CAREER: Nanomanufacturing Process Modeling and Control - A Foundation for Large-Scale Production

职业：纳米制造过程建模和控制 - 大规模生产的基础

• 批准号: 1055394
• 负责人: Qiang Huang
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1055394&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Nanomanufacturing; Process; Modeling; Control

The research objective of this Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award is to establish Integrated Nanomanufacturing and Nanoinformatics (INN) as a core academic discipline for quality improvement in nanomanufacturing (NM). This CAREER project will create (i) a body of knowledge regarding the system-level modeling and control of multiscale process variations in NM; and (ii) an INN program and curricula to educate a new generation of NM engineers with a concentration on quality control. The multiscale process variations present unique modeling and control challenges for NM. The research will address these challenges by defining the system-level modeling and control issues and developing multiscale physical-statistical modeling approaches to couple the process models across scales for consistent prediction and control. The methodology will be validated by improving the manufacturing processes of nanowire-based solar photovoltaics and polymer nanocomposites. The integrated education efforts will lead to the creation of an INN program and curricula. A national and international INN collaboration network will be established to achieve excellence in education and to train a globally engaged NM workforce. If successful, the results of this research will provide technologies and tools to transform the quality and productivity in NM so as to broaden nanotechnology's impact on the society. Specifically, the research will assist to overcome the NM bottleneck by improving nanostructure (nanowire and nanocomposites) uniformity and process yield with energy applications in photovoltaics and polymer nanocomposites. The results will be disseminated to allow quality control in cost-effective NM. The educational activities aim to enhance the U.S.' competitive edge in NM. Graduate and undergraduate engineering students will benefit through the new INN curriculum and involvement in the research. Research and educational infrastructure for INN program will be enhanced and developed. K-12 outreach and involvement of underrepresented groups will promote the engineering career in NM for broader impact.

该教师早期职业发展（职业）奖的研究目标是建立综合的纳米制造和纳米信息学（INN），作为纳米制造（NM）质量改进的核心学术学科。这个职业项目将创建（i）关于NM多尺度过程变化的系统级建模和控制的知识； （ii）一项旅馆计划和课程，以教育新一代的NM工程师，专注于质量控制。多尺度过程变化呈现出NM的独特建模和控制挑战。这项研究将通过定义系统级建模和控制问题并开发多尺度物理统计的建模方法来解决这些挑战，从而跨尺度将过程模型逐渐发展，以保持一致的预测和控制。该方法将通过改善基于纳米线的太阳能光伏和聚合物纳米复合材料的制造过程来验证。综合的教育工作将导致创建旅馆计划和课程。 将建立一个国家和国际旅馆的合作网络，以取得卓越的教育和培训全球参与的NM劳动力。如果成功，这项研究的结果将提供技术和工具来改变NM的质量和生产力，从而扩大纳米技术对社会的影响。具体而言，该研究将通过改善纳米结构（纳米线和纳米复合材料）均匀性和过程产量来克服NM瓶颈，并在光伏和聚合物纳米复合材料中使用能量应用。结果将被传播，以允许具有成本效益的NM的质量控制。 教育活动旨在增强美国NM的竞争优势。研究生和本科工程专业的学生将通过新的旅馆课程和参与研究而受益。 INN计划的研究和教育基础设施将得到增强和开发。 K-12的宣传和代表性不足的团体的参与将促进NM的工程职业，以实现更广泛的影响。