U.S.-Korea Cooperative Research On Autoclave Resin Transfer Molding (ARTM) in High Performance Polymeric Composite Recycling

9314437 Seferis此奖项提供资金，以允许华盛顿大学化学工程系James C.Seferis博士与韩国首尔国立大学化学工程系Lee Ki-jun Lee博士进行为期24个月的关于高性能聚合物复合材料回收中高压罐树脂传递模塑(ARTM)的合作研究项目。具体地说，拟议的研究将集中在(1)ARTM可行性研究和工艺开发，(2)树脂流动建模和工艺参数表征，(3)ARTM工艺中的空洞形成现象，以及(4)ARTM复合材料回收研究。该项目将被整合到一个全面的加工-结构-性能表征方法中，促进复合材料在航空航天、汽车和电气/电子行业的技术转让。由于对成本节约和环境健康问题的严重担忧，复合材料回收最近在航空航天工业中成为一个关键问题。为了互惠互利，首尔国立大学Lee博士的团队在聚合物流变学和多孔介质传输现象方面的专业知识将与PI的研究团队相结合，后者正在研究叠层聚合物复合材料中的工艺诱导应力和复合材料制造中的相关问题。合作者被公认为提案领域的专家。该项目与美韩合作科学计划的目标相关，该计划旨在通过交流科学信息、想法、技能和技术以及通过在互利问题上的合作来提高美国和韩国科学家和工程师之间的合作水平。韩国参与该项目得到了韩国科学与工程基金会(KOSEF)的支持。该项目增加了国际合作的层面，国际和平研究所的研究在美国国家科学基金会补助金编号。DDM-9245052。***

9314437 Seferis This award provides funds to permit Dr. James C. Seferis, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, to pursue with Dr. Ki-Jun Lee, Department of Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea, for 24 months, a program of cooperative research on autoclave resin transfer molding (ARTM) in high performance polymeric composite recycling. Specifically, the proposed research will focus on (1) ARTM feasibility studies and process development, (2) resin flow modeling and processing parameter characterization, (3) void formation phenomena in ARTM processing, and (4) ARTM composite recycle studies. This project will be integrated into an overall processing-structure-property characterization methodology facilitating composites technology transfer in aerospace, automotive, and electric/electronic industries. Composite recycling has recently emerged in aerospace industries as a critical issue resulting from serious concerns for cost savings and environmental health problems. The expertise of Dr. Lee's team at Seoul National University in polymer rheology and porous media transport phenomena will be combined, for mutual benefit, with that of the PI's research team which is studying process induced stresses in laminated polymer composites and related problems in composite manufacture. The collaborators are recognized as experts in the field of the proposal. This project is relevant to the objectives of the U.S.-Korea Cooperative Science Program which seeks to increase the level of cooperation between U.S. and Korean scientists and engineers through the exchange of scientific information, ideas, skills, and techniques and through collaboration on problems of mutual benefit. Korean participation in the project is supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF). This project adds an international cooperative dimension to the PI's research under NSF Grant No. DDM-9245052. ***