Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Image Analysis Work Station for Investigation of Stochastic Structures in Chemical Engineering

该合同是购买图像分析和图像处理系统设备的部分资金。具体的研究将包括分析与血液接触的表面上的颗粒沉积模式，分析电镀过程中的颗粒沉积模式，测量生物细胞与表面的相互作用，表征多孔介质的结构，多孔介质中两相流的CAT扫描图像分析。要获得的信息应阐明在能源和材料加工的实际操作中经常遇到的真正复杂几何类型的系统中发生的过程。血液和细胞方面的工作将有助于开发用于血液处理和生物反应器的改进材料。

This award is partial funding for the purchase of equipment for an image analysis and image processing system. Specific studies will include analysis of patterns of particle deposition on surfaces in contact with blood, analysis of patterns of particle deposition during electroplating, measurement of interactions of biological cells with surfaces, characterization of the structure of porous media, and analysis of CAT scan images of two-phase flow in porous media. The information to be obtained should illuminate processes occurring in systems with truly complex geometry of the type often encountered with practical operations on energy and materials processing. The work with blood and cells should help develop improved materials for blood processing and bioreactors.