Acquisition of High Speed Digital Imaging System for Multidisciplinary Research at MTU

建议书编号CTS-0321003首席研究员：密歇根理工大学S.Post这项主要研究仪器(MRI)赠款是为了购买一种高速成像系统，该系统将以高达每秒100万帧的频率记录100万像素的数字图像。标准显微镜镜头可以连接到相机上，从而实现微米级的空间分辨率。这种电动相机是便携的，只需要一个标准的电源插座就可以操作，这样它就可以被运送到不同的跨学科实验室。来自密歇根理工大学(MTU)不同系的研究人员和研究生将在他们的研究中利用相机系统来解决小时间和小长度的过程。将使用高速成像系统的研究活动将涉及喷雾液滴合并、液固悬浮液滴制备纳米材料、机械加工中的切屑形成、粘性聚合物材料的合并、低粘度液体的扩散动力学以及喷雾中的碰撞等问题。具体地说，这些项目将对瞬变条件下液-固和液-气-液界面的细节提供新的见解。该系统还将有助于开发纳米级直接写入技术的新系统。这种技术可以提高制造小型传感器的质量和速度。在所有拟议的活动中，摄像系统预计将对有关的基本进程产生重大影响。随着MTU的研究活动不断增加，预计拟议的相机系统将被最大限度地利用来研究微秒时间尺度和微米长度尺度上的材料行为。数字高速成像系统将被整合到PI的研究实验室，在那里它将增强在实验室工作的研究生和本科生的教育体验。该成像系统还可用于高级设计项目和本科生研究项目。

Proposal No. CTS-0321003Principal Investigator: S. Post, Michigan Tech UniversityThis Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant is to purchase a high speed imaging system that will record one-megapixel digital images at frequencies as high as one million frames per second. Standard microscope lenses can be attached to the camera, allowing for micron-scale spatial resolution. The electrically-powered camera is portable, requiring only a standard power outlet to operate, so that it can be transported to different inter-disciplinary labs.Research faculty and graduate students from various departments across Michigan Technological University (MTU) will be utilizing the camera system in their research to resolve small time and length scale processes. The research activities that will use the high speed imaging system will address issues dealing with spray drop coalescence, fabrication of nano-materials from drops of liquid-solid suspensions, chip formation in machining, coalescence of viscous polymer materials, the spreading kinetics of low viscosity liquids, and collisions in sprays. Specifically, these projects will provide new insights into the details of liquid-solid and liquid-gas-liquid interfaces under transient conditions. This system will also aid in the development of new system for direct writing technology on the nano-scale level. Such technology could lead to improved quality and speed for fabrication of small sensors. In all the proposed activities the camera system is expected to yield significant insight into the relevant fundamental processes. With continuously growing research activity at MTU, it is anticipated that the proposed camera system will be utilized to its fullest capacity to investigate the behavior of materials at microsecond time scales and micrometer length scales.The digital high speed imaging system will be incorporated into the PI's research labs, where it will enhance the educational experience of both graduate and undergraduate students working in the lab. The imaging system can also be used for senior design projects and undergraduate research projects.