Partnerships for Innovation in Laser-based Manufacturing

该奖项授予普渡大学，用于支持以下24个月的活动。该提案是为了响应创新项目伙伴关系招标（NSF-05566）而提交的。合作伙伴珀杜大学，常春藤技术社区学院（拉斐特，印第安纳州），普渡区域发展中心，卡特彼勒（哥伦布，印第安纳州），国际卡车和发动机（印第安纳波利斯），德尔福（科科莫，印第安纳州），通用艾利森（印第安纳波利斯，印第安纳州），劳斯莱斯（印第安纳波利斯，印第安纳州），邦L制造（肯特兰，印第安纳州），康明斯发动机（哥伦布，印第安纳州），Aerofab（印第安纳波利斯，印第安纳州），霍尼韦尔（南本德，印第安纳州），斯泰利特（戈申，印第安纳州），罗芬西纳（普利茅斯，密歇根州），LSPT（哥伦布，俄亥俄州），Nuvonyx（圣路易斯，密苏里州），印第安纳州21世纪研究与技术基金，白求恩库克曼学院（代顿比奇，佛罗里达州），佛罗里达国际大学（迈阿密，佛罗里达州）提案的主要目标如下：其目标是通过普渡大学，当地社区学院，地方和州政府以及印第安纳州和美国的私营工业公司之间的合作伙伴关系，通过将激光制造的创新引入美国制造工艺来推进制造技术。这些伙伴关系将促进技术创新和实施，并为未来必要的劳动力提供教育和培训，这将加强区域和国家经济。参与的工业制造公司将与普渡大学激光制造中心合作，进一步发展关键技术、创新和商业化。他们将共同开发一个新的教育计划，通过与位于印第安纳州拉斐特的当地社区学院常春藤技术社区学院（2年制副学士课程）的合作，教育和培训未来激光制造车间的员工。与印第安纳州的伙伴关系将提供大量配套资金，以支持拟议的PFI努力。此外，还将与普渡大学区域发展中心（Purdue Center for Regional Development）合作，该中心将对商业和经济环境以及企业面临的趋势提供更广泛的分析，并将创建并融入企业网络。目标是(1)发现和提高激光制造的知识，包括激光辅助加工、激光表面增强、激光熔覆和激光微加工；(2)技术开发和向产业转移，促进已开发知识和工艺的创新和实施，帮助企业获得竞争优势；(3)教育和培训具有科学技术素养的未来多样化劳动力，包括工程研究生、本科生和技术学生。潜在的经济影响拟议的合作伙伴关系将通过结合分析和实验研究，开发基于激光的制造过程的系统和科学模型，以促进工业创新和商业化。该项目的智力价值如下。该研究将为激光-等离子体-材料相互作用提供有用的理解，这是其他激光过程的常见问题。因此，提高对材料激光加工的理解将有助于激光加工领域的整体进步。该活动的更广泛影响随之而来。在全球经济中，以激光为基础的制造和材料加工是新兴和创新技术领域之一。这一合作旨在通过发展先进的激光制造技术，帮助印第安纳州和美国在这一领域保持或重新获得竞争优势。该项目还将为多样化的劳动力提供教育和培训，包括研究生、本科生和车间工人。基于激光的制造过程的原理和结果将被纳入本科制造课程，ME363，制造过程的原理和实践以及其他研究生课程。将通过现有的项目，如工程女性项目（WIEP）和少数族裔工程项目（MEP），以及与白求恩-库克曼学院和佛罗里达国际大学的交流和招聘项目，来争取代表性不足的学生的参与。通过备受赞誉的社区服务工程项目（EPICS）计划，K-12扩展材料的开发将嵌入到本科课程中。最初的项目将包括关于激光制造的视频和互动动画。

0538786KatehiThis award is to Purdue University to support the activity described below for 24 months. The proposal was submitted in response to the Partnerships for Innovation Program Solicitation (NSF-05566).PartnersPurdue University, Ivy Tech Community College (Lafayette, IN), Purdue Center for Regional Development, Caterpillar (Columbus, IN), International Truck and Engine (Indianapolis), IN), Delphi (Kokomo, IN), GM Allison (Indianapolis, IN), Rolls Royce (Indianapolis, IN), Bon L Manufacturing (Kentland, IN), Cummins Engine (Columbus, IN), Aerofab (Indianapolis, IN), Honeywell (South Bend, IN), Stellite (Goshen, IN), Rofin Sinar (Plymouth, MI), LSPT (Columbus, OH), Nuvonyx (St. Louis, MO), State of Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund, Bethune Cookman College (Dayton Beach, FL), Florida International University (Miami, FL)The primary objective of the proposal is as follows: its goal is to advance manufacturing techniques by bringing innovations in laser-based manufacturing to bear on US manufacturing processes through partnerships among Purdue University, a local community college, local and state governments, and private industrial companies in Indiana and the US. The partnerships will facilitate technology innovations and implementation, and provide education and training of future necessary workforce, which will strengthen the regional and national economies. The participating industrial manufacturing companies will collaborate with the Center for Laser-based Manufacturing at Purdue University to pursue further development of the key technologies, innovations and commercialization. Together, they will jointly develop a new educational program to educate and train future shop floor workforce in laser-based manufacturing through the partnership with a local community college, Ivy Tech Community College (2 year associate degree program), which is located in Lafayette, Indiana. The partnership with the State of Indiana will provide a significant amount of matching fund to support the proposed PFI efforts. In addition, there will be collaboration with Purdue Center for Regional Development, which will be providing broader level analysis on the business and economic environment and trends facing businesses and will be creating and plugged into networks of businesses. The objectives are (1) discovery and knowledge enhancement of laser-based manufacturing, including laser assisted machining, laser-surface enhancement, laser cladding and laser microfabrication; (2) technology development and transfer to industry to facilitate the innovations and implementation of developed knowledge and processes to help them gain competitive advantages; (3) education and training of scientifically and technologically literate the diverse future workforce including engineering graduate students, undergraduates and technology students.Potential Economic ImpactThe proposed partnerships will to develop systematic and scientific models of laser-based manufacturing processes through combined analytical and experimental investigations so as to facilitate industrial innovations and commercialization. The intellection merit of the project follows. The research will provide a useful understanding of laser-plasma-material interaction, which is a common problem for other laser processes. Therefore, an improved understanding of laser processing of materials will contribute to the overall advancement of the laser-processing field.The broader impacts of the activity follow. One of the more rapidly emerging and innovative technological arenas in the global economy is that of laser-based manufacturing and materials processing. This partnership aims to help Indiana and the US maintain or regain competitive advantages in this arena via the development of advanced laser-based manufacturing techniques. The project will also provide education and training of diverse workforce, including graduate students, undergraduates and shop floor workers. The principles and results of laser-based manufacturing processes will be incorporated in the undergraduate manufacturing class, ME363, Principles and Practice of Manufacturing Processes as well as other graduate courses. Involvement of underrepresented students will be pursued through existing programs such as Women in Engineering Program (WIEP) and the Minority Engineering Program (MEP) and the exchange and recruitment programs with Bethune-Cookman College and Florida International University. The development of K-12 outreach materials will be embedded into the undergraduate curriculum through the highly acclaimed Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) Program. Initial projects will include video and interactive animations on laser-based manufacturing.