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

这项与工业界学术联络的资助机会奖将支持两名研究生工业奖学金，以及一名教员的一小部分时间，用于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。这些GOALI研究员将参与的研究目标是一种表征铝汽车空间框架几何变化的方法，并将这些发现转化为全铝汽车开发和生产的工业实践。研究任务是确定合适的铝空间框架挤压件制件模型，并确定合适的空间框架公差方法。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。此次合作的成果将更好地适用于汽车的铝空间框架设计，减轻重量并提高燃油经济性。这些结果将使制造这些框架在汽车工业所需的数量成为可能。＊＊＊

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. ***