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

9510458王这个学术联系机会奖将支持两个研究生工业奖学金和一名教职员工为马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校和美国铝业技术中心之间的合作项目工作的一小部分时间。这些Goali研究员将参与的研究目标是一种方法，以表征铝制汽车空间框架的几何变化，并将这些发现转化为工业实践，用于开发和生产全铝汽车。研究任务是确定适合铝制网架挤压的制造零件模型，以及确定适合网架的公差方法。美国铝业已经确定了与MD-巴尔的摩县大学团队合作的研究人员，并承诺为该项目提供实验和软件支持。这一合作的结果将使汽车的铝制空间框架设计更适合，从而减轻重量并提高燃油经济性。这些结果将使汽车工业所需的这些车架的制造成为可能。***

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. ***