REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in the Industrial Application of Sensing, Modeling, and Controls

mohamed a . abdelrahman这个REU奖是建立在田纳西理工大学（TTU）现有的最先进的铸造研究基础上的，与橡树岭国家实验室（ORNL）的合作研究关系，以及代表铸造行业不同方面的工业合作伙伴联盟。这个REU网站的主要目标是向本科生介绍传感、建模和控制的工业应用研究机会。该项目将在三年的时间里，每年夏季安排10名学生进行为期9周的多学科合作研究。其中5名学生将从多伦多理工大学招收，另外5名学生将在全国范围内招募，特别关注少数民族学院和主要来自本科院校的学生。这个REU网站将为来自代表性不足的少数群体的学生，以及来自不提供研究机会的机构的学生提供参与高质量应用研究的机会。拟议的研究利用了来自多个学科的专业知识，因为它涉及不同的传感技术，物理过程建模和铸造过程的自动控制。该项目将涉及来自电气、机械、化学和工业技术的学生和导师。与会者将找到一个论坛，在这个论坛上，他们可以与来自各自领域的同事以及来自不同学科的同事交流研究思想。传播工作将要求学生介绍他们在本国机构的经验成果，并参加区域和国家会议并介绍他们的研究工作。这项研究的重点是提高美国金属铸造行业的竞争力，减少能源消耗和环境影响，并将这个价值数十亿美元的行业的形象转变为一个充满研究机会的领域。它将通过培养对重要的金属铸造行业的多学科、高科技研究的兴趣，试图解决缺乏受过高等教育的劳动力的问题。

EEC-0552860Mohamed A. AbdelrahmanThis REU award for a builds upon existing state-of-the-art foundry research at Tennessee Technological University (TTU), a collaborative research relationship with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and a consortium of industrial partners representing different facets of the casting industry. The primary goal of this REU Site is to introduce undergraduate students to research opportunities in the industrial application of sensing, modeling and control. It will engage 10 students in collaborative multidisciplinary research for 9 weeks during the summer each year for three years. Five of the students will be recruited from TTU and five will be recruited though a nation-wide search with particular focus on minority institutes and those from principally undergraduate institutions. This REU site will offer students from underrepresented groups of minorities, and students from institutions that do not offer research opportunities, a chance to participate in high quality applied research.The proposed research utilizes expertise from multiple disciplines as it addresses different sensing technologies, modeling of physical processes and automatic control of the casting process. The project will involve students and mentors from Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, and Industrial Technology. The participants will find a forum in which to exchange research ideas with their colleagues from within their field, as well as those from different disciplines. Dissemination efforts will require students to present the results of their experience at their home institutions and to attend and present their research work at regional and national conferences. This research is focused on increasing the competitiveness of the US metalcasting industry, reducing energy consumption and environmental impact, and changing the image of this multi-billion dollar industry to a field rich with research opportunities. It will attempt to address the lack of a highly educated workforce by fostering interest in multidisciplinary, high-tech, research in the important metalcasting industry.