Phase I I/UCRC University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Site: Center for Advanced Research in Drying (CARD)

第一阶段I/UCRC伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校：干燥高级研究中心（CARD）伍斯特理工学院（WPI）和伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校（UIUC）共同提议建立一个NSF工业大学合作研究中心，名为“干燥高级研究中心（CARD）”。 CARD将是一个独特的中心，致力于通过对各种干燥和相关热/质运输过程的能源效率进行有针对性的改进和创新，帮助美国制造业实现环境可持续发展。 这将有助于公司履行其降低成本和提高产品质量的使命。 CARD有两个主要的推动力。首先，CARD致力于进行创新的工业驱动的研究和开发，主要关注节能干燥工艺。 其次，CARD将弥合制造和技术技能差距，创造未来的劳动力。 CARD最初将专注于以下行业：食品和农业加工，大宗化学品，林业产品，制药，半导体和纺织。 CARD的愿景是组建一个多样化和互补的研究人员和工业合作伙伴，这些研究人员和合作伙伴非常适合解决“大挑战”类型的问题。 上述工业部门的融合将提供独特的研究机会，导致新知识的产生和思想的交叉授粉。 将通过中心成员公司以及通过每个合作机构建立的行业关系（通过以前广泛的行业和大学项目工作）促进成果的传播。 CARD人员致力于促进文化多样性，并加强妇女和代表性不足的学生和教师在中心工作的参与。 CARD将在促进政策方面发挥领导作用，这些政策将加强国家在促进先进制造业方面的目标，提高参与行业的盈利能力，并培养受过良好教育，精通工业，高技能的下一代STEM劳动力;这将是美国在竞争日益激烈的全球市场中确保其可持续制造业领导地位的关键。

Phase I I/UCRC University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Site: Center for Advanced Research in Drying (CARD)Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have jointly proposed to establish an NSF Industry University Cooperative Research Center entitled the "Center for Advanced Research in Drying (CARD)". CARD will be a unique center dedicated to assisting U.S. manufacturing industries to become environmentally sustainable through targeted improvements and innovations on the energy efficiency of various drying and relevant heat/mass transport processes. This will assist companies in their mission to reduce costs and improve product quality. CARD has two major thrusts. First, CARD is dedicated to conducting innovative industrially-driven research and development, with a main focus on energy efficient drying processes. Second, CARD will bridge the manufacturing and technology skills gap to create the workforce of tomorrow. CARD will initially focus on the following industries: food and agricultural processing, bulk chemicals, forestry products, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, and textile. CARD's vision is to assemble a diverse and complementary set of researchers and industrial partners that are uniquely suited to tackle "grand challenge" types of problems. The confluence of the above-mentioned industry sectors will provide unique research opportunities leading to the generation of new knowledge and cross-pollination of ideas. Dissemination of results will be facilitated through the Center member companies as well as through the industry relationships that each collaborating institution has developed (through extensive previous industry and university project work). CARD personnel are committed to promoting cultural diversity, and enhancing the participation of women and underrepresented students and faculty in the Center's work. CARD will take a leadership role in promoting policies that will enhance the nation's goal in promoting advanced manufacturing, improve profitability of participating industries, and develop well-educated, industrially-savvy, highly skilled next generation STEM workforce; this will be pivotal to the US for securing its sustainable manufacturing leadership in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.