Planning Grant: I/UCRC for CICI Expansion to Add a Site at the University of North Dakota

规划拨款：I/UCRC 用于 CICI 扩建，在北达科他大学增设一个站点

• 批准号: 1237579
• 负责人: Wayne Seames
• 金额: $ 1.3万
• 依托单位: University of North Dakota Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-15 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1237579&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Grant; UCRC; CICI; Expansion

Program Director's Recommendation Planning Grant: CICI I/UCRC Expansion to Add a Site at the University of North Dakota (UND) 1237579 University of North Dakota; Wayne Seames The University of North Dakota (UND) seeks to join the existing Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI). The Center is currently comprised of West Virginia University (lead institution), Rutgers University, the University of Miami (FL), and North Carolina State University. The current mission of the Center is to accelerate the adoption of polymer composites into infrastructure and transportation applications through a collaborative research partnership of academia, government and industry. Research is focused on fundamental scientific topics concerning composites such as strength/service life predictions, smart structure development, fire/blast protection, fatigue response, aging phenomenon, and nondestructive testing. The Center works to develop new and unique products that can be made through a wide variety of processes for which numerous market opportunities exist. By adding UND to the CICI, the research scope will be expanded to include: 1) renewable polymers and composites for use in CICI relevant applications, 2) natural and renewable filler materials for composites, and 3) characterization of emissions generated during fires from composite infrastructure materials. The UND site will be administered through the SUNRISE BioProducts State Funded Center of Excellenece. The center's activities seek to enhance the international competitiveness of American industry in the area of composites including modular construction and rapid deployment techniques using natural and biomaterials; thus reducing carbon emissions into the atmosphere. The proposed expansion furthers this goal by expanding the scope of the CICI to include the entire value chain for renewable source feed stocks that can be incorporated into composite materials. The experience of the investigators at UND provides a nice complement to the existing Center competencies. Strong potential for cooperative research exists through the use of biopolymers developed at UND coupled with the natural fabric research conducted at WVU or NCSU. In addition to the publishing of journal articles and conference presentations to promote scientific research and knowledge dissemination, the proposed site and the Center will utilize separate funding mechanisms to educate practicing engineers and end users who are not familiar with composites. The above mentioned broader impact will be assured through collective multi-university team work involving various disciplines and a wide spectrum of industries and agencies. The UND site will add diversity through a SUNRISE REU site, a SUNRISE Native American program, and a bridge program with a Hispanic serving institution.

计划总监的建议计划赠款：CICI I/UCRC扩展，将在北达科他大学（UND）1237579北达科他大学添加网站；韦恩接缝北达科他大学（UND）试图加入现有的复合材料集成中心（CICI）。该中心目前由西弗吉尼亚大学（主要机构），罗格斯大学，迈阿密大学（FL）和北卡罗来纳州立大学组成。该中心的当前任务是通过学术界，政府和工业的合作研究合作伙伴关系来加速聚合物复合材料将聚合物复合材料采用到基础设施和运输应用中。研究的重点是有关复合材料的基本科学主题，例如力量/使用寿命预测，智能结构开发，防火/爆炸，疲劳反应，衰老现象和无损测试。该中心致力于开发新的独特产品，这些产品可以通过各种各样的市场机会来制造。通过添加CICI，将扩展研究范围，包括：1）可再生的聚合物和复合材料用于CICI相关应用，2）复合材料的天然和可再生填充材料，以及3）表征复合基础设施基础设施材料的火灾中产生的排放物。 UND地点将通过Sunrise Bioprouducts国家资助的Excellenece进行管理。该中心的活动旨在增强美洲工业在复合材料领域的国际竞争力，包括使用天然和生物材料的模块化建筑和快速部署技术；因此，将碳排放量减少到大气中。拟议的扩展通过扩大CICI的范围，包括可再生源饲料库存的整个价值链，从而进一步推进了这一目标，这些源可以融合到复合材料中。 UND调查人员的经验为现有中心能力提供了很好的补充。通过使用在WVU或NCSU进行的自然织物研究结合使用的生物聚合物，具有强大的合作研究潜力。除了发表期刊文章和会议演讲以促进科学研究和知识传播外，拟议的网站和中心还将利用单独的资金机制来教育不熟悉复合材料的实践工程师和最终用户。上述更广泛的影响将通过涉及各种学科以及各种各样的行业和机构的集体多元大学团队的工作来确保。 UND网站将通过Sunrise REU网站，日出的美国原住民计划以及带有西班牙裔服务机构的桥梁计划来增加多样性。