Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Nondestructive Evaluation: Request for Phase out Funding

该合同将为爱荷华州立大学无损评估产学研合作研究中心提供为期两年的支持。该中心成立于1985年，国家科学基金会对这些中心的支持在那之后必须逐步减少。该中心的目标是：(1)从事工业成员感兴趣的无损评估问题的工业相关研究；(2)与大学学术单位合作，促进本科和研究生课程的学生数量；(3)建立无损评估领域技术转让的主要国家焦点。为期两年的研究包括开发和评估典型焊接缺陷超声散射模型库；识别基于模型的焊接缺陷信号特征提取方法，用于分类和表征方法；演示了超声编码对焊缝缺陷进行表征和分类的能力。中心现有配套成员21家（18家产业+ 3家政府机构和实验室）。通过该中心的努力，现在爱荷华州立大学的工程课程开设了无损评估辅修课程。中心的教育方面，以及中心对研究生和本科生教育的影响是优秀的。与工业的互动是突出的，导致重要技术向工业和政府机构和实验室的转移率很高。

9616118 Thompson This award provides two years of support for the phase down of the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center at Iowa State University on Nondestructive Evaluation. The center was started in 1985, and the National Science Foundation support for these centers must be phased down after that period support. The objectives of the center are: (1) to pursue industrially relevant research in nondestructive evaluation problems of interest to the industrial members, (2) to cooperate with academic units of the university in promoting numbers of students in both undergraduate and graduate programs, and (3) to establish a major national focal point for technology transfer in the area of nondestructive evaluation. The research for the two year period includes development and evaluation of a library of ultrasonic scattering models for typical weld flaws; identification of model-based methods for extracting features inherent weld flaw signals for use in classification and characterization methods; demonstration of the capability of ultrasonic code for characterizing and classifying weld defects. The center has 21 supporting members (18 industrial + 3 government agencies and laboratories). Through the efforts of the center, a minor in nondestructive evaluation is now offered in the engineering curriculum at Iowa State University. The educational aspects of the center, and the impact of the center on education of graduate and undergraduate students is excellent. The interaction with industry is outstanding, resulting in a high rate of transfer of important technology to industry and governmental agencies and laboratories.