Engineering Faculty Internship: Mechatronic Design and Construction of a Materials Handling Test Apparatus

该奖项是为了对薄膜材料搬运设备的功能进行实验研究和建模。这项工作是与一家工业联合赞助商密切合作进行的，将使人们更好地了解这种材料处理机制，并为薄膜处理设备的设计提供坚实的理论基础。为进行这项研究而制造的测试设备将基于最新的机电设计技术，提供关键参数的变化，并包括传感器和执行器，以便能够研究和量化因果关系。在工业和消费领域的许多电子设备和装置中，薄膜材料搬运是经常发生的事情。这项研究将为此类设备的设计提供科学和理论基础，为许多此类设备的生产商带来竞争优势。

This award is to conduct an experimental study and model the functioning of thin film material handling equipment. This effort, being conducted in close collaboration with an industrial co- sponsor, will result in a better understanding of such material handling mechanisms and provide a sound theoretical basis for the design of thin film handling equipment. The test equipment that will be fabricated to conduct the study will be based on the latest mechatronic design techniques, provide for the variation of critical parameters and include sensors and actuators so that the cause effect relationships can be studied and quantified. Material handling of thin films is a frequent occurrence in many electronic equipment and devices in the industrial and consumer sector. This research will develop a scientific and theoretical basis for the design of such equipment, with competitive benefits to many producers of such equipment.