Combined Research-Curriculum Development: Nontraditional Manufacturing

9813028耀非传统制造（NTM）过程是指涉及非传统能量传递机制和/或非传统能量传递介质的过程。该提案的重点是非传统材料的去除或加工工艺。它们包括放电和电化学加工（EDM/ECM），激光加工工艺（LMP）和磨料水射流加工（AWJM）等。NTM工艺可以从复杂的材料中加工出精密的部件。它们具有减少加工步骤数量和提高产品质量的优点。近年来，由于人们对高温合金、复合材料和陶瓷等创新材料的卓越性能越来越感兴趣，以及对高质量和灵活性的要求，NTM工艺创新、定量分析和过程模拟以及监测和控制方面的研究非常活跃，取得了相当大的进展。这些进步使NTM工艺更具吸引力，有时是最佳或唯一的选择。同时，这些研究成果已被引入工程课程，以准备新一代的工程师谁跟上最新的发展。然而，由于NTM过程的高度多样性和多学科性质，需要更多的协调努力来扩大课程开发所需的专业知识范围。本课题的课程成果包括七个模块，其中五个教学模块和两个软件模块。这七个模块将形成一个深入的NTM课程，在本科和研究生的入门水平。培养具有分析背景知识的新一代工程师，欣赏NTM工艺的重要领域，并能够使用基于现代工具的最新研究来解决工艺创新，设计和优化问题，这将对NTM技术的潜力是否能够充分和适当地实现以及这些先进材料所带来的前景是否能够充分实现产生重大影响。

9813028YaoNontraditional manufacturing (NTM) processes refer to processes in which nontraditional energy transfer mechanisms and/or nontraditional media for energy transfer are involved. This proposal is focused on nontraditional material removal or machining processes. They include electrical discharge and electrochemical machining (EDM/ECM), laser machining processes (LMP), and abrasive waterjet machining (AWJM), among others. NTM processes can machine precision components from sophisticated materials. They offer the advantages of a reduced number of machining steps and a higher product quality.Driven by the increasing interest in the vastly superior properties of innovative materials such as superalloys, composites and ceramics, and requirements for high quality and flexibility, research in NTM process innovation, quantitative analysis and process simulation, and monitoring and control has been very active and considerable progress has been made in recent years. These advances have made NTM processes more attractive and sometimes the best or only choice. At the same time, these research results have been introduced into engineering curricula in order to prepare a new generation of engineers who keep abreast to the latest developments. Due to the high diversity and multidisciplinary nature of NTM processes, however, more orchestrated efforts are needed to expand the range of expertise needed in the curriculum development.The curricular deliverables of this project include a set of seven modules including five instructional modules and two software based modules. These seven modules will form an in-depth course on NTM at the upper level undergraduate and introductory graduate level.To prepare a new generation of engineers who would have analytical background knowledge, appreciation for the vital area of NTM processes, and skills to use recent research based modern tools to tackle process innovation, design and optimization problems will have a significant impact on whether the potential of NTM technologies can be fully and properly realized and in turn whether the promise held by these advanced materials can be fully realized.