Acquisition of a Hydrogen Furnace Assembly

该奖项为购买氢退火炉组件提供部分支持，该组件将用于冷加工P/M铼样品的间歇退火。其中，加氢炉是本研究项目的关键设备，将与其他设备结合，研究不同冷轧方式对金属铼晶体织构和力学性能的影响。它也将是Loyola Marymount大学设计/材料研究中心的重要补充。洛约拉玛丽蒙特大学主要是一所本科教学大学，积极促进和鼓励教师和学生之间的合作研究。在教师的指导和领导下，多名本科生在地区、国家和国际专业会议上发表了研究成果，并在多家知名期刊上发表了论文。虽然许多学院和大学的机械工程课程主要强调工程问题的理论和分析方面，但Loylola计划将这些方法和强大的设计重点结合起来。有了这个坚实的背景武装，洛约拉毕业生做好了充分的准备，在研究生院进行进一步的研究或解决工业问题。每年约有10名学生将在教师的指导下进行为期两年的研究。学生将使用现有的材料科学研究实验室（设计/材料研究中心的一部分），该实验室包括：一台轧机，各种其他金属切割设备，电阻率装置，显微硬度机械，两台通用机械试验机，熔炉，两台光学显微镜和一台带有极图附件的x射线衍射仪。所要求的设备将向学生介绍更广泛的设备，通常用于难熔金属/材料的研究。支持购买拟议的设备将产生三个主要好处。首先，研究结果对工业，特别是航空航天和电子公司至关重要。其次，该设备将提高大学的研究和教学能力，以进行研究和研究培训，并改善材料和加工领域的教学，从而为下一代材料科学家，工程师和物理学家的多学科教育和准备做出贡献。第三，该设备将使教师能够在没有延迟的情况下进行间歇退火热处理的独立研究，并且更具成本效益。最重要的是，所需设备的收购将为洛约拉玛丽蒙特大学的设计/材料研究中心提供重要的补充。在建立这个中心方面已经采取了重大步骤。本系寻求外部资助的目的，是透过与其他大学、私营企业及政府机构合作，解决工程问题，为约140名工程专业学生改善工程课程。***

9803003Es-SaidThis award provides partial support for the purchase of a hydrogen annealing furnace assembly that will be used in the intermittent annealing of cold worked P/M rhenium samples. Specifically, the hydrogen furnace is a critical piece of equipment in the research project, which, in combination with other equipment, will be used to study the effect of varying the cold rolling modes on the crystallographic texture and mechanical properties of rhenium metal. It will also be a critical addition for the Design/Materials Research Center at Loyola Marymount University.Loyola Marymount University is primarily an undergraduate teaching university that actively promotes and encourages collaborative research between faculty and students. Through the guidance and leadership of faculty, several undergraduate students have presented the results of research work at regional, national, and international professional conferences and have had their work published in several renowned journals. While the mechanical engineering curricula of many colleges and universities emphasize mainly the theoretical and analytical aspects of eningeering problems, the Loylola program combines these approaches and a strong design emphasis. Armed with this solid background, Loyola graduates are well prepared to carry out further research in graduate school or to solve problems in industry.%%%Approximately 10 students per year for two years will perform the proposed research under the supervision of faculty. Students will use an existing materials science research laboratory (part of the Design/Materials Research Center) that includes: a rolling mill, various other metal cutting equipment, electrical resistivity devices, micro hardness machninery, two universal mechanical testing machines, furnaces, two light optical microscopes, and an X-ray Diffractometer with a Pole Figure Attachment. The requested equipment will introduce students to an even wider variety of equipment typically used in refractory metals/materials research. Support to purchase the proposed equipment will yield three primary benefits. First, the results of the research are critical to industry, specifically, to aerospace and electronics companies. Secondly, the equipment will enhance the research and teaching capabilities of the University's capacity to conduct research and research training and to improve teaching in the field of materials and processing, thereby contributing to the multidisciplinary education and preparedness of the next generation of materials scientists, engineers, and physicists. Thirdly, the equipment will enable faculty to perform independent research in intermittent annealing heat treatments without delay and much more cost effectively. Above all, the acquisition of the requested equipment will put in place a critical addition to the Design/Materials Research Center at Loyola Marymount University. Significant steps have been already undertaken in the establishment of this center. The departmental objective in pursuing external funding is to enhance the engineering curriculum for approximately 140 engineering students through the interaction of this University with other Universities, private industry, and government agencies in solving engineering problems.***