History
Our Start
Highly Advanced Materials Research. HAMR. This is more than just a moniker, it is our passion, and the solution to many of the most challenging problems throughout the world. The company was started by Dr. Michael Schmitt and Dr. Jeremy Schreiber after finishing their graduate degrees at Penn State University in materials science and engineering science. Michael and Jeremy worked on a number of challenging DoD, DoE, and commercially funded programs and generated several successful technologies and methodologies to address those challenges. However, as is often the case, after completion, their graduate work remained largely stuck in the lab. They realized many of the promising technologies created in their work and the work of many of their colleagues simply died out or collected dust on a lab bench, often times just short of the prototype stages. And so, HAMR Industries LLC was born.
Our Focus
HAMR Industries LLC was founded as means to transition academic, applied, and unproven early stage technology out of the lab and into the hands of our commercial partners and our nation’s warfighters. Our focus lies in developing advanced materials and manufacturing techniques for components functioning in harsh and extreme environments. Applications of interest include materials and components for gas turbine engines, hypersonics, directed energy weapons, advanced munitions, nuclear power, plasma facing components for fusion, 3D printed solid oxide fuel cells, downhole equipment for oil & gas, among others. Though broad, these applications share many similar requirements: incorporation of novel materials, employment of advanced processing and fabrication methods, and consideration of size, weight, and power plus cost (SWaP-C). With backgrounds in material science, engineering science, physics, nanoengineering, and computational materials engineering, experience developing novel manufacturing methods, and routinely functioning in constrained design environments, our team is well poised to address these challenges.
Our Approach
While many fear the so-called ‘valley of death’, HAMR has confidently positioned itself within the valley. The company employs a lean operation and leverages a number of University, national laboratory, and commercial partners to compliment its in-house capabilities. Combining this approach with equity-free federally, commercially, and internally funded research programs, HAMR is able to quickly and efficiently evaluate novel technologies, effectively separating the technological wheat from the chaff. To reduce cost and improve our efficiency, each and every program employs a combination of experimental and computational methods. We work with technology transition partners from the start to ensure clear alignment of objectives and milestones to ensure technology is developed and evaluated in a meaningful manner. Combining interdisciplinary employee backgrounds, computational and experimental approaches, application focused development, and an emphasis on collaboration, we ensure the highest likelihood of adopting our technology to the market.
Our Message
The tetrahedron in our logo is not only a homage to materials development, but represents the four pillars we build our reputation on:
Experts in materials development
Skilled in novel processing and advanced manufacturing methods
Unbiased solution providers
A responsive, fast acting team that will get the job done
At HAMR we aren’t interested in force-fitting a technology; our goal is to develop solutions to customers’ unique problems. By working heavily with numerous collaborating institutions and partners, we ensure that if we do not have the fabrication equipment, test facilities, or niche expertise, we have access to them. Simply put, we will do what needs to be done.
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Our focus is on application driven development of advanced technology with passion, and integrity. If you're a company facing a design problem or challenge, a government agency in need of a materials or manufacturing solution, or a research group looking to collaborate, please let us know.