University of New Hampshire Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Metal Deformation Processes (iuFOCUS)

金属变形工艺是在许多工业部门中使用的普遍制造技术，例如汽车、医疗和电子设备、石油和天然气设备以及航空航天工业。该过程涉及美国国内生产总值的约7%。金属变形技术的进步可以满足国防、能源独立和效率、国土安全和医疗保健等关键国家需求。该项目的目标是举行一次规划会议，以建立一个关于金属变形工艺的工业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC），这将为工业提供内在价值。该中心的目标是提供竞争前，基础知识，以提高产品性能，提高生产力，劳动力发展和经济增长的行业。该中心将为学术，工业和国家实验室研究人员之间的合作提供一个论坛，以进行金属变形技术的基础，竞争前科学和工程研究。为了在多个工业部门建立一个强大且可持续的I/UCRC中心，该项目的学术合作伙伴，新罕布什尔州大学（UNH），西北大学和德克萨斯州&农工大学（TAMU）将合作提供：a）创新的金属变形技术，例如柔性无模成形、超声波辅助成形、电辅助成形，以及用于摩擦控制的工件和工具表面的几何纹理，B）通过新颖的过程中传感器和先进的控制算法的闭环过程控制，以及c）用于成形的过程建模和材料表征。该中心将有三个技术重点领域（每个大学领导一个领域）：建模和材料表征（UNH），先进的金属变形工艺和传感（西北），以及产品/工艺优化和标准化（TAMU）。每个机构还将根据过去的合作和区域利益关注特定行业：UNH，航空航天和电子设备;西北，汽车和医疗设备;和TAMU，石油和天然气行业。院校与业界成员的合作，可有效及有效率地满足业界的研究及发展需要。在规划会议上，预计共有60名与会者。中心项目将通过工业需求与I/UCRC场地能力的系统映射来确定。更具体地说，美国政府正在采取行动。新罕布什尔州将带来建模和材料表征方面的专业知识，并提供独特的设施和广泛的计算资源，以支持研究中心和中心的研究活动。

Metal deformation processes are ubiquitous manufacturing techniques used in many industrial sectors such as automotive, medical and electronic devices, oil and gas equipment, and aerospace industries. The processes are involved in approximately 7% of the US Gross Domestic Product. Advancement in metal deformation technologies can address key national needs such as defense, energy independence and efficiency, homeland security, and health care. The objective of the project is to conduct a planning meeting to establish an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) on metal deformation processes, which will provide intrinsic value to industry. The goal of the Center is to deliver pre-competitive, fundamental knowledge to industry for improved product performance, enhanced productivity, workforce development and economic growth. The Center will provide a forum for collaborations among academic, industrial, and national laboratory researchers to perform fundamental, pre-competitive science and engineering research of metal deformation technologies. To create a robust and sustainable I/UCRC Center across several industrial sectors, the academic partners of this project, University of New Hampshire (UNH), Northwestern University, and Texas A&M University (TAMU), will work collaboratively to provide: a) innovative metal deformation technologies, e.g. flexible dieless forming, ultrasonic-assisted forming, electrically-assisted forming, and geometric texturing of workpiece and tooling surfaces for friction control, b) closed-loop process control through novel in-process sensors and advanced control algorithms, and c) process modeling and material characterization for forming. The Center will have three technical thrust areas (with each university Site leading one of the areas): modeling and material characterization (UNH), advanced metal deformation processes and sensing (Northwestern), and product/process optimization and standardization (TAMU). Each institution will also focus on specific industries based on past collaborations and regional interests: UNH, aerospace and electronic devices; Northwestern, automotive and medical devices; and TAMU, oil and gas industry. The collaboration among the institutions and industrial members can effectively and efficiently address the industrial research and development needs. At the planning meeting, a total of 60 participants is expected. The Center projects will be determined by systematic mapping of the industrial needs to the capabilities of the I/UCRC Sites. More specifically, the U. of New Hampshire will bring expertise in modeling and material characterization and access to unique facilities and extensive computational resources that can support Site and Center research activities.