Advanced Polymer Melt Mixer for Development of Multifunctional Polymer Composites

在许多高科技产业和部门中，多功能聚合物复合材料已被引入作为未来材料和通用材料的替代品，如金属和陶瓷。这是由于其优异的性能，如轻质、低成本、易于加工、改进的设计选项、耐腐蚀性和可调的物理性能。所要求的熔体混合器允许申请人（博士）。Arjmand, Milani， Golovin和Bichler)和他们的高素质人员（HQP）通过熔融混合各种聚合物和多功能填料来开发聚合物复合材料。******总的来说，申请人目前在他们的小组中有67个HQP。由于多功能聚合物复合材料的开发是申请人研究计划的一个组成部分，大多数HQP或多或少将使用所要求的熔体混合装置。这一大群HQP强调了UBC奥肯那根校区所要求的设置的重要性。此外，由于聚合物复合材料的多功能性，所要求的设备有望为校园内的其他合作教职员工带来许多机会，特别是机械工程，土木工程，电气工程，化学和生物学的同事。UBC Okanagan和该地区的任何学院都没有类似的熔体混合器设备，而它是全国任何已建立的材料和制造研究机构的基本设备。如果没有获得该设备，申请人当前和未来的HQP将受到不利影响。目前，申请者的学生必须前往奥肯那根以外的其他研究机构或运送他们的样品，进行熔体混合，以开发聚合物复合材料。这造成了巨大的成本和研究中断，包括学生毕业和出版的延迟。******所要求的熔体混合器系统将位于UBC奥肯那根工程大楼（EME 2223）的现有空间中。申请人将确保所有将使用所要求的熔体混合系统的学生都接受熔体混合各方面的培训。申请人将为所有HQP提供平等的机会，以获得与熔体混合装置一起工作的公正的实践经验。申请者也将为HQP提供平等的机会参加国内和国际会议，展示他们使用熔体混合器产生的研究成果。这个培训的跨学科方面是申请人来自不同的背景。因此，每个小组的学生都将接触到聚合物复合材料的各种应用。这也将推动HQP与申请人团体以及他们的行业合作伙伴之间的联合项目/出版物，从而扩大HQP的网络机会，同时为他们未来的职业生涯带来新的机会。**************************************

In many high-tech industries and sectors, multifunctional polymer composites have been introduced as futuristic materials and versatile substitutions for commonly used materials such as metals and ceramics. This is due to their superior properties such as lightweight, low cost, easy processability, improved design options, corrosion resistance, and tunable physical properties. The requested melt mixer allows the applicants (Drs. Arjmand, Milani, Golovin, and Bichler) and their highly qualified personnel (HQP) to develop polymer composites via melt mixing various polymers and multifunctional fillers. ******Overall, the applicants have currently 67 HQP in their groups. As the development of multifunctional polymer composites is an integral part of the applicants' research programs, most of HQP, more or less, will use the requested melt mixing setup. This large group of HQP highlights the importance of the requested setup for the UBC Okanagan Campus. Furthermore, due to multifunctionality of polymer composites, the requested equipment is expected to bring many opportunities for other collaborating faculty members across the campus, especially for colleagues at Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, and Biology. Neither UBC Okanagan nor any of the colleges in the region possess a similar melt mixer device, while it is a fundamental piece of equipment in any established materials and manufacturing research facility across the country. Without the acquisition of this device, the current and future HQP of the applicants will be adversely affected. Currently, the applicants' students have to travel to other research institutes outside the Okanagan or ship their samples, to run melt mixing for developing polymer composites. This has been imposing a significant cost and research interruption, including delays in students' graduations and publications.******The requested melt mixer system will be located in an existing space in the Engineering Building (EME 2223) at the UBC Okanagan. The applicants will ensure that all students who will be working with the requested melt mixing system are trained in all aspects of melt mixing. The applicants will provide an equal opportunity for all HQP to obtain unbiased hands-on experience in working with the melt mixing setup. The applicants will also provide equal opportunities for the HQP to participate in national and international conferences to present their research outcomes generated by using the melt mixer. An interdisciplinary aspect of this training will be that the applicants are from different backgrounds. Thus, the students in each group will be exposed to various applications of the polymer composites. This, in turn, is expected to initiate joint projects/publications between the HQP between the applicants' groups as well as with their industrial partners, thereby expanding HQP's networking opportunities while bringing new opportunities for their future careers.**************************************