Faculty Early Career Development: Environmentally Conscious Machine Tool Systems

9502109萨瑟兰这一教师早期职业发展奖将集中在制造或使用机床的行业的环境方面。研究的重点是环境意识设计与制造(ECDM)，因为它与机床系统有关。设计研究问题将定义和开发产品价值模型，以权衡影响其重复使用或再制造能力的材料、功能等方面的权衡。制造研究问题强调如何消除或减少加工系统中流体的影响。该研究计划将与MTU参与NSF/ARPA资助的机床敏捷制造研究所以及EPA赞助的清洁工业处理技术中心很好地结合在一起。教育重点与强调离散部件设计和制造中的环境问题的课程相辅相成。这些课程将在MTU提供，但也适用于使用远程学习技术的行业。萨瑟兰拥有杰出的教育背景，他的教学和指导活动赢得了校园或全州的奖项，这增加了该提案明确和可实现的教育计划的力量。在这个肥沃的领域有新发现的可能性很高，再加上对学生和执业工程师的教育计划，将对行业和整体竞争力产生未来很高的影响。***

9502109 Sutherland This Faculty Early Career Development award will focus on the environmental aspects of industries that build or use machine tools. The research focus is on environmentally conscious design and manufacture (ECDM) as it pertains to machine tool systems. Design research issues will define and develop product value models to weigh tradeoffs on materials, features, etc., that affect their reuse or re-manufacturability. Manufacturing research issues emphasize ways to eliminate or reduce the impact of fluids in machining systems. The research plan will integrate well with MTU's participation in the NSF/ARPA funded Machine Tool Agile Manufacturing Institute, as well as an EPA sponsored Center for Clean Industrial Treatment Technology. The educational focus complements this with courses that emphasize the environmental issues in the design and manufacture of discrete parts. These courses will be available at MTU, but also to industry using distance learning technology. Sutherland brings an outstanding background as an educator, winning campus or statewide awards for his teaching and mentoring activities, which adds to the strength of this proposal's clear and achievable educational plan. The high probability of new discovery in this fertile area, coupled with education plan for both students and practicing engineers, will have a high future impact for industry and overall competitiveness. ***