Texas A&M U. Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Metal Deformation Processes (iuFOCUS)

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• 批准号: 1624817
• 负责人: Jyhwen Wang
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 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: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-07-15 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1624817&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Texas; A&M; U.; Planning; Grant

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, TAMU brings their excellent capabilities in produce and process optimization and the support of their strong infrastructure for metal deformation research including the shared-used laboratories Microscopy and Imaging Center, Material Characterization Facility, and complementary supercomputing facilities for modeling and simulation.

金属变形工艺是许多工业部门普遍使用的制造技术，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。这些过程约占美国国内生产总值的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。该中心的目标是向行业提供竞争前的基础知识，以改善产品性能、提高生产率、劳动力发展和经济增长。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，以执行金属变形技术的基础、竞争前的科学和工程研究。为了在几个工业部门建立一个强大和可持续的I/UCRC中心，该项目的学术合作伙伴，新汉普郡大学(UNH)、西北大学和德克萨斯农工大学(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)通过新型过程传感器和先进控制算法进行闭环过程控制；c)成形过程建模和材料表征。该中心将有三个技术重点领域(每个大学网站领导其中一个领域)：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地区利益专注于特定行业：北卡罗来纳大学、航空航天和电子设备；西北大学、汽车和医疗设备；以及TAMU，石油和天然气行业。机构和行业成员之间的合作可以有效和高效地满足行业研发需求。在规划会议上，预计共有60人参加。中心项目将通过系统地绘制工业需求与I/UCRC场地能力的地图来确定。更具体地说，TAMU在生产和工艺优化方面具有出色的能力，并为金属变形研究提供强大的基础设施支持，包括共用的实验室显微镜和成像中心、材料表征设施以及用于建模和模拟的补充超级计算设施。