Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Ceramics: Low Damage, High Productivity Abrasive Machining of Advanced Ceramics

该奖项旨在建立康涅狄格大学磨削研究与开发中心和罗格斯大学陶瓷研究中心之间的合作研究成果。该研究的目标是对陶瓷的低成本、低损伤磨料微加工产生基本的科学和工程理解。目的是进行研究，以提高磨料微加工过程的速度和效率，提高表面质量。表征良好的高科技陶瓷材料正在使用多种技术进行磨削。确定了能量输入和磨削速率等加工特性对加工的影响。研究了磨削对陶瓷力学性能的影响。利用电子显微镜、x射线衍射、激光拉曼、断口学和场发射扫描电子显微镜测量了磨削对陶瓷表面的影响。另外，本奖学金还将资助一名少数民族女本科生研究溶胶-凝胶法制备用于微致动器和电容器的PZN-Pt/BT薄膜。

ABSTRACT EEC-9527120 Niesz This award is to establish a collaborative research effort between the University of Connecticut Center for Grinding Research and Development and Rutgers University Center for Ceramic Research. The research has the goal to generate fundamental scientific and engineering understanding of low cost, low damage abrasive micro-machining for ceramics. The aim is to conduct studies to improve the speed and efficiency of the abrasive micro-machining process and to increase the quality of the surface. Well characterized high-tech ceramic materials are being subjected to grinding using several techniques. The effects of machining characteristics, such as energy input and grinding rate are being determined. The effects of grinding on the mechanical properties of the ceramics are being determined. The effects of the grinding on the surface of the ceramic are being measured using electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, laser Raman, fractography, and field emission scanning electron microscopy. Additional funding is provided in this award to support a woman minority undergraduate student to study the preparation of PZN-Pt/BT thin films by the sol-gel method for microactuator and capacitor applications.