ALLVAR Awarded SBIR Phase I Grant
College Station, TX, December 1, 2021 – ALLVAR, a materials startup that specializes in novel negative coefficient of thermal expansion (negative CTE) alloys, announced today
December 1, 2021
Unobtanium Takes the Stand: a Q&A with Team ALLVAR
Here at ALLVAR, our unique products are often met with curiosity, disbelief, and extreme interest upon learning about our negative CTE alloys. There are so
November 2, 2021
Precision Manufacturing Solutions with ALLVAR Alloys
By Jeremy McAllister Imagine What’s Possible At ALLVAR, we are working to better understand what types of precision manufacturing challenges our alloys can tackle. This “unobtanium” material is brand new in the materials space – the
October 12, 2021
Negative CTE, Positive Results: Exploring Athermalization Solutions for the Defense Industry
By: Amy Zelazny Antiquated Athermalization Solutions As an Optical or Mechanical designer or engineer, you understand that the storage and operational temperature extremes imposed upon defense-related imaging systems well exceed those required of most commercially available
October 1, 2021
Top 5 Advantages of Zero Thermal Expansion Components for Telescopes
The Problem with Traditional Telescope Support Structure Materials: Are you struggling with thermal and mechanical challenges in your telescope design? Are you worried about meeting your
July 26, 2021
Unobtanium Goes to Work!
By: J.A. Monroe The struggle to keep lenses in focus while withstanding temperature change is nothing new. As an engineer, you may not care why
April 21, 2021
Unobtanium Has Arrived!
By: Amy Zelazny Do you have a problem maintaining the performance and structural integrity of your opto-mechanical design over a wide temperature range? Would a
March 24, 2021
ALLVAR Alloys Announces ALLVAR University Series of Online Video Sessions
Online Video Sessions Provide Education and Insight on Negative Thermal Expansion Benefits College Station, TX – ALLVAR, a manufacturer of revolutionary alloys that exhibit negative
January 8, 2021
ALLVAR Wins SBIR Phase I Award from NASA for High Temperature Alloy Development
ALLVAR Awarded NASA SBIR Phase I Grant for Development of High Temperature Alloy New alloy could improve the lifetime and reliability of high-temperature sensors and
September 14, 2020
ALLVAR wins NASA SBIR Phase II award
ALLVAR alloys has been awarded a NASA Small Business Innovative Research Phase II grant for “Ultra-stable ALLVAR Alloy Strut Development for Space Telescopes.” This NASA
August 11, 2019