CAREER: An Unified Approach to Planning and Control of Sheet Metal Assembly and Joining Processes

9625200 Hu该职业奖旨在开发减少钣金装配和连接变化的方法，以及课程和实验室发展的教育计划。将钣金装配变化最小化的技术方法将：(1)开发考虑钣金装配过程顺应性的通用仿真模型，(2)对电阻焊过程进行建模，以便将其影响包括在内，以及(3)开发可评估钣金装配过程质量的稳健设计标准。该教育计划将使研究者和他的同事们为传统和非传统的汽车装配工程学生开发一套独特的课程。通过工业项目和与底特律的“焦点：希望”合作，向代表性不足的少数民族提供指导和外联服务，并将开发一个用于教学和研究的装配和装配实验室作为补充。该项目的成功将产生新的知识和方法，以生产更高质量的钣金组件。这将影响汽车、航空航天、家具和电器等行业，使它们的产品因质量提高和成本降低而更具竞争力。

9625200 Hu This CAREER award is to develop methods that reduce variation in sheet metal assembly and joining, and an educational plan of curriculum and laboratory development. The technical approach to minimize variations in sheet metal assembly will: (1) develop a generic simulation model of the sheet metal assembly process that takes into account compliance of the sheet, (2) model the resistance welding process so its effects can be included, and (3) develop a robust design criterion that can assess the quality of sheet metal assembly processes. The educational plan will team the investigator and his colleagues as they develop a unique curriculum for both traditional and non-traditional students on automotive assembly engineering. Mentoring and outreach to underrepresented minorities, both through industrial projects and in collaboration with Focus: Hope in Detroit, will be complemented by the development of a laboratory for assembly and joining that will be used for teaching and research. The success of this project will generate new knowledge and methodologies that produce higher quality sheet metal assemblies. This will impact industries such as automotive, aerospace, furniture and appliances, making their products more competitive because of improved quality and lower cost.