1. Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center (CCOMC) CCOMC IAB MEETING Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ Spring 2013 Site Report Richard A. Haber Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center An NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center

2. Ceramic and Composite Materials Center Status The MEDE moving ahead strongly. 2 weeks ago the MACH conference was held in Annapolis with a strong showing from industry and researchers. The next meeting will at Clemson at the end of September There will be a MEDE Team meeting October 23-25 in Baltimore There will be an armor subgroup meeting in Daytona, Thursday January 30, 2014 8am-1pm. This will be a CCOMC-MEDE Review Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center An NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center

3. CCOMC Member Companies Through Rutgers 1.CeradyneLarge Membership 2.BAELarge Membership – lost because of CoorsTek purchase 3.BASFLarge Membership – joined July 2013 4.CoorsTekLarge Membership 5.CorningLarge Membership 6.ExothermicsSmall Membership – joined in April 2013 7.Ferro Ceramic GrindingSmall Membership 8.GreenleafLarge Membership 9.Hammond GroupLarge Membership 10.H.C. Spinks Clay CompanySmall Membership 11.Industrie BitossiLarge Membership 12.KennametalLarge Membership 13.KyoceraLarge Membership 14.M CubedSmall Membership – ending their membership in July due to acquisition by II-VI Corp 15.Millennium ChemicalLarge Membership 16.MorganLarge Membership 17.Saint GobainLarge Membership 18.Schott NALarge Membership 19.Superior GraphiteSmall Membership 20.US Army – ARL, TARDECLarge Membership 21.Washington MillsSmall Membership Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center An NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center The total funding for the Rutgers site is $610K

4. Rutgers Recruiting Efforts VERY GOOD PROSPECTS: (NO CHANGES) Protective Materials Group – Miami Lakes, FL (SM) Evonik – Piscataway, NJ (LM) Armorline – SC (SM) Bhukhanwala – India (SM) Micro-Lam Technologies – Kalamazoo, MI (SM) Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center An NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center

5. Projects Continuing Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center An NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center