06-13-94 Engineer Wins Award

ENGINEERING STUDENT HONORED FOR TITANIUM INVENTION

     COLUMBUS, Ohio -- For the fourth straight year, the
BFGoodrich Collegiate Inventors Program has honored an inventor
from The Ohio State University's Department of Materials Science
and Engineering.

     Brian Cockeram, a doctoral student in materials science and
engineering, received an honorable mention for his invention of a
protective coating for titanium and titanium alloys -- strong,
lightweight metals used heavily by the aerospace industry and by
power plants.

     Cockeram's coating helps protect titanium parts from the
threat of oxidation and the tendency to become brittle at high
temperatures, he said.  He won $100 for his prize.

     Cockeram is now the fifth student from his department to be
honored by the BFGoodrich competition.  The department has been
home to three first-prize winners and two students who have won
honorable mentions.  Robert Rapp, a professor of materials
science and engineering and Cockeram's adviser, has served as
adviser for two other award recipients.

     In this year's competition, Cockeram was one of 71
applicants from 54 universities who applied.  There were three
first prizes, three undergraduate awards, and three honorable
mentions given.

     Cockeram, who is 27, is originally from New Carlisle.  He
earned his bachelor's degree from Ohio State and his master's
degree from Wright State University before coming to work with
Rapp.

     The national collegiate competition is co-sponsored by the
BFGoodrich Company and the National Invention Center, a non-
profit organization dedicated to inspiring invention and
creativity.
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Contact:  Brian Cockeram, (614) 292-5971 or home (513) 864-1533;
Robert Rapp, (614) 292-6178
Written by Sarah W. Scherrer, (614) 292-9475


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