Support for Control of Particulate Processes Conference

提议为1993年1月底在圣巴巴拉举行的关于“控制和颗粒过程会议”的跨学科国际讲习班提供部分支助。这次会议将汇集来自大学、工业和政府的研究人员，重点是涉及颗粒的制造过程的过程中测量和控制系统。这个主题与化学、采矿和选矿有关。例如，杜邦化工厂生产的产品中约有80%使用颗粒技术。通过过程控制在产品质量和运行可靠性方面的改进幅度是显著的。拟议的会议将扩大该小组对颗粒过程控制的研究兴趣，涉及包括化学过程在内的感兴趣的领域。参与者是真正的国际化人士。NSF的部分资金将只支持来自美国的教授和研究生(20名参与者，每人500美元的支持)，而工业和海外参与者的资金将来自工业和工程基金会。该研讨会涵盖四个研究领域：反应堆控制系统、粒子处理、仪器仪表以及建模和控制策略。这项提案的研究重点是在工程领域的两个部门--“化学和热力系统”和“设计和制造系统”的交汇点，这两个部门将共同分担车间费用。

It was proposed to provide partial support for an interdisciplinary, international workshop on "Control and particle processes Conference" in Santa Barbara, at the end of January 1993. The meeting will bring together researchers from universities, industry and government, with the focus on the in- process measurements and control systems for manufacturing processes involving particles. This topic is relevant in chemical, mining and mineral processing. For instance, about 80% of the products manufactured in chemical plant at DuPont use particle technology. The margins of improvement by process control, in both product quality and reliability in operation, are significant. The proposed meeting will extend the research interests on particle process control of the group with areas of interest including chemical processes. The participants is truly international. NSF funds will partially support only professors and graduate students from the U. S. (20 participants with $500 support per person), while the funds for the industrial and overseas participants will come from industry and Engineering Foundation. The workshop covers four research areas: reactor control systems, particle processing, instrumentation, and modeling and control strategies. The research focus of this proposal is at the intersection of two division in engineering, "Chemical and Thermal Systems" and "Design and Manufacturing Systems", which will co-shear the workshop expenses.