REU Site: Multifunctional Materials

REU 网站：多功能材料

• 批准号: 1461202
• 负责人: Ibrahim Karaman
• 金额: $ 36.48万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-10-01 至 2018-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1461202&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Multifunctional; Materials

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Texas A&M University offers research experiences on various aspects of multiscale experiments and modeling of material systems that exhibit multifunctional properties to diverse and talented cohorts of students particularly from predominantly undergraduate and minority serving institutions in Texas and the Southwest. There is extensive materials research activity in the southwestern United States, which serves exponentially growing sectors in energy, aerospace, electronics and health. Advances in materials, particularly multifunctional materials are critical to addressing the country's most challenging problems in energy and environmental sustainability. The students' research projects have meaningful and positive impacts on society by focusing on the theme of multifunctional materials which supports a large number of applications related to energy and sustainability, for which there are large job growth opportunities for participants. The research products will benefit society broadly and the project will help to recruit more students into materials science engineering, an area where an increased and more diverse workforce is urgently needed.The REU Site offers opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in comprehensive research experiences on cutting-edge topics, using state-of-the-art methods, which reinforce and strengthen their classroom knowledge and encourage pursuit of graduate education. During the 10-week experience the students perform research activities focusing on multiscale experiments and modeling of material systems that exhibit multifunctional properties. The modeling activities include molecular dynamics to continuum scale constitutive modeling, optimization, advanced finite element-based micromechanics, and macroscopic finite element modeling of applications. The experimental activities include fabrication and characterization of shape memory alloys, fibers, and polymers, as well as design and testing of Layer-by-Layer polymer assemblies, optimized polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems, and nastic material systems. Students will learn how research is conducted, develop laboratory and modeling skills, and learn how to conduct design, analysis, testing and optimization of multifunctional materials and components. The students will collaborate with a faculty research mentor from the multidisciplinary Department of Materials Science and Engineering along with a trained graduate student mentor. They also will participate in a professional development program that includes training in communications and research methods skills, graduate school information sessions, and optional field trips and tours. The students are provided with opportunities to present their research results in a poster symposium held at the end of the summer and participate in an REU Students Invent Experience in collaboration with the "Aggies Invent" program - where industry partners from areas familiar to the students will present ideas, and the REU students will build a prototype in 48 hours. The program will collaborate closely with TAMU's AGEP-T program and LSAMP program as part of comprehensive recruitment plan to ensure a diverse and talented applicant pool for the REU Site. This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site is supported by the Department of Defense ASSURE program in partnership with the NSF REU program.

德克萨斯A&M大学的本科生研究体验(REU)网站提供多尺度实验和材料系统建模的各个方面的研究经验，这些材料系统向不同和有才华的学生展示多功能属性，特别是来自德克萨斯州和西南部以本科生和少数族裔为主的服务机构的学生。美国西南部有广泛的材料研究活动，为能源、航空航天、电子和健康等领域呈指数级增长的行业提供服务。材料，特别是多功能材料的进步，对于解决该国在能源和环境可持续性方面最具挑战性的问题至关重要。学生的研究项目聚焦于多功能材料的主题，支持与能源和可持续发展相关的大量应用，为参与者提供了大量的就业增长机会，从而对社会产生了有意义和积极的影响。这些研究产品将广泛惠及社会，该项目将有助于招收更多学生进入材料科学工程领域，该领域迫切需要更多和更多样化的劳动力。REU网站为本科生提供机会，利用最先进的方法参与关于尖端主题的全面研究体验，以巩固和加强他们的课堂知识，并鼓励他们追求研究生教育。在为期10周的体验中，学生们进行研究活动，重点是多尺度实验和展示多功能特性的材料系统的建模。建模活动包括分子动力学到连续介质尺度的本构建模、优化、先进的基于有限元的细观力学以及应用的宏观有限元建模。实验活动包括形状记忆合金、纤维和聚合物的制造和表征，以及层层聚合物组件、优化的聚合物电解质膜燃料电池系统和Nastic材料系统的设计和测试。学生将学习如何进行研究，发展实验室和建模技能，并学习如何进行多功能材料和部件的设计、分析、测试和优化。这些学生将与材料科学与工程多学科系的一名教师研究导师以及一名训练有素的研究生导师合作。他们还将参加一项职业发展计划，其中包括沟通和研究方法技能培训、研究生院信息会议，以及可选的实地考察和参观。学生们有机会在暑期结束时举行的海报研讨会上展示他们的研究成果，并参加REU学生与“农业发明”计划合作的发明体验-来自学生熟悉领域的行业合作伙伴将提出想法，REU学生将在48小时内构建原型。该计划将与TAMU的AGEP-T计划和LSAMP计划密切合作，作为全面招聘计划的一部分，以确保REU网站有多样化和有才华的申请者。本科生研究经验(REU)网站由国防部保证计划与NSF REU计划合作提供支持。

项目成果

An interpretable boosting-based predictive model for transformation temperatures of shape memory alloys

形状记忆合金转变温度的可解释的基于boosting的预测模型

• DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2023.112225
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Computational Materials Science
• 影响因子: 3.3
• 作者: Zadeh, Sina Hossein;Behbahanian, Amir;Broucek, John;Fan, Mingzhou;Vazquez, Guillermo;Noroozi, Mohammad;Trehern, William;Qian, Xiaoning;Karaman, Ibrahim;Arroyave, Raymundo
• 通讯作者: Arroyave, Raymundo