Phase III Renewal Proposal for Industry/Univeristy Cooperative Research Center for Nondestructive Evaluation

0969023爱荷华州立大学；R.Bruce Thompson CNDE正在为该中心寻求第三阶段支持(第三个五年期)，包括对中心人员、评估和研究的支持。拟议的中心是爱荷华州立大学的一个单一大学中心。CNDE成立于1985年，目前是一个自给自足的中心，继续在IUCRC模式下运作。该中心专注于使用非侵入性测量技术来收集关于材料缺陷和材料、部件和结构的各种属性的信息-信息。包括医学上熟悉的技术，例如使用X射线和超声波来检测裂缝和其他可能导致故障的物质条件，以及没有医学可比的技术。在第三阶段，工业咨询委员会(IAB)和主要调查人员计划举行详细的集思广益会议，以指导在一般工业需求的背景下制定项目计划。建议的工作涉及超声波、X射线、电磁、信号处理和磁测量技术的研究。其他项目集中在材料、微观结构表征和复合材料的无损检测方面的具体问题。拟议的研究将有助于避免重大结构故障和由此造成的人的生命损失，创建和维护一个独特的专门设备基地，可供在综合/普遍定期审议之外使用，并有助于培训新一代无损检测工程师。将通过特别计划(科学绑定计划)、鼓励女性参与本科生和研究生研究以及让女性参与领导职位，来扩大代表不足群体的参与。该中心计划通过定量无损评估进展审查来传播信息，这是一个每年有300-350名研究人员参加的国际会议。

0969023 Iowa State University; R. Bruce Thompson CNDE is seeking a Phase III support (third five-year period) for the Center, including support for center personnel, evaluation and research. The proposed Center is a single-university Center at the Iowa State University. CNDE was established in 1985, and is currently a self-sustaining Center that continues to operate under the IUCRC model. The Center focuses on the use of noninvasive measurement techniques to gather information on defects in materials and the various properties of materials, components and structures-information. Included are techniques that are familiar from medicine, e.g. the use of x-rays and ultrasonic waves to detect cracks and other material conditions that might lead to failure, as well as techniques that have no medical analog.In Phase III, detailed brain-storming sessions are planned between the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) and Principal Investigators to guide the evolution of project plans in the context of the generic industrial needs. The work proposed involves research in ultrasonic, x-ray, electromagnetic, signal processing, and magnetic measurement techniques. Additional projects are focused on materials specific problems in the characterization of microstructure and the NDE of composites. The proposed research will help avoid major structural failures and the resultant loss of human life, create and maintain a unique base of specialized equipment available for use beyond the I/UCRC, and help train a new generation of NDE engineers. Significant attention will be given to broadening participation of under-represented groups through special programs (Science Bound Program), encouragement of women in undergraduate and graduate research, and involvement of women in leadership positions. The Center plans to disseminate information via the Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, an international meeting attended by 300-350 researchers annually.