Patents Assigned to Ball State University Board of Trustees
  • Publication number: 20130264216
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to carbon to carbon coupling processes, and more specifically, to dimerization or trimerization by electrocatalysis of alkenes and alkynes at room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Ball State University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Daesung Chong, Jesse W. Tye
  • Patent number: 7978342
    Abstract: Methods for measuring expansion of a test sample. One method includes establishing a diffraction slit between two blades, with the position of at least one of the blades being dependent upon the length of a test sample of material. As the temperature of the sample changes, the width of the slit changes. Light is projected through the slit onto a target and an diffraction pattern is measured. Changes in the light diffraction pattern correspond to the thermal expansion of the sample. Another method includes establishing a diffraction slit between two blades, with the position of at least one of the blades being dependent upon a length along a test sample of material. As a load is applied to the test sample, the width of the slit changes. Changes in the light diffraction pattern correspond to Young's Modulus for the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Ball State University Board of Trustees
    Inventor: Hasan Fakhruddin