Acquisition of an Instron Universial Test Frame for Advanced Materials Characterization

0320684 Munson-McGee该赠款资助购买最先进的Instron通用测试架，并为新墨西哥州的跨学科先进材料研究小组（AMRG）提供使用其计算机控制系统的高级培训。州立大学（NMSU），一个为少数族裔服务的机构。AMRG目前活跃在工程学院的各种材料研究和教育项目中。 为研究生和部分教师夏季支持提供额外的支持，以确保最大限度地正确利用该仪器。目前受益于该设备的研究项目包括先进的聚酰亚胺纳米复合材料，蜂窝和泡沫材料，经历累积损伤的材料的弹性和导电性能之间的相关性，以及基于羟基磷灰石的生物材料。 此外，在聚酰亚胺纳米复合材料计划中，该仪器将用于这些新型材料的粘弹性行为的理论和实验研究。 在生物材料计划中，仪器将应用于外科植入物的羟基磷灰石基材料的设计。该仪器支持数百名少数民族工程和科学学生的教育，是NMSU发展材料教育计划的重要组成部分。 与其他设施（包括热分析，超声表征，SEM和TEM）一起，AMRG正在开发一门新的先进材料表征课程，这将是为工程和科学本科生提供的跨学科材料辅修课程的必要部分。本实验室课程将加强先进复合材料，失效力学，聚合物科学和半导体制造方面的现有理论课程。此外，仪器将用于各种本科课程，在顶点设计课程，并在推广计划进行，以吸引初中和高中学生在NMSU的工程和科学。

0320684Munson-McGeeThis grant funds the acquisition of a state-of-the-art Instron Universal Test Frame, as well as providing advanced training in the use of its computer control system for the interdisciplinary Advanced Materials Research Group (AMRG) at New Mexico State University (NMSU), a minority-serving institution. The AMRG is currently active in a wide range of materials research and educational projects across the College of Engineering. Additional support is provided for a graduate student and partial faculty summer support to ensure that the instrument is properly utilized to the greatest extent possible. Current research projects that benefit from this equipment include studies of advanced polyimide nanocomposites, cellular and foam materials, correlations between elastic and conductive properties of materials undergoing accumulated damage, and hydroxyapatite-based biomaterials. In addition, in the polyimide nanocomposite program, this instrumentation will see use in a theoretical and experimental study of the viscoelastic behavior of these novel materials. In the biomaterials program the instrumentation will be applied to the design of hydroxyapatie-based materials for surgical implants. This instrumentation supports the education of hundreds of minority engineering and science students and is a critical component of the developing materials education program at NMSU. In conjunction with other facilities (including thermal analysis, ultrasonic characterization, SEM and TEM), the AMRG is developing a new course in Advanced Materials Characterization that will be a required portion of an interdisciplinary Minor in Materials offered to engineering and science undergraduates. This laboratory course will enhance existing theoretical courses in Advanced Composite Materials, Mechanics of Failure, Polymer Science, and Semiconductor Manufacturing. Additionally, the instrumentation will be utilized in a variety of undergraduate courses, in capstone design courses, and in outreach programs conducted to attract middle- and high-school students to engineering and science at NMSU.