Acquisition of a Hydrogen Furnace Assembly

9803003ES表示，该合同将为购买氢退火炉组件提供部分支持，该组件将用于冷加工粉末冶金Re样品的间歇退火。具体来说，氢气炉是研究项目中的关键设备，它将与其他设备一起用于研究不同冷轧方式对金属Re的晶体织构和力学性能的影响。这也将是洛约拉·马里蒙特大学设计/材料研究中心的重要补充。洛约拉·马里蒙特大学主要是一所本科教学大学，积极促进和鼓励师生之间的合作研究。通过教师的指导和领导，几名本科生在地区、国家和国际专业会议上展示了研究工作的结果，并在几个著名的期刊上发表了他们的研究成果。虽然许多学院和大学的机械工程课程主要强调工程问题的理论和分析方面，但Loylola项目结合了这些方法和强烈的设计重点。有了这个坚实的背景，Loyola的毕业生们已经准备好在研究生院进行进一步的研究或解决工业中的问题。%大约10名学生将在两年的时间里在教师的监督下进行拟议的研究。学生将使用现有的材料科学研究实验室(设计/材料研究中心的一部分)，其中包括：一台轧钢机，各种其他金属切割设备，电阻率仪器，显微硬度计，两台万能机械试验机，加热炉，两台光学显微镜和一台带有极图附件的X射线衍射仪。所要求的设备将向学生介绍通常用于难熔金属/材料研究的更广泛的设备。支持购买拟议的设备将产生三个主要好处。首先，研究结果对工业至关重要，特别是对航空航天和电子公司。其次，这些设备将增强大学的研究和教学能力，提高大学进行研究和研究培训的能力，并改善材料和加工领域的教学，从而促进下一代材料科学家、工程师和物理学家的多学科教育和准备。第三，该设备将使教员能够在不拖延的情况下进行间歇退火热处理的独立研究，并且成本效益更高。最重要的是，购买所需的设备将为洛约拉·马里蒙特大学的设计/材料研究中心增加一个重要的补充。在建立该中心方面已经采取了重大步骤。本系寻求外来拨款的目标，是透过本校与其他大学、私营行业及政府机构的互动，为约140名工程系学生提升工程学课程，以解决工程方面的问题。*

9803003Es-SaidThis award provides partial support for the purchase of a hydrogen annealing furnace assembly that will be used in the intermittent annealing of cold worked P/M rhenium samples. Specifically, the hydrogen furnace is a critical piece of equipment in the research project, which, in combination with other equipment, will be used to study the effect of varying the cold rolling modes on the crystallographic texture and mechanical properties of rhenium metal. It will also be a critical addition for the Design/Materials Research Center at Loyola Marymount University.Loyola Marymount University is primarily an undergraduate teaching university that actively promotes and encourages collaborative research between faculty and students. Through the guidance and leadership of faculty, several undergraduate students have presented the results of research work at regional, national, and international professional conferences and have had their work published in several renowned journals. While the mechanical engineering curricula of many colleges and universities emphasize mainly the theoretical and analytical aspects of eningeering problems, the Loylola program combines these approaches and a strong design emphasis. Armed with this solid background, Loyola graduates are well prepared to carry out further research in graduate school or to solve problems in industry.%%%Approximately 10 students per year for two years will perform the proposed research under the supervision of faculty. Students will use an existing materials science research laboratory (part of the Design/Materials Research Center) that includes: a rolling mill, various other metal cutting equipment, electrical resistivity devices, micro hardness machninery, two universal mechanical testing machines, furnaces, two light optical microscopes, and an X-ray Diffractometer with a Pole Figure Attachment. The requested equipment will introduce students to an even wider variety of equipment typically used in refractory metals/materials research. Support to purchase the proposed equipment will yield three primary benefits. First, the results of the research are critical to industry, specifically, to aerospace and electronics companies. Secondly, the equipment will enhance the research and teaching capabilities of the University's capacity to conduct research and research training and to improve teaching in the field of materials and processing, thereby contributing to the multidisciplinary education and preparedness of the next generation of materials scientists, engineers, and physicists. Thirdly, the equipment will enable faculty to perform independent research in intermittent annealing heat treatments without delay and much more cost effectively. Above all, the acquisition of the requested equipment will put in place a critical addition to the Design/Materials Research Center at Loyola Marymount University. Significant steps have been already undertaken in the establishment of this center. The departmental objective in pursuing external funding is to enhance the engineering curriculum for approximately 140 engineering students through the interaction of this University with other Universities, private industry, and government agencies in solving engineering problems.***