I/UCRC Planning Grant: Applications In Flow Control

一个新的中心将计划在佛罗里达州立大学，明尼苏达大学双城分校和俄亥俄州州立大学命名为工业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC）的流量控制应用（CAFC）。CAFC有两个主要目标：（1）超越目前依赖于传统稳态空气动力学的设计范式，（2）将主动流量控制集成到工程流体系统中。主动流动控制是一个多学科领域，跨越了许多技术学科，包括流体动力学，控制，智能材料，致动器，传感器和信号处理。这些领域的进展往往结合在一起，首先在实验室规模的实验中得到证明，随后扩大到工业原型。因此，需要行业驱动的合作研究计划，以催化和过渡创新从大学的研究成果到industry.The流体动力学和航空声学社区是在一个范式转变的门槛，因为流动控制准备改变许多工程流体系统的设计方式。一旦实现，就有可能彻底改变许多领域，从所有运输方式到能源生产到工艺工程等等。计划中的中心将通过连接流体动力学，控制，智能材料，执行器，传感器和信号处理的进步，并应用于与行业指导相关的社会问题，处于这一转变的最前沿。拟议的I/UCRC AFC将联合收割机的互补研究人员和教育工作者的团队，培养跨学科领域的研究生，积极招募和指导学生从代表性不足的群体，并与创业小企业，行业和政府机构的团队。

A new center is to be planned based at Florida State University, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and Ohio State University named the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Applications in Flow Control (CAFC). CAFC is motivated by two major goals:(1)moving beyond the current design paradigm that relies on conventional steady aerodynamics and (2) integrating active flow control into engineered fluid systems. Active flow control is a multidisciplinary field that spans numerous technical disciplines, including fluid dynamics, controls, smart materials, actuators, sensors, and signal processing. Advances in these fields are often combined and first demonstrated in laboratory-scale experiments and subsequently scaled to industrial prototypes. Therefore, industry-driven collaborative research initiatives are required to catalyze and transition innovations from university research outcomes to industry.The fluid dynamics and aeroacoustics communities are at the threshold of a paradigm shift as flow control is poised to alter the way many engineering fluid systems are designed. Once achieved there is a potential to revolutionize many areas, ranging from all modes of transportation to energy production to process engineering and more. The planned center will operate at the forefront of this transformation by connecting advances in fluid dynamics, controls, smart materials, actuators, sensors, and signal processing and applying to societally relevant problems with industry guidance. The proposed I/UCRC AFC will combine a team of complementary researchers and educators, train graduate students in interdisciplinary fields, actively recruit and mentor students from underrepresented groups, and team with entrepreneurial small businesses, industry, and government agencies.