REU Site: Summer Research Experiences in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering for Community

提案编号：9732046 PI：ES-Said大学：Loyola Marymount大学摘要在Loyola Marymount大学建立REU网站的目的是让本来可能没有机会的本科生参与到研究中来。来自洛杉矶的社区大学学生将成为目标群体。另一个意图是尽一切努力从传统上在工程专业中代表性不足的群体中挑选学生。研究部分将重点研究不同冷轧方式对铝锂合金和金属Re的晶体织构和机械性能的影响，影响7050铝合金翘曲轮廓的因素，开发基于个人计算机的计算机辅助设计和制造方法，并确定快速成型机的收缩补偿系数。*在连续三个暑假期间，二十四名学生将被分成四个小组，每年为期十周。利用材料和制造工程实验室，每个团队将使用最先进的设备进行广泛的研究。*研究设备包括由美国国家科学基金会资助的带有极图附件的X射线衍射仪、轧钢机、金属切割设备、显微硬度机、密度仪器、两台万能机械试验机、炉子、两台光学显微镜、快速原型制作和计算机辅助制造实验室，使学生能够从事更高水平的研究。*教师和项目工作人员将在大学最先进的材料和制造研究实验室培训学生安全使用研究设备。*本地工业实验室已同意邀请学生参观他们的研究设施。*面向专业工程师的材料/N4制造研究实践和程序的道德规范将成为学生每周工作坊的重点。路易斯安那州立大学的教师在吸引本科生参与研究方面拥有丰富的经验，有相当数量的学生继续研究生学习。教师与学生的联合研究经常导致在国内和国际学术会议上发表演讲，并在学术期刊上发表文章。

Proposal No.: 9732046 PI: Es-Said University: Loyola Marymount University ABSTRACT The purpose of establishing a REU Site at Loyola Marymount University is to involve in research undergraduate students who might not otherwise have that opportunity. Community college students from Los Angeles will constitute the target group. A further intention is to make every effort to identify and select students from groups which are traditionally underrepresented in the engineering profession. The research component will focus on investigating the effect of varying the cold rolling modes on the crystallographic texture and mechanical properties of aluminum-lithium alloys and rhenium metal, factors affecting warpage profiles of 7050 aluminum alloy, developing a personal computer-based approach to computer-aided design and manufacturing and determining shrink compensation factors for Rapid Prototyping machines. * Twenty-four students will be organized into four teams during three consecutive summers for a ten-week session each year. Using the Materials and Manufacturing Engineering Laboratories, each team will conduct extensive research using state-of-the-art equipment. * The research equipment includes an NSF-funded x-ray diffractometer with a pole figure attachment, a rolling mill, metal cutting equipment, microhardness machinery, density apparatus, two universal mechanical testing machines, furnaces, two light-optical microscopes, rapid prototyping and computer-aided manufacturing laboratories that will enable students to engage in higher level research. * The faculty and project staff will train students in the safe use of the research equipment in the University's state-of-the-art Materials and Manufacturing Research Laboratories. * Local industrial laboratories have agreed to invite students to tour their research facilities. * The ethics of Materials/N4anufacturing Research practices and procedures for professional engineers will be the focus of weekly workshops for studen ts. The faculty at LMU have extensive experience in engaging undergraduate students in research with significant numbers of students continuing to graduate studies. Joint faculty student research often results in presentations for national and international scholarly conferences and publications in scholarly journals.