I/UCRC Phase III Iowa State University: Center for Advanced Non-Ferrous Structural Alloys (CANFSA)

科罗拉多矿业学院(Mines)和爱荷华州立大学(ISU)的高级有色结构合金中心(CANFSA)是唯一由大学领导的财团，从事从轻质镁到高温耐火合金的有色合金物理冶金研究。CANFSA产生并应用新知识，通过竞争前研究、支持教师和建立学生劳动力管道来解决大学、政府和行业利益相关者确定的具有挑战性的问题，这些领域对美国制造业具有战略重要性，特别是与航空航天和国防相关。CANFSA通过最先进的实验和建模研究与工业相关的processing-microstructure-property-performance关系，培养下一代有色金属物理冶金学家，并支持学生、教师和物理冶金课程。CANFSA的主要领域包括轻质、高温和其他材料，包括涂料，横跨航空航天、能源、国防、国家安全、基础设施、汽车和生物医学部门。ISU拥有支持有色金属物理冶金研究的设备、基础设施和人员，以及物理冶金、不同规模和类型的材料表征以及材料加工方面的专业知识，以通过基础科学和应用科学解决难题，并拥有最先进的实验和建模以及基于应用和制造的见解。CANFSA项目的结构是利用Mines和ISU以及行业合作伙伴和国家实验室的杰出能力和人员。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。

The Center for Advanced Non-Ferrous Structural Alloys (CANFSA) at Colorado School of Mines (Mines) and Iowa State University (ISU) is the only university-led consortium performing non-ferrous alloy physical metallurgy research, from lightweight magnesium to high-temperature refractory alloys. CANFSA generates and applies new knowledge to solve challenging problems identified by university, government, and industry stakeholders via pre-competitive research, supporting faculty, and building a student workforce pipeline trained in areas of strategic importance to U.S. manufacturing, especially relevant to aerospace and defense. CANFSA investigates industrially-relevant processing-microstructure-property-performance relationships with state-of-the-art experimentation and modeling, trains the next generation of non-ferrous physical metallurgists, and supports students, faculty, and curricula in physical metallurgy.CANFSA’s thrust areas include lightweight, high temperature, and other materials, including coatings, spanning the aerospace, energy, defense, national security, infrastructure, automotive, and biomedical sectors. ISU has the equipment, infrastructure, and personnel to support research in non-ferrous physical metallurgy and the expertise in physical metallurgy, materials characterization across scales and modalities, and materials processing to tackle difficult problems through basic and applied science, with state-of-the-art experimentation and modeling and application- and manufacturing-based insights. CANFSA projects are structured to leverage the outstanding capabilities and personnel at Mines and ISU along with industry partners and national laboratories.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.