REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in the Industrial Application of Sensing, Modeling, and Controls

Mohamed A. Abdelrahman该REU奖项建立在田纳西理工大学（TTU）现有的最先进的铸造研究，与橡树岭国家实验室（ORNL）的合作研究关系以及代表铸造行业不同方面的工业合作伙伴联盟的基础上。 这个REU网站的主要目标是向本科生介绍传感，建模和控制的工业应用研究机会。 它将让10名学生在三年内每年夏季进行为期9周的多学科合作研究。 其中五名学生将从TTU招募，五名将通过全国范围的搜索招募，特别关注少数民族学院和主要本科院校。REU网站将为来自少数民族的学生提供代表性不足的学生，以及来自不提供研究机会的机构的学生提供参与高质量应用研究的机会。拟议的研究利用多个学科的专业知识，因为它涉及不同的传感技术，物理过程建模和铸造过程的自动控制。该项目将涉及来自电气，机械，化学和工业技术的学生和导师。 参与者将找到一个论坛，与来自其领域以及来自不同学科的同事交流研究想法。传播工作将要求学生在本国机构介绍他们的经验成果，并出席区域和国家会议并介绍他们的研究工作。 这项研究的重点是提高美国金属铸造行业的竞争力，减少能源消耗和环境影响，并改变这个数十亿美元的行业的形象，使其成为一个充满研究机会的领域。 它将试图通过培养对重要金属铸造行业的多学科，高科技研究的兴趣来解决缺乏受过高等教育的劳动力的问题。

EEC-0552860Mohamed A. AbdelrahmanThis REU award for a builds upon existing state-of-the-art foundry research at Tennessee Technological University (TTU), a collaborative research relationship with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and a consortium of industrial partners representing different facets of the casting industry. The primary goal of this REU Site is to introduce undergraduate students to research opportunities in the industrial application of sensing, modeling and control. It will engage 10 students in collaborative multidisciplinary research for 9 weeks during the summer each year for three years. Five of the students will be recruited from TTU and five will be recruited though a nation-wide search with particular focus on minority institutes and those from principally undergraduate institutions. This REU site will offer students from underrepresented groups of minorities, and students from institutions that do not offer research opportunities, a chance to participate in high quality applied research.The proposed research utilizes expertise from multiple disciplines as it addresses different sensing technologies, modeling of physical processes and automatic control of the casting process. The project will involve students and mentors from Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, and Industrial Technology. The participants will find a forum in which to exchange research ideas with their colleagues from within their field, as well as those from different disciplines. Dissemination efforts will require students to present the results of their experience at their home institutions and to attend and present their research work at regional and national conferences. This research is focused on increasing the competitiveness of the US metalcasting industry, reducing energy consumption and environmental impact, and changing the image of this multi-billion dollar industry to a field rich with research opportunities. It will attempt to address the lack of a highly educated workforce by fostering interest in multidisciplinary, high-tech, research in the important metalcasting industry.