Establishment of a Joint I/UCR Center on Process Modelling

将启动一项规划活动，以确定 在麻省理工学院建立了一个过程建模中心。 其主要使命 将是开发描述材料加工的数学模型 涉及气态和熔融态材料的操作， 包括诸如固化和气相沉积的相变。 这项工作将与固态（即， 变形处理）的努力，但不会强调这些方面， 材料加工领域。 主要工业客户 这项工作将包括传统的商品类生产者， 如钢、铝和铜;以及新技术，如 陶瓷复合材料和电子材料。 作为计划的一部分， 与利哈伊大学合作（涵盖数学领域） 固体材料的成形和变形的建模）将被探索 确定建立联合研究中心的可能性， 气体、液体和固体过程中材料的数学建模 阶段。

A planning activity will be initiated to determine the feasibility of establishing a Process Modeling Center at MIT. Its principal mission will be to develop mathematical models describing materials processing operations involving materials in the gaseous and molten state and including phase transitions such as solidification and vapor deposition. This work would have a close interface with solid state (i.e., deformation processing) efforts but would not emphasize these aspects of the materials processing field. The principal industrial customers for this work would include both the traditional commodity-type producers, such as steel, aluminum, and copper; and new technologies, such as ceramics composites and electronic materials. As part of this planning, co-ordination with Lehigh University (covering the areas of mathematical modeling of shaping and deforming of solid materials) will be explored to determine the possibility of establishing a joint center researching mathematical modeling of materials during gaseous, liquid, and solid phases.