
Brady Blomquist holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from BYU-Idaho and has worked as an aerospace engineer for the U.S. Air Force for five years. His work focuses on secondary power systems, including auxiliary power units (APUs) and gearboxes. He served as the government contact TPOC for this project.
This work aims to demonstrate the potential benefit of applying nanocomposite coatings to gear teeth to reduce operating friction and wear by presenting tribological test data.