Centre for Doctoral Training in Non-Destructive Evaluation

无损评估博士培训中心

• 批准号: EP/I017704/1
• 负责人: Peter Cawley
• 金额: $ 280.32万
• 依托单位: Imperial College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Training Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2011 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FI017704%2F1
• 关键词: Centre; Doctoral; Training; Non; Destructive

We propose a Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE). The Centre will conduct adventurous research to improve the industrial practice of NDE. It will maintain a flow of skilled doctoral engineers and scientists into the field of NDE and provide a route for knowledge and technology transfer to maximise the industrial and economic impact of new and emerging NDE technologies. NDE is central to raising the quality of engineering materials and safety assurance of engineering structures. It is thus a vital ingredient for the safe and sustainable future of UK industry, including power generation, nuclear, oil & gas, aerospace and defence. NDE is also an important enabling technology for a range of future UK business growth opportunities.Advanced NDE uses a range of physical phenomena to detect anomalies in structures and materials. This requires its research base to encompass a very wide range of scientific and engineering skills and this proposal is therefore centred upon a consortium of academic institutions in the UK Research Centre in NDE (RCNDE) and will utilise the most appropriate as well as the highest quality researchers and supervisors. Our vision for this CDT is to rejuvenate key sectors of UK industry by training the next generation of NDE engineers in adventurous research and by improving technology & skills transfer. These are essential for ensuring safe and economic production and plant operation. The CDT will build on the success of the current EngD Centre in NDE which it replaces, and whose role was highlighted in the EngD review commissioned by EPSRC in 2007 for the provision of vital training for new staff to replace core NDE personnel after a period of under-investment in the area. It is vital to maintain the momentum thus gained. The new Centre will run in parallel with the RCNDE collaboration whose industrial members are represented by NDEvR, the industrial Partner of the Strategic Partnership. RCNDE started in 2003 and this year has 16 industrial user members paying 35k per annum plus a growing number of associate members (technology suppliers). Its programmes of research are supported by EPSRC and member companies also spend approaching 1M pa on projects to transfer technology from the universities into industrial use. This is strong evidence of the industrial need for exploitable research and training.From its start the CDT will therefore have strong industrial support and exploit the cohesion of the RCNDE academic-industrial collaboration. Following the guidance of NDEvR's industrial members, the proposed CDT will aim to integrate NDE into the engineering life cycle in order to deepen the CDT's impact upon each partner company, attract new companies and reach a larger cross-section of graduate applicants. Our industrial partners agree that it is vital to join up the disciplines of NDE with condition monitoring, structural performance, materials engineering and design. In addition to performing excellent research, the core institutions in this CDT are committed to exploiting the substantial knowledge and skills in the universities by transforming their research results into industrial technology. The student research engineers in the CDT will be in a unique position to assist this by acting as a human bridge for technology transfer, their projects closing the gap between the research base and user.

我们建议建立一个无损评估(NDE)博士培训中心(CDT)。该中心将进行大胆的研究，以改进无损检测的工业实践。它将保持熟练的博士工程师和科学家流入无损检测领域，并为知识和技术转让提供一条途径，以最大限度地发挥新的和新兴的无损检测技术对工业和经济的影响。NDE是提高工程材料质量和工程结构安全保证的核心。因此，它对英国工业的安全和可持续未来至关重要，这些工业包括发电、核能、油气、航空航天和国防。NDE也是英国未来一系列商业增长机会的重要使能技术。先进的NDE使用一系列物理现象来检测结构和材料中的异常。这需要其研究基础包含非常广泛的科学和工程技能，因此，这项提议以英国NDE研究中心(RCNDE)的学术机构联盟为中心，并将利用最合适和最高质量的研究人员和主管。我们对CDT的愿景是通过培训下一代从事冒险研究的NDE工程师以及通过改善技术和技能转移来振兴英国工业的关键行业。这些对于确保安全、经济的生产和工厂运行是必不可少的。CDT将在其所取代的现有恩德培中心的成功基础上再接再厉，EPSRC在2007年委托进行的恩德培审查中强调了该中心的作用，该审查旨在为新工作人员提供重要培训，以便在该领域投资不足一段时间后接替核心的NDE人员。保持由此获得的势头至关重要。新的中心将与RCNDE协作并行运行，该协作的工业成员由战略伙伴关系的工业合作伙伴NDevr代表。RCNDE始于2003年，今年有16个工业用户会员每年支付3.5万英镑，另外还有越来越多的准会员(技术供应商)。它的研究项目得到了EPSRC的支持，成员公司还在将大学技术转化为工业用途的项目上花费了近100万英镑。这有力地证明了行业对可开发性研究和培训的需求。因此，CDT从一开始就将拥有强大的行业支持，并利用RCNDE学术与产业合作的凝聚力。在NDER行业成员的指导下，拟议的CDT将致力于将NDE整合到工程生命周期中，以加深CDT对每个合作伙伴公司的影响，吸引新公司，并接触到更多的毕业生申请者。我们的工业合作伙伴一致认为，将无损检测与状态监测、结构性能、材料工程和设计相结合是至关重要的。除了出色的研究外，CDT的核心机构还致力于通过将大学的研究成果转化为工业技术来利用大学的大量知识和技能。CDT的学生研究工程师将处于一个独特的地位，通过充当技术转移的人类桥梁来帮助实现这一点，他们的项目缩小了研究基础和用户之间的差距。