GOALI/FSI/Graduate Student Traineeship Site: Manufactured Part Modeling and Inspection For Aluminium Automotive Space-Frames

小行星9510458 这个学术联络与行业奖的赠款机会将支持两个研究生工业奖学金和一个教师的时间的一小部分，工作在马里兰大学巴尔的摩县和美铝技术中心之间的合作项目。 这些GOALI研究员将参与的研究目标是一种方法来表征铝汽车空间框架的几何变化，并将这些发现转化为全铝汽车开发和生产的工业实践。 本文的研究任务是确定铝合金空间框架挤压件的加工模型，并确定空间框架的公差方法。 美国铝业公司已经确定了研究人员与马里兰大学巴尔的摩县团队合作，并承诺为该项目提供实验和软件支持。 此次合作的结果将使铝合金空间框架设计更适合汽车，减轻重量并提高燃油经济性。 这些结果将使汽车工业所需数量的这些框架的制造成为可能。 ***

9510458 Wang This Grant Opportunity for Academic Liaison with Industry award will support two Graduate Student Industrial Fellowships and a fraction of a faculty member's time to work on a collaborative project between the University of Maryland-Baltimore County and Alcoa Technical Center. The objective of the research that these GOALI Fellows will participate in is a methodology to characterize geometric variations of aluminum automotive space frames, and to transfer these discoveries into industrial practice for the development and production of all-aluminum automobiles. The research tasks are to determine the appropriate manufactured part models for aluminum space frame extrusions, and to identify the appropriate tolerance methods for space frames. Alcoa has identified researchers to work with the U of MD-Baltimore County team, and has committed experimental and software support for this project. Results from this collaboration will allow better fits in the aluminum space frame design for automobiles, reducing weight and increasing fuel economy. These results will make manufacture of these frames possible in quantities needed by the automobile industry. ***