Presidential Young Investigator Award: Design and Control of Servo Systems

这项建议是为了支持基金会总统青年研究员(PYI)奖励计划下的研究。斯坦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截肢者改进假肢的开发。具体项目包括：用于机床诊断的直流伺服机床驱动系统的控制，用于工厂自动化的气动伺服系统的设计与控制，用于基于模型的伺服系统诊断的专家系统，用于机械诊断的机床传动系统部件模型，假肢的设计与控制，以及微处理器控制的膝上假肢模拟器的开发。PYI计划的目标是为国家最杰出和最有前途的年轻科学和工程教师提供支持。这些奖项旨在提高美国学术机构响应学术和工业研究和教学对高素质科学家和工程师的需求的能力。根据这些目标，建议为斯坦博士颁发总统青年研究人员奖。这是一个为期五年的连续奖项。每年的资金将在25,000美元的基础水平上，再加上最高37,500美元的补充资金，以匹配所获得的工业支持。

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.