I/UCRC: On Compact, High-Performance Cooling Technologies Research

IIP 1238318 Purdue University Garimella该提案旨在为普渡大学的NSF工业/大学合作研究中心（冷却技术研究中心）的第三个五年任期（第三阶段）提供资金，该中心于2002年开始运营。该中心致力于满足紧凑空间高性能散热领域的行业研发需求。拟建中心的独特性来自其对传热技术和相关热管理问题的高度关注。该研究方法在很大程度上依赖于实验研究，并得到理论和数值分析的支持。该中心吸引了来自普渡大学机械工程，电气和计算机工程，材料科学与工程，物理和化学学院的参与者，他们在传热，微流体，微细加工，纳米技术，制冷，计算技术，机电一体化，控制，声学以及诊断和测量方面贡献了互补的能力。该中心继续追求与其行业成员直接相关的研究议程，同时专注于每项技术的基本挑战。该中心因其在该领域的领导地位而获得全球认可，并被授予2011年亚历山大施瓦茨科普夫技术创新奖。基于该中心在其运营的前10年中所取得的成果，CTRC的第三阶段更新将继续产生研究成果，以支持设计和使用高性能电子产品的行业部门的需求。该中心强大的多学科文化促进了对教育和多样性的广泛影响。暴露于中心生态系统，确保明天的研究领导者了解成功的跨学科研究所需的基于团队的解决问题的技能。该中心致力于不断和积极地招聘，培养和指导妇女和代表性不足的群体，在研究生和本科生水平，在他们追求学术卓越。该中心受益于，并增加了，在普渡大学的多种，强大的多样性和推广计划。

PROGRAM DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATION IIP 1238318 Purdue University Garimella This proposal seeks funding for a third five-year term (Phase III) of the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center at Purdue University, the Cooling Technologies Research Center, which started operations in 2002. The Center addresses research and development needs of industries in the area of high-performance heat removal from compact spaces. The uniqueness of the proposed Center draws from its strong focus on heat transfer technologies and related thermal management issues. The research approach relies heavily on experimental investigations, backed by theoretical and numerical analysis. The Center draws participants from the Schools of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Physics and Chemistry at Purdue University, who contribute complimentary competencies in heat transfer, micrrofluidics, microfabrication, nanotechnology, refrigeration, computational techniques, mechantronics, controls, acoustics, and diagnostics and measurements. The Center continues to pursue a research agenda that is of immediate relevance to its industry members, while focusing on the fundamental challenges in each technology. The Center has come to be recognized globally for its leadership in this area, and was awarded the 2011 Alexander Schwarzkopf Award for Technological Innovation. Based on the outcomes the center has realized during its first 10 years of operation, Phase III renewal of the CTRC will continue to produce research outcomes that support the needs of industry sectors designing and using high performance electronics. The Center's strong multi-disciplinary culture promotes broad impacts on education and diversity. Exposure to the Center ecosystem ensures that tomorrows research leaders understand the team-based, problem solving skills needed for successful cross-disciplinary research. The Center is committed to continually and proactively recruiting, nurturing and mentoring women and under-represented groups, at the graduate and undergraduate levels, during their pursuit of academic excellence. The Center benefits from, and adds to, the multiple, strong diversity and outreach programs housed at Purdue University.