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Over the years, Engi-Mat and its various technologies have been featured in multiple business and industry trade publications, including Business Week, Forbes, The American Ceramic Society Bulletin magazine, Advanced Coatings & Surface Technology, and High Tech Ceramic News.
Engi-Mat has a long history of successfully developing and commercializing groundbreaking technology. These development efforts have been performed independently by Engi-Mat, in collaboration with a commercial customer, and with government funding. See below for recent news items:
Addressing the Challenges of Hypersonic Flight
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, September 9, 2022 – The ability to develop and field aerial vehicles capable of hypersonic flight is a key priority of the U.S. Department of Defense. Among the many challenges faced by these vehicles, which will travel at or above Mach 5 – five...
Novel Zeolite Membrane Design Supporting Bioethanol Dehydration
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, September 21, 2021 – Separation technologies recover, isolate, and purify products in virtually every industrial process. Using membranes rather than conventional, energy-intensive technologies for separations could dramatically reduce energy use...
Advanced Materials from Engi-Mat Continue to Lead the Way for High Field Magnets
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, August 19, 2021 – Engi-Mat continues to be the world’s leading developer and producer of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x nanoparticles, or Bi2212, a critical material in the manufacture of superconducting wire for large scale accelerator magnets and related...
Engi-Mat Stepping Up to Meet the Challenge of Plastics
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, June 28, 2021 – While plastic brings convenience to our life, it also has a significant negative ecological impact on the environment. Engi-Mat, which possesses expertise in both nanoparticle development and polymeric dispersant synthesis, has...
Engi-Mat’s Best-in-Class Commercial Bi2212 Powder Enables Research Published on Nature.com
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, June 3, 2021 – For several years, Engi-Mat has been the world’s leading developer and producer of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x nanoparticles, or Bi2212. These materials are a critical component in the ongoing effort to develop cost-effective materials for...
Superhydrophobic Materials from Engi-Mat are Now Roving the Surface of Mars
Jezero Crater, Mars, February 18, 2021 – Today, when the NASA rover Perseverance successfully landed on Mars, it signaled a new phase of exploration for NASA. And for Engi-Mat, it will provide an unprecedented opportunity for the company’s capabilities to be...
Engi-Mat Developing Composite Powder for Advanced Electronics
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, January 21, 2020 – Engi-Mat has a long history of applying its technical expertise and production capabilities to satisfy customers with challenging requirements for advanced materials. Today, the company’s most recent success in meeting critical...
Engi-Mat’s Marvite Materials Earn R&D 100 Award
R&D 100 Award bears a mark of excellence known throughout industry, government, and academia as proof of the most innovative ideas of the times. For the full list of 2019 awardees, visit www.rdworldonline.com/2019-rd-100-award-winners-unveiled/. With funding from...
Nanopowder Volume Production at Engi-Mat in Support of U.S. Military Capabilities
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, August 12, 2019 – The fielding of best-in-class technologies by the Air Force often requires close collaboration with small companies, whose innovative technologies can support ongoing development efforts in key areas. As one example of this, the...
The Department of Energy Provides Phase II SBIR Grant to Expand Development of Superconducting Materials
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, July 30, 2019 – For more than twenty-five years, Engi-Mat Co. has been an active participant in cutting-edge research funded by various agencies of the U.S. government, including the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, NASA and the...