Computer Aided Life Cycle Engineering Center

为了生产高性能和高可靠性的电子设备，电子设备必须设计成能够承受振动和热。机械应力，空间辐射效应，并且必须可生产，可靠，可维护和成本效益。因此，电子设备设计工具必须结合电气、机械、可靠性、可维护性和后勤工程要求。这不仅需要分析和预测的工具到位，还需要系统级设计工具，将设计的分析和计算技术与优化和决策支持工具集成在一起，所有这些都在一个并行的工程软件环境中。马里兰大学计算机辅助生命周期工程（CALCE）的工业/大学合作研究中心表示，系统级设计工具将提高工程师的生产力和效率。中心的研究主题是促进先进技术在电子设备工程设计中的应用和影响的跨学科基础研究。研究活动是围绕四个方面展开的。相关推力应用领域：生命周期设计、决策工具与人工智能、建模与分析、测量科学。六个行业成员和一个政府实验室已经加入该中心，提供35万美元的支持。马里兰大学已经同意放弃管理费（每年大约20万美元）。此外，该大学有足够的计算机、实验室空间和仪器进行拟议的研究。项目经理建议马里兰大学在五(5)年内每年获得50,000美元的奖励，用于启动CALCE中心。另外，今年还将通过军事部门间采购请求从位于加利福尼亚州中国湖的海军微电子设施转移5万美元。最后，将奖励5000美元，以支持一名女性本科生研究助理。第一年的总奖金为10.5万美元。在每个12的末尾。每个月，项目经理和/或工程中心部门主管将根据一系列更新标准审查中心的进展情况，包括以下方面：(1)大学/行业互动和合作的发展程度；(2)中心支撑基础扩大的程度；(3)一个强有力的研究项目正在发展的程度。如果审查令人满意，计划经理将建议支持下一阶段的持续奖助金。​//

In order to produce high performance and highly reliable electronic equipment, electronics must be designed to withstand vibrational and thermal.mechanical stresses, space radiation effects, and must be producible, reliable, maintainable and cost effective. Thus, electronic equipment design tools must incorporate electrical, mechanical, reliability, maintainability and logistic engineering requirements. This requires that not only the tools for analysis and prediction be in place, but that there are also system level design tools to integrate the analytical and computational techniques of design with optimization and decision support tools, all in a concurrent engineering software environment. System level design tools will increase the productivity and efficiency of engineers, an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Computer Aided Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) at the University of Maryland. The Center's research theme is to promote interdisciplinary basic study in the application and implications of advanced technologies in the engineering design of electronic equipment. Research activities are built around four inter. related thrust application areas: design for the life cycle, decision tools and artificial intelligence, modeling and analyses, and measurement science. Six industry members and one government laboratory have already joined the Center providing $350,000 support. The University of Maryland had agreed to forego its overhead charges (approximately $200,000 per year). In addition, there are adequate computers, laboratory space and instruments for the proposed research at the university. The Program Manager recommends that the University of Maryland be awarded $50,000 each year for five (5) years for the initiation of the CALCE Center. An additional $50,000 is being transferred this year from the Naval Microelectronics Facility at China Lake (California) via a Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request. Finally, $5,000 is being awarded to support a women undergraduate research assistant. The total award for the first year is $105,000. Near the end of each 12.month period, the Program Manager and/or Director of the Engineering Centers Division will review of the progress of the Center on a number of renewal criteria, including the following: (1) extent to which university/industry interaction and collaboration is developing; (2) extent to which the support base for the center is expanding; (3) extent to which a robust research program is developing. If review is satisfactory, the Program Manager will recommend support of the next period of this continuing grant. //