Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Universal Microscope System & Microhardness Tester

将使用万能测量显微镜和显微硬度计来提高质量并扩大微观力学和微观传热学研究的三个项目的范围。第一个项目和第二个项目分别涉及结构陶瓷的微裂纹和相关增韧以及陶瓷涂层的冲击损伤研究。这些研究将导致更坚韧和更高强度的结构陶瓷的发展。第三个项目涉及沸腾起始和温度超调的研究，可能应用于冷却高功率微电子芯片。

A universal measuring microscope and a microhardness tester will be used to improve the quality and broaden the scope of three projects in micromechanics and micro-heat transfer research. The first and second projects involve studies of micro-cracking and the associated toughening of structural ceramics and of impact damage of ceramic coatings, respectively. Such studies will lead to development of tougher and higher strength structural ceramics. The third project involves a study of boiling inception and temperature overshoot with a potential application for cooling high power microelectronic chips.