About Advanced Materials Manufacturing

AMM commercializes Composite Metal Foam (CMF)—a lightweight metal material engineered to deliver steel-level strength with aluminum-like weight, produced at scale in Raleigh, North Carolina.

  • Raleigh, NC
  • Composite Metal Foam (CMF)
  • Engineering → Production
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Mission

AMM’s mission is to produce Composite Metal Foam (CMF) at large scale for products that require protection against blast, ballistics, impact, fire, radiation, vibration, and sound—equipping manufacturers with higher-performing material options.

Vision

Advancing safety, efficiency, and energy conservation in engineered structures by enabling designs built around Composite Metal Foam (CMF).

Driving Force

Protecting people and assets in high-risk environments by providing lightweight alternatives across transportation, defense, industrial containment, and other demanding applications.

What Makes AMM Different

We help customers move from material interest to production-ready parts by combining CMF manufacturing, validation, and engineering support.

  • Production-ready CMF: Materials and parts designed for real-world manufacturing constraints—not just lab samples.
  • Engineering support built-in: We help define requirements, recommend configurations, and iterate quickly from prototype to part.
  • Validated for harsh environments: Designed with protection needs in mind—impact and other extreme operating conditions.
  • Scale-up and repeatability: Focused on consistent, repeatable output that customers can qualify and adopt.
  • Raleigh-based manufacturing: Faster collaboration, communication, and support from a U.S. facility.
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Afsaneh Rabiei

Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei

Founder & CEO
Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NC State University

Dr. Rabiei is an inventor and materials engineer focused on translating research into scalable, high-performance materials. She leads AMM’s commercialization of Composite Metal Foam (CMF) and works with partners across industry and government to bring validated material solutions to real-world applications.

  • National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Senior Member
  • Published inventor and research leader in advanced materials
  • Leads CMF scale-up from prototype through production