An Operating Center Proposal for Renewing an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Advanced Polymer and Composite Engineering

聚合物行业是我们这个时代最具活力和发展潜力的行业之一。 它是美国在竞争激烈的全球市场中仍然保持强有力领导地位的少数行业之一。通过俄亥俄州州立大学的NSF工业/大学先进聚合物和复合材料工程合作研究中心（CAPCE）的活动，工业界和学术界之间的重点合作已经进行了近五年。 CAPCE为工业中面向应用的研究人员和大学中面向基础的研究人员提供全面和组织良好的合作，促进先进聚合物和复合材料的商业化。 该中心将继续强调聚合物和复合材料行业的传统制造部门的需求，因为这些成员主导了工业支持基础。 此外，他们的努力将包括：-与行业成员合作，将NSF支持的研究的基础研究成果转化为商业产品和工艺;-通过减少能源消耗和有毒化学品，在产品制造中推广环境友好型技术;减少挥发性溶剂和制造废物的数量;并提高可持续性;以及-使用微和纳米制造技术，实现生物MEMS、传感器和其他应用的部件的高效、低成本大规模生产。

The polymer industry is one of the most dynamic and expanding industries of our time. It is one of the few industries in which the U.S. still holds a strong leadership in an extremely competitive global market.A focused collaboration between industry and academia has been underway for nearly five years through the activities of the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Advanced Polymer and Composite Engineering (CAPCE) at the Ohio State University. CAPCE offers comprehensive and well-organized collaboration between application-oriented researchers in industry and fundamental-oriented researchers in universities, enhancing commercialization of advanced polymer and composites materials. The Center will continue to emphasize the needs of the more traditional manufacturing sector of the polymer and composite industry, since these members dominate the industrial support base. In addition, their efforts will include:- Cooperating with industry members to translate basic research results from NSF supported research into commercial products and processes;- Incorporating environmentally-friendly technologies in product manufacturing by reducing energy consumption and toxic chemicals; reducing the amount of volatile solvents and manufacturing waste; and increasing sustainability; and- Enabling efficient, low-cost mass production of parts for bio-MEMS, sensors, and other applications, using micro and nanno-fabrication techniques.