Presidential Young Investigator Award: Sensing And Control in Selected Manufacturing Processes.

在制造业中，有许多重要的单元操作是难以应用反馈控制的。它们包括压力制动器和管弯曲，工件矫直，板材轧制，镦锻，压铸和聚合物加工。这项研究将调查这些行动，以期使控制成为可能。将开发出简单到可以进行快速（实时）计算，但又复杂到可以预测重要性影响的数学模型。将测量材料特性、几何形状和工具/工件摩擦等参数，并开发检测这些参数的新方法。

There are a number of important unit operations in manufacturing to which it is difficult to apply feedback control. They include pressbrake and tube bending, workpiece straightening, sheet rolling, upset forging, die casting and polymer processing. The research will investigate these operations with a view to making control possible. Mathematical models that are simple enough to permit fast (real time) computations, but complex enough to predict the effects of importance, will be developed. Parameters such as material properties, geometry and tool/workpiece friction will be measured, and new methods for sensing these parameters will be developed.