NEXT GENERATION COMPOSITES CREST CENTER, NextGenC3

提案标题：下一代复合材料CREST中心，NextGenC 3机构：南方大学和A M学院，巴吞鲁日（SUBR）摘要日期：7/27/09与美国国家科学基金会的支持，南方大学和A M学院，巴吞鲁日（SUBR）将经历强大的合作，创新和自我维持的研究和教育的发展，在拟议的下一代复合材料CREST中心（NextGenC 3）的建立。该中心将成为一个领先的实体，促进与机构，研究中心，国家实验室和行业的科学家和研究人员合作创造新知识，并将成为未来科学家和工程师教育的灯塔，在下一代复合材料和技术领域拥有多样化，有竞争力和训练有素的民众。CREST中心的主要目标是为科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科传统上代表性不足的学生提供良好的教育机会，并通过综合和开创性研究的发展产生对下一代复合材料的协同理解。NextGenC 3 CREST中心将调查三个研究重点领域：多功能复合材料和结构的开发：传感，损伤容限和减振;用于减轻冲击和自我修复的网格限制形状记忆颗粒复合材料;和下一代复合材料的合成：按需固化涂层，自我修复和传感聚合物。NextGenC 3的开发将为SUBR的研究人员提供基础设施和资源，从而大大提高他们的研究能力。NextGenC 3将在培养少数民族学生成为未来的材料科学家和工程师方面发挥重要作用。该中心的研究和教育活动包括多功能复合材料的应力-应变分析、优化和失效准则;新树脂体系的动力学、界面粘结强度的开发和评估、基于损伤力学的结构分析、复合材料的传感和修复能力的集成、失效准则、高损伤容限的开发; NSF CREST中心将对南方大学材料科学工程的研究、研究生产力和能力以及教育产生更广泛的影响&。基于下一代复合材料和教育活动的尖端跨学科研究的发展将为传统上在STEM学科中代表性不足的学生提供更有意义的研究经验，并在易于访问的先进研究设施中进行。该中心将帮助发展必要的技术知识和技能，使合格的少数民族学生将产生填补材料科学和工程领域的职位。复合材料在汽车、海军、航空航天、能源生产和运输结构等领域的应用日益增多，其中重量轻、损伤容限和多功能性是主要因素，这突出了对更好的材料研究的需求。该中心的创新和研究将提供新的，更耐用的多功能材料，以推进我们国家的基础设施。

Proposal Title: Next Generation Composites CREST Center, NextGenC3Institution: Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge (SUBR)Abstract Date: 7/27/09With NSF support, Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge (SUBR) will undergo the development of strong collaborative, innovative, and self-sustaining research and education in the establishment of the proposed Next Generation Composites CREST Center (NextGenC3). This Center will be a leading entity that promotes the creation of new knowledge in collaboration with scientists and researchers in institutions, research centers, national labs, and industry, and will serve as a beacon for the education of future scientists and engineers with diverse, competitive, and well-trained populace in the area of next generation composite materials and technology. The major objectives of the CREST Center will be to provide excellent educational opportunities to traditionally underrepresented students in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines and to produce synergistic understanding of next generation composites through the development of integrated and pioneering research. The NextGenC3 CREST Center will investigate three research focus areas: Development of Multifunctional Composites and Structures: Sensing, Damage Tolerance, and Vibration Damping; Grid Confined Shape Memory Particulate Composites for Impact Mitigation and Self-Healing; and Synthesis of the Next Generation Composites: Cure-On Demand Coatings, Self-healing, and Sensing Polymers. The development of NextGenC3 will yield new opportunities by providing researchers at SUBR with infrastructure and resources that will immeasurably enhance their research capabilities. The NextGenC3 will play an important role in the training of minority students to become future Materials Scientists and Engineers. The research and educational activities of the center includes stress-strain analysis, optimization, and failure criterion of multifunctional composites; kinetics of new resin systems, interfacial bonding strength development and evaluation, damage mechanics based structural analysis, integration of sensing and healing ability to composites, failure criterion, development of high damage tolerance; and thermo-electro-mechanical response of polymer composites, and design and modeling for optimum properties.The proposed NSF CREST Center will have broader impacts on research, research productivity and capabilities, and education in material sciences & engineering at Southern University. The development of cutting edge interdisciplinary research based on next generation composites and educational activities through this Center will provide students traditionally underrepresented in the STEM disciplines with more meaningful research experiences at a readily accessible advanced research facility. The Center will help develop the necessary technical knowledge and skills so that qualified minority students will be produced to fill positions in the field of materials science and engineering. The increasing use of composites in applications, such as automotive, naval, aerospace, energy generation, and transportation structures, where light weight, damage tolerance, and multifunctionality are major factors, has highlighted the need for better materials research. The innovation and research at this Center will provide new and more durable multifunctional materials to advance the infrastructure of our nation.