I/UCRC: Phase III: Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing (LPAM)

该提案要求为弗吉尼亚大学（UVA）提供第三阶段资金，以保持其作为先进制造激光和等离子体中心（LPAM）的活跃领导场所。该中心的主要研究重点是激光和等离子体在先进制造中的应用。随着激光和等离子体技术的进步，例如高功率二极管、固态和光纤激光器以及大气等离子体源的可用性，激光和等离子体在工业制造中的应用持续增长。激光允许非接触式材料加工，以提供高精度，更快的吞吐量和适用于各种材料，如金属，陶瓷，聚合物和复合材料。该中心的部分研究活动涉及激光去除氧化物、钛的激光微加工、激光微纹理、激光焊接的光学成像传感器、铝合金的微加工、聚合物表面的大气等离子体处理等领域。激光和等离子体源继续在能源等各个工业部门发挥重要作用（特别是太阳能）、汽车、航空航天、微电子、生物医学和一般制造业。该中心将继续通过创新，研究生和本科生的参与，利用现有设施和多所大学的合作伙伴关系来支持行业研究。领先中心和各个站点的行业研究表现使美国行业在先进制造业中更具竞争力，因此LPAM中心为社会提供了巨大的经济效益。LPAM中心开发新的制造工艺和工艺监控工具，并为中心工业成员提供与当前工艺相关的技术问题的基本理解。LPAM中心还为研究生和本科生提供行业感兴趣的研究领域的教育和培训，以满足他们未来的劳动力需求。LPAM中心为学生创造了一个独特的机会，使他们能够与工业研究人员和工程师合作。LPAM中心为团队建设和与参与大学的学生和工业成员合作开展研究提供了机会。该中心还通过本科生研究经验计划吸引了本科生参与，并在学生职业生涯的早期阶段提供了宝贵的经验。

The proposal requests Phase III funding for the University of Virginia (UVA) to remain as an active lead site in the Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing (LPAM). The primary focus of the center's research is in laser and plasma applications for advanced manufacturing. With the advances in laser and plasma technology such as availability of high power diode, solid state and fiber lasers, and atmospheric plasma sources, there is continued growth of laser and plasma applications for industrial manufacturing. Lasers allow non-contact material processing to provide high precision, faster throughput and applicability to variety of materials such as metals, ceramics, polymers and composites. Some of the centers research activities have been in the areas of laser removal of oxides, laser micromachining of titanium, laser micro-texturing, optical imaging sensors for laser welding, micromachining of aluminum alloys, atmospheric plasma treatment of polymeric surfaces etc. Lasers and plasma sources continue to play an important role in various industrial sectors such as energy (specifically solar energy), automobile, aerospace, microelectronics, biomedical and general manufacturing. The center will continue to support industry research through innovation, participation of graduate and undergraduate students, leveraging the existing facilities and through multi-university partnerships. The performance of industry research by lead center and various sites, allows the U.S. industry to be more competitive in advanced manufacturing and hence the LPAM center provides a great economic benefit to the society. The LPAM center develops new manufacturing processes and process monitoring tools, as well as provides fundamental understanding of technical issues related to current processes for the benefit of the center industrial members. The LPAM center also provides education and training to graduate and undergraduate student in research areas of interest to industry to meet their future workforce needs. The LPAM center creates a unique opportunity for students to be able to collaborate with industrial researchers and engineers. The LPAM center provides opportunities for team building and carrying out research in collaboration with students at participating universities and industrial members. The center has also involved undergraduate students through Research Experience for Undergraduates program and has provided a valuable experience at early stage of student's career.