’s core competencies include advanced polymers, fiber reinforced composites and nanomaterials.  Specific areas of development include:

                       Advanced structural materials

                       Multifunctional, adaptive materials

                       Thermal management and energy conversion materials