CAREER: Model-Based Control of Machining Processes and Scalability for Manufacturing System Control

该学院早期职业发展奖的研究目标是创建一种基于模型的过程级离散零件加工控制方法，并表明该方法可以扩展到有效地控制加工操作的系统。实现这些目标的途径将是将化工过程工业的基于模型的技术应用到机械零件生产的控制中，并解决将该方法扩展到加工网络控制的问题，特别是模型形式的适应和随着系统复杂性的不确定性的变化。这项工作的教育目标是改善南卡罗来纳州年轻技术思想家的指导和经验，并吸引未来潜在的研究人员继续攻读制造业研究生教育。这将通过利用与南卡罗来纳州正在进行的工作来加强技术之门计划的教师教育结构来实现，该计划是全国性非营利性中学技术课程的一部分，鼓励女性和少数族裔学生参与。该项目结构包括每年一次的教师研讨会，以交流和展示研究成果，以及每半年访问克莱姆森研究中心一次，让中学生亲自探索研究。如果成功，这项工作的更广泛影响将是汽车、航空航天和消费品行业更有利可图的机械加工和更具竞争力的高质量零部件制造。结果将通过合作机床组织及其由35家设备公司组成的合作伙伴网络公布，在全国范围内对制造质量和盈利能力产生积极影响。教育活动的更广泛影响将是教育和直接让处于人生计划关键决策点的学生了解研究职业的可能性，并建立分层指导计划，受赞助的学生将指导克莱姆森本科生团队，以准备概念演示。这些努力将有助于提高美国制造商可获得的工程专业学生的质量和数量。

The research objectives of this Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award are to create a model-based control method for discrete parts machining at the process level, and to show that this method can be scaled to effectively control systems of machining operations. The approach to accomplishing these objectives will be to apply model-based techniques from the chemical process industry to the control of machined parts production, and to address issues of scaling the method to control of machining networks, especially model form adaptation and changes in uncertainty with system complexity. The educational objectives of this work are to improve the instruction and experience of young technical thinkers in South Carolina, and to attract future potential researchers to pursue a graduate education in manufacturing. This will be accomplished through leveraging ongoing work with the state of South Carolina to augment the instructor education structure for the Gateway to Technology program, part of a nationwide nonprofit middle-school technology curriculum that encourages the involvement of women and minority students. The project structure includes an annual teacher workshop to communicate and demonstrate research results, as well as semiannual visiting days to the Clemson research center for middle school students to explore research hands-on.If successful, the broader impacts of this work will be more profitable machining and more competitive manufacturing of high-quality parts for automotive, aerospace and consumer products industries. The results will be promulgated through the collaborating machine tool organization and their partner network of 35 equipment companies, positively impacting manufacturing quality and profitability at a national level. Broader impacts of the educational activities will be to educate and directly expose students who are at a critical decision point in their life plan to possibilities of a research career and to establish a layered mentoring program whereby sponsored students will mentor teams of Clemson undergraduates to prepare demonstrations of the concepts. These efforts will help to improve the quality and number of engineering students available to US manufacturers.