Planning IUCRC at LSU & Agricultural and Mechanical College: Center for Innovations in Structural Integrity Assurance (CISIA)

路易斯安那州立大学(LSU)和路易斯安那理工大学(LA Tech)提议建立结构完整性保障创新中心(CISIA)。基础设施和机械部件的结构完整性和可靠的寿命预测，在所有公共和私营部门都具有相关性，从石油和天然气到航空航天，从建筑到能源加工行业。除了在材料性能、基础设施性能和结构完整性之间建立联系的基础研究？这超出了当今大多数工业研发机构的范围？该协会的学术界和工业界成员将通力合作，培养出在最先进的设施中接受培训的工程师，以利用结构健康监测和分析的现代方法。这些工程师将加入一支高素质和高生产率的劳动力队伍，显著提高美国工业的全球竞争力。LSU SITE专注于结构完整性和材料创新，重点是多尺度材料表征/测试和基于物理的多尺度建模/仿真，开展部件疲劳、磨损、寿命评估和无损加速试验研究。通过集成经过验证的诊断、机器学习和数据驱动的决策，CISIA将处于有利地位，能够阐明和解释新材料、制造流程、服务历史及其对美国所有工业部门可靠性的集体影响之间的联系。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Louisiana State University (LSU) and Louisiana Tech University (LA Tech) propose to establish the Center for Innovations in Structural Integrity Assurance (CISIA). Structural integrity and reliable life prediction of infrastructure and mechanical components have relevance in every public and private sector, ranging from oil & gas to aerospace to construction to energy processing industries. In addition to fundamental research for establishing linkages between material properties, infrastructure performance, and structural integrity ?which is beyond the scope of most industrial R&D organizations of today? the academic and industrial members of CISIA will work in concert to produce engineers who are trained in state-of-the-art facilities to utilize modern methods of structural health monitoring and analysis. These engineers will join a highly-qualified and productive workforce that significantly enhances the global competitiveness of U.S. industries. LSU site focuses on structural integrity and materials innovation, with emphasis on multiscale materials characterization/testing and multiscale physics-based modeling/simulation, to conduct research on component fatigue, wear, life-time assessment, and non-destructive accelerated testing. By integrating validated diagnostics, machine learning, and data-driven decision making, CISIA will be well-positioned to elucidate and translate the links between new materials, manufacturing processes, service histories, and their collective impact on reliability across all U.S. industrial sectors.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.