Planning Grant: I/UCRC for CICI Expansion to Add a Site at the University of North Dakota

项目主任建议规划补助金：CiCi I/UCRC扩建，在北达科他州大学(UND)1237579号北达科他州大学增加一个场地；北达科他州大学(UND)Wayne Seams寻求加入现有的复合材料融入基础设施中心(CiCi)。该中心目前由西弗吉尼亚大学(牵头机构)、罗格斯大学、迈阿密大学(FL)和北卡罗来纳州立大学组成。该中心目前的使命是通过学术界、政府和工业界的合作研究伙伴关系，加快聚合物复合材料在基础设施和交通应用中的采用。研究集中在与复合材料有关的基础科学问题上，如强度/使用寿命预测、智能结构开发、防火/爆炸保护、疲劳响应、老化现象和无损检测。该中心致力于开发新的和独特的产品，这些产品可以通过存在大量市场机会的各种工艺来制造。通过将UND添加到CiCi，研究范围将扩大到包括：1)用于CiCi相关应用的可再生聚合物和复合材料，2)复合材料的天然和可再生填充材料，以及3)复合基础设施材料在火灾期间产生的排放特性。联合国开发计划署的场地将通过日出生物产品国家资助的卓越中心进行管理。该中心的活动旨在提高美国工业在复合材料领域的国际竞争力，包括使用自然和生物材料的模块化结构和快速部署技术；从而减少向大气中的碳排放。拟议的扩大通过扩大CiCi的范围，将可纳入复合材料的可再生来源原料的整个价值链包括在内，从而进一步实现了这一目标。联合国开发计划署调查员的经验为现有的中心能力提供了很好的补充。通过使用UND开发的生物聚合物和在西弗吉尼亚大学或NCSU进行的天然织物研究，合作研究的潜力很大。除了发表期刊文章和会议报告以促进科学研究和知识传播外，拟议的网站和中心还将利用单独的资助机制来教育不熟悉复合材料的执业工程师和最终用户。上述更广泛的影响将通过涉及不同学科和广泛的行业和机构的多所大学的集体合作来确保。UND网站将通过一个日出REU网站，一个日出美洲原住民项目，以及一个与西班牙裔服务机构的桥梁项目来增加多样性。

Program Director's Recommendation Planning Grant: CICI I/UCRC Expansion to Add a Site at the University of North Dakota (UND) 1237579 University of North Dakota; Wayne Seames The University of North Dakota (UND) seeks to join the existing Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI). The Center is currently comprised of West Virginia University (lead institution), Rutgers University, the University of Miami (FL), and North Carolina State University. The current mission of the Center is to accelerate the adoption of polymer composites into infrastructure and transportation applications through a collaborative research partnership of academia, government and industry. Research is focused on fundamental scientific topics concerning composites such as strength/service life predictions, smart structure development, fire/blast protection, fatigue response, aging phenomenon, and nondestructive testing. The Center works to develop new and unique products that can be made through a wide variety of processes for which numerous market opportunities exist. By adding UND to the CICI, the research scope will be expanded to include: 1) renewable polymers and composites for use in CICI relevant applications, 2) natural and renewable filler materials for composites, and 3) characterization of emissions generated during fires from composite infrastructure materials. The UND site will be administered through the SUNRISE BioProducts State Funded Center of Excellenece. The center's activities seek to enhance the international competitiveness of American industry in the area of composites including modular construction and rapid deployment techniques using natural and biomaterials; thus reducing carbon emissions into the atmosphere. The proposed expansion furthers this goal by expanding the scope of the CICI to include the entire value chain for renewable source feed stocks that can be incorporated into composite materials. The experience of the investigators at UND provides a nice complement to the existing Center competencies. Strong potential for cooperative research exists through the use of biopolymers developed at UND coupled with the natural fabric research conducted at WVU or NCSU. In addition to the publishing of journal articles and conference presentations to promote scientific research and knowledge dissemination, the proposed site and the Center will utilize separate funding mechanisms to educate practicing engineers and end users who are not familiar with composites. The above mentioned broader impact will be assured through collective multi-university team work involving various disciplines and a wide spectrum of industries and agencies. The UND site will add diversity through a SUNRISE REU site, a SUNRISE Native American program, and a bridge program with a Hispanic serving institution.