University of Dayton Research Institute

The University of Dayton Research Institute is the research arm of the University of Dayton, located in Dayton, Ohio. UDRI is a national leader in scientific and engineering research, serving government, industry, and not-for-profit customers. Our full-time professional staff of engineers and scientists conduct research and provide support in a wide variety of technical areas.

Preventing Brain Drain
UDRI is developing a system to capture the knowledge and experience of Air Force employees close to retirement age.

Oyster Talent
Researchers are prompting oyster cells to produce pearl-like coatings on metal, which may lead to new corrosion-inhibiting coatings and more.

Fixing What Ails Us
UD researchers are working to make broken bones heal faster and stronger using carbon-based repair parts.


	Eighty gallon polymer mixing plant

Polymer / Nanocomposite Processing Pilot Plant

UDRI operates a pilot plant for polymer, elastomer, nanocomposite, and traditional composite processing operations. This facility is instrumental in R&D and commercialization efforts to scale up various lab-scale processes to a near-commercial scale, and provides short-run polymer and composite fabrication services for our customers. [More]

For more information, contact Don Klosterman in the Advanced Polymers group, Multi-Scale Composites & Polymers division.