Collaborative Research Program for I/UCRC for Lasers and Plasmas - Phase II

这是一项更新南卫理公会大学（SMU）参与先进制造中心激光和等离子体的提案，该中心是2002年创建的I/UCRC中心。该中心最初是作为一个单一的大学中心建立的，目前已发展成为一个多大学中心，参与者包括弗吉尼亚大学（牵头）、密歇根大学、安阿伯和伊利诺伊大学。该中心的主要研究重点是激光在先进制造中的应用。SMU网站已经建立了一个研发基础设施，包括最先进的研究设备和训练有素的团队。该中心/基地的研究和开发工作集中在一些不同工业部门感兴趣的项目上，包括国防，汽车，能源，运输等。一些例子包括：材料的激光加工、激光微加工和焊接、激光烧蚀和多能加工、激光熔覆等。拟议的网站带来了不同的工业合作伙伴，不同的设备和软件，以补充该中心的其他IUCRC网站的研究能力。SMU的激光和等离子体网站有助于培训和教育新一代工程师，这些工程师在各种/不同行业感兴趣的先进制造领域。多所大学激光应用中心的综合努力为社会提供了巨大的利益，帮助美国工业在先进制造业中更具竞争力。

This is a proposal to renew the Southern Methodist University's (SMU) participation in the Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing center, an I/UCRC center that was created in 2002. The center was initially established as a single university center and currently has grown to a multi-university center with participation from the University of Virginia (lead), the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and the University of Illinois. The main focus of the center's research is in laser applications for advanced manufacturing. The SMU site has built an R&D infrastructure that consists of the most advanced research equipment and well trained teams. The research and development efforts of the Center/site are focused on projects of interest to a number of different industrial sectors including defense, automotive, energy, transportation, and others. A few examples include: laser processing of materials, laser micro-machining and welding , laser ablation and multi energy processing, laser cladding and others. The proposed site brings diverse industrial partners, diverse equipment and software that complement the research capabilities of the other IUCRC sites of the Center. The Laser and Plasma site at SMU helps train and educate a new generation of engineers in areas of advanced manufacturing that are of interest to various/diverse industries. The integrated effort of multi-university center for laser applications provides a great benefit to the society in terms of helping US industries to be more competitive in advanced manufacturing.