CAREER: An Unified Approach to Planning and Control of Sheet Metal Assembly and Joining Processes

9625200 HU这一职业奖项是为了开发减少板材装配和连接差异的方法，以及课程和实验室发展的教育计划。将板材装配过程中的差异最小化的技术方法将：(1)开发考虑板材柔顺性的板材装配过程的通用模拟模型；(2)对电阻焊过程进行建模，以便将其影响包括在内；以及(3)开发可评估板材装配过程质量的稳健设计标准。该教育计划将与研究人员和他的同事合作，为汽车装配工程的传统和非传统学生开发独特的课程。通过工业项目和与Focus：Hope在底特律合作，对代表性不足的少数群体进行指导和外联，同时将发展一个组装和加入实验室，用于教学和研究。该项目的成功将产生新的知识和方法，以生产更高质量的金属板材组件。这将影响汽车、航空航天、家具和家电等行业，使其产品因质量提高和成本降低而更具竞争力。

9625200 Hu This CAREER award is to develop methods that reduce variation in sheet metal assembly and joining, and an educational plan of curriculum and laboratory development. The technical approach to minimize variations in sheet metal assembly will: (1) develop a generic simulation model of the sheet metal assembly process that takes into account compliance of the sheet, (2) model the resistance welding process so its effects can be included, and (3) develop a robust design criterion that can assess the quality of sheet metal assembly processes. The educational plan will team the investigator and his colleagues as they develop a unique curriculum for both traditional and non-traditional students on automotive assembly engineering. Mentoring and outreach to underrepresented minorities, both through industrial projects and in collaboration with Focus: Hope in Detroit, will be complemented by the development of a laboratory for assembly and joining that will be used for teaching and research. The success of this project will generate new knowledge and methodologies that produce higher quality sheet metal assemblies. This will impact industries such as automotive, aerospace, furniture and appliances, making their products more competitive because of improved quality and lower cost.