Presidential Young Investigator Award: Design and Control of Servo Systems

该提案是为了支持基金会总统青年研究员（PYI）奖励计划下的研究。Stein博士的研究方向是伺服系统的设计和控制。这项工作分为六个项目。其中四个领域与工厂自动化的机器开发有关。另外两个领域涉及为下肢截肢者开发改进的假肢。具体项目如下：用于机器诊断的直流伺服机床驱动系统控制、用于工厂自动化的气动伺服系统设计与控制、用于伺服系统模型诊断的专家系统、用于机器诊断的机床传动系部件模型、假肢设计与控制、微处理器控制膝上假体模拟器的研制。PYI计划的目标是为全国最杰出和最有前途的年轻科学和工程教师提供支持。该奖项旨在提高美国学术机构的能力，以满足学术和工业研究和教学对高素质科学家和工程师的需求。根据这些目标，建议Stein博士获得总统青年研究员奖。这是一个为期五年的奖项。每年的经费将维持在25 000美元的基本水平，并提供至多37 500美元的补充，以配合所获得的工业支助。

This proposal is for support of research under the Foundation's Presidential Young Investigator (PYI) Awards program. Dr. Stein's research is directed at design and control of servo systems. The work is divided into six projects. Four of these areas are concerned with machine development for factory automation. The other two areas are concerned with the development of improved prostheses for lower limb amputees. The specific projects are as follows: Control of DC Servo Machine Tool Drive Systems for Machine Diagnostics, Design and Control of Pneumatic Servo Systems for Factory Automation, Expert Systems Applied to Model Based Diagnostics of Servo Systems, Models of Machine Tool Drive Train Components for Machine Diagnostics, Design and Control of Prosthetic Limbs, and Development of Microprocessor Controlled Above-Knee Prostheses Simulator. The objectives of the PYI program are to provide support to the Nation's most outstanding and promising young science and engineering faculty. The awards are intended to improve the capability of U.S. academic institutions to respond to the demand for highly qualified scientists and engineers for academic and industrial research and teaching. In accordance with those objectives, a Presidential Young Investigator Award for Dr. Stein is recommended. This is a five-year continuing award. Annual funding will be at the base level of $25,000 with a supplement of up to $37,500 to match industrial support obtained.