Planning IUCRC Oakland University Center for Digital Joining and Repair

规划 IUCCRC 奥克兰大学数字连接和修复中心

• 批准号: 1822028
• 负责人: Sayed Nassar
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: Oakland University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1822028&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; IUCRC; Oakland; University; Center

This award supports a planning workshop for a new Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) aimed at improving composite material joining and repair (CJAR). Composite materials are vital to the health and competitiveness of several important economic sectors, including automotive, manufacturing, energy, and aerospace. As composites have different compositions and element concentration/orientation and tolerances that vary widely, current CJAR practices are highly specialized, labor-intensive, and require experienced technicians to complete the work successfully and reliably. Partner institutions Oakland University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville will work collaboratively with both the civilian and defense industries, in the automotive, aerospace, and energy sectors of the US economy. The Oakland University D-CJAR will primarily work with firms in the automotive (GM, Ford, Fiat Chrysler, BMW, General Dynamics Land Systems), manufacturing (John Deere), and civil aircraft engine (Pratt & Whitney) industries, and also with the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. Faculty and student teams at the partner universities will work with industry members to develop and disseminate basic and applied precompetitive research on methodologies, technologies, tools, and workforce innovations to facilitate rapid, reliable, and cost-effective composite joining and repair, with an overall goal of reducing costs, cycle time, and variation of CJAR operations within 10 years.The scope of work for the Oakland University D-CJAR center will include components of automotive, aircraft, infrastructure (wind turbine blades, etc.) and protective equipment that are wholly or partially made with composite materials, with the goal of transforming the current labor-intensive and specialized processes into science-based, automated, digital CJAR processes. We expect advances in several fields and knowledge domains around CJAR, including (1) design and analysis, (2) materials and process engineering, (3) testing and NDE, and (4) data analytics. We will apply diverse advanced digital techniques, including advanced computational modeling, sensing, materials characterization, and machine learning to practical CJAR cases that will also advance the education and workforce preparedness of students working on projects at the partner universities. Development of new materials and processes would facilitate standardization, modeling, and automation of many CJAR tasks and processes, producing cost savings, faster cycle times, and enhanced performance for industry partners across the entire composites supply chain, contributing to the maintenance of U.S. global leadership in this growing sector.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该奖项支持一个新的产学合作研究中心（IUCRC）的规划研讨会，旨在改进复合材料的连接和修复（CJAR）。复合材料对于汽车、制造、能源和航空航天等几个重要经济部门的健康和竞争力至关重要。由于复合材料具有不同的成分和元素浓度/取向以及公差，因此当前的 CJAR 实践高度专业化、劳动密集型，并且需要经验丰富的技术人员才能成功可靠地完成工作。奥克兰大学、佐治亚理工学院和田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分校的合作机构将与美国经济的汽车、航空航天和能源领域的民用和国防工业合作。 奥克兰大学 D-CJAR 将主要与汽车（通用汽车、福特、菲亚特克莱斯勒、宝马、通用动力陆地系统）、制造（约翰迪尔）和民用飞机发动机（普惠）行业的公司合作，并且还与国家制造科学中心和美国海军研究实验室。合作大学的教师和学生团队将与行业成员合作，开发和传播有关方法、技术、工具和劳动力创新的基础和应用竞争前研究，以促进快速、可靠和经济高效的复合材料连接和修复，目标是在 10 年内降低 CJAR 运营的成本、周期时间和变化。奥克兰大学 D-CJAR 中心的工作范围将包括汽车、飞机、基础设施（风力涡轮机叶片等）和防护设备的组件，完全或部分由复合材料制成，目标是将当前的劳动密集型和专业流程转变为基于科学的自动化数字 CJAR 流程。我们预计 CJAR 的多个领域和知识领域将取得进展，包括 (1) 设计和分析、(2) 材料和工艺工程、(3) 测试和 NDE 以及 (4) 数据分析。我们将把各种先进的数字技术，包括先进的计算建模、传感、材料表征和机器学习应用到实际的 CJAR 案例中，这也将促进在合作大学从事项目的学生的教育和劳动力准备。新材料和工艺的开发将促进许多 CJAR 任务和工艺的标准化、建模和自动化，从而节省成本、缩短周期时间并提高整个复合材料供应链中行业合作伙伴的绩效，从而有助于维持美国的全球领先地位该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。