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

方案编号：PI：Es-Said University：Loyola Marymount University 摘要 在Loyola Marymount University建立REU网站的目的是参与研究本科生，否则他们可能没有机会。 来自洛杉矶的社区大学学生将构成目标群体。 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确定和选择学生。 研究部分将重点研究不同冷轧模式对铝锂合金和铼金属的晶体学纹理和机械性能的影响、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方法辅助设计和制造以及确定快速原型机的收缩补偿系数。 * 24名学生将被组织成四个团队在连续三个夏天，每年为期十周的会议。 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NSF资助的X射线衍射仪与极图附件，轧机，金属切削设备，显微硬度机械，密度装置，两个通用机械试验机，炉，两个光学显微镜，快速原型和计算机辅助制造实验室，这将使学生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中培训学生安全使用研究设备。 * 当地工业实验室已同意邀请学生参观他们的研究设施。 * 材料/N4制造研究的道德规范和专业工程师的程序将是学生每周研讨会的重点。 在LMU的教师在从事本科生的研究与大量的学生继续研究生学习丰富的经验。 联合教师学生的研究往往导致在国家和国际学术会议和学术期刊上发表的演讲。

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.