Collaborative Research: Planning Grant: I/UCRC: Center for Solidification Processing

1266169普渡大学；Matthew John M Krane 1266050伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校；该中心将成为凝固工艺科学和工程研究的焦点，在与工业合作推进商业金属铸造实践和开发新的商业凝固工艺的同时，进行基础研究。普渡大学和伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校正在合作建立拟议中的中心，普渡大学是牵头机构。该中心的两个产品将是促进工艺理解和改进的物理研究成果，以及提供下一代脚轮和研究人员的人力资源。该中心提出的工作是一个独特的实验和数值工作的完美结合，研究从亚微米到几米的长度尺度上耦合的连续现象。计划对各种铸造工艺进行研究，包括台式实验、工厂试验和数值模拟。该中心将包括三个主要项目领域：熔模铸造、连铸、锻造合金的电渣和真空电弧重熔工艺。拟议中的中心将在金属加工业的大部分领域，以及飞机和陆基涡轮发动机的开发中产生技术进步，增强美国制造业的竞争力。预期的影响包括：大规模钢铁生产中更高的生产率和更低的缺陷水平，更高效率的燃气和蒸汽涡轮发动机设计，以及相关的排放减少，先进的合金加工发展使工业和运输应用成为可能，以及多个制造部门的合金和产品质量得到改善。该中心还将非常重视研究生的职业发展，本科生的研究经验，以及推进多元化目标。

1266169 Purdue University; Matthew John M Krane 1266050 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Brian Thomas The proposed center will be a focal point of research in the science and engineering of solidification processing, performing fundamental research while working with industry to advance commercial metal casting practices and develop new commercial solidification processes. Purdue University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are collaborating to establish the proposed center, with Purdue University as the lead institution. The two products of this proposed center will be physical research results advancing process understanding and improvement, and human resources supplying the next generation of casters and researchers. The work proposed for this center is a uniquely well-integrated mix of experimental and numerical work, examining continuum phenomena coupled across length scales from the submicron to several meters. Research into a variety of casting processes is planned, with a mixture of bench-top experiments, plant trials, and numerical simulations. The center will encompass three main program areas: investment casting, continuous casting, and electro-slag and vacuum arc re-melting processes of wrought alloys. The proposed center will yield technical advances across large segments of the metals processing industry, as well as aircraft and land-based turbine engine development, bolstering US competitiveness in manufacturing. Expected impacts include: higher productivity and lower defect levels in large-scale steel production, higher efficiency gas and steam turbine engine designs, with associated reductions in emissions, for industrial and transport applications enabled by advanced alloy processing developments, and improved alloy and product quality across multiple manufacturing sectors. The proposed center will also have a strong emphasis on career development for graduate students, research experience for undergraduates, and advancing diversity goals.