Tire Research and Test Center

0968912弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学；萨伊德·塔赫里0968940阿克伦大学；Celal Batur轮胎研究和测试中心(Tire Tec)将专注于建设一个研究、工程教育和技术转移基地，这些基地将通过先进材料和智能轮胎技术影响工业实践和生产率。弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学(VT)和阿克伦大学(UA)正在合作建立拟议的中心，VT是牵头机构。这个规划项目的主要目标是与对轮胎技术感兴趣的各种行业合作伙伴和国家实验室建立正式合作伙伴关系，并讨论基本问题和研究主题。建议的IUCRC将产生新的科学知识；开发基于智能材料的新型轮胎、基于纳米技术的新型轮胎胶料和智能轮胎技术；并通过开发基于虚拟和半实物的仿真环境来改进其相关的动态模型和本构关系。各种设想的研究推进将提供解决方案，以提高该行业的产量，并有助于其竞争力。如果成功，拟议中的中心有可能通过开发新技术来提高美国轮胎制造业的可持续性和盈利能力，这些新技术将减少能源消耗、污染和提高驾驶安全。该中心将极大地加强基础设施，并带来其他机会，以帮助轮胎制造商。拟建的中心计划为学生和教职员工提供进行行业相关研究的平台，建立有效的合作机制，并将有助于促进、催化和加速创新技术的商业化。最后，Tire Tec将从传统上在机械工程、聚合物工程、化学工程和其他科学学科中代表性不足的群体中招募参与者，并将通过与弗吉尼亚理工大学北弗吉尼亚校区以及中东和北非(VT-MENA)校区的同事保持持续的工作关系来促进该中心的发展。

0968912 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Saied Taheri 0968940 University of Akron; Celal Batur The Center for Tire Research and Test Center (Tire TeC) will focus on building a base of research, engineering education, and technology transfer that will impact industrial practice and productivity through advanced materials and intelligent tire technologies. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT) and the University of Akron (UA) are collaborating to establish the proposed center, with VT as the lead institution. The primary goals of this planning project are to initiate formal partnership with various industry partners and national laboratories that have an interest in tire technologies, and to discuss fundamental issues and topics for research. The proposed IUCRC will generate new scientific knowledge; develop novel smart-material-based tires, novel nanotechnology-based tire compounds, and intelligent tire technology; and advance their associated dynamic models and constitutive relationships by developing virtual and hardware-in-the-loop-based simulation environments. The various envisioned research thrusts will provide solutions to improve the industry's yield and contribute to its competitiveness. If successful, the proposed Center has the potential to improve sustainability and profitability of US tire manufacturing industry by developing new technologies that will reduce energy consumption, pollution and increase driving safety. The Center will greatly enhance the infrastructure and lead to other opportunities to assist the tire manufacturers. The proposed center plans to provide students and faculty with a platform for conducting industry-relevant research, establish an effective mechanism for collaboration, and will help promote, catalyze, and accelerate the commercialization of innovative technologies. Finally, Tire TeC will recruit participants from groups traditionally under-represented in Mechanical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and other scientific disciplines and will promote this center through its ongoing working relationships with colleagues at Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Campus and the Middle Eastern and Northern Africa (VT-MENA) campuses.