CAREER: A Research and Educational Career Program: Improving Gas Turbine Technology and Increasing the Number of Women in Engineering

摘要Thole 9624591 这项工作是根据职业计划授予的，包括研究和教育的目标。本研究计划探讨自由流紊流对涡轮机叶片热传之影响。 第一排定子叶片的放大版本的实验研究将产生关于流场和热传输的信息。 随后将使用数值模拟和实验测量对涡轮机叶片的薄膜冷却进行优化。 教育计划包括招收女工科学生、留住女工科学生和调整热科学领域的课程。 伊利诺斯州南部农村高中的研讨会将旨在吸引妇女，并向指导顾问通报工程方面的机会。此外，威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校还将开设一门选修的全女性工程设计课程。

ABSTRACT Thole 9624591 This work was awarded under the CAREER program and includes objectives for both research and education. The research plan addresses the effects of free-stream turbulence on turbine blade heat transfer. Experimental study of a up-scaled version of a first row stator vane will yield information on the flow field and the heat transport. Optimization of film cooling of the turbine blade, using both numerical simulation and experimental measurements will then follow. The educational plan includes recruiting women engineering students, retaining women engineering students and restructuring courses in the thermal sciences area. Seminars at rural high schools in southern Illinois will be aimed at attracting women and at informing guidance counselors of opportunities in engineering. In addition, an optional all-women engineering design course will be offered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.