IUCRC Phase II: U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Center for Advanced Research in Drying (CARD)

IUCRC 第二阶段：伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校：干燥高级研究中心 (CARD)

• 批准号: 2113915
• 负责人: Srinivasa Salapaka
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-08-01 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2113915&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IUCRC; Phase; II; Illinois; Urbana; IUCRC; Phase; II; Illinois; Urbana

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI, lead site) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, partner site) are transitioning from the current Phase I to Phase II of their NSF IUCRC entitled, “Center for Advanced Research in Drying (CARD).” CARD is dedicated to assisting the U.S. manufacturing industries to become sustainable by improving the energy efficiency and decreasing the carbon footprint of various drying and relevant heat and mass transfer processes. CARD’s activities fall into two major initiatives. The first is engagement in innovative industrially-relevant research, with a focus on energy efficient drying processes. This initiative, through fundamental and applied research, continues to generate new insights, advanced processes, tools, and fabrication techniques for effective industrial engineering practices. The second initiative identifies and develops new engineering education methods to nurture innovation as a vital core competency for a diverse, next generation, manufacturing workforce.New energy efficient drying technologies have been developed at WPI and UIUC and are being transferred to member companies. For example, at WPI, these technologies include innovative reattachment nozzles, unique fiber optic sensors, non-contact ultrasonic drying, and drying with dielectrophoretic force. At UIUC, the nonthermal, ultrasonic, protein drying method has provided a solution for the food industry to address the quality degradation issue caused by traditional thermal drying methods. The current Center members represent food, agriculture, and pulp and paper industry sectors. In phase II, CARD will extend its membership to other industry sectors such as chemical, pharmaceutical, and textile manufacturing. In Phase II, CARD will build on its previous educational activities with undergraduate and graduate students to further expand the STEM pipeline. Phase II outreach will include hands-on STEM learning experiences for middle and high school students that build technical knowledge and ability and that offer insights into different STEM majors and careers.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.

伍斯特理工学院（WPI，铅地点）和伊利诺伊大学Urbana-Champaign（UIUC，合作伙伴地点）正在从当前的I阶段IUCRC的IUCRC II阶段过渡到题为“干燥高级研究中心（卡）”。卡致力于通过提高能源效率并减少各种干燥和相关热量和传播过程的碳足迹来帮助美国制造业变得可持续。卡的活动属于两个主要举措。首先是参与与工业相关的创新研究，重点是节能饮酒过程。通过基本和应用研究，该倡议继续为有效的工业工程实践生成新的见解，高级流程，工具和制造技术。第二项倡议确定并开发了新的工程教育方法，将创新护理为多样性，下一代，制造业劳动力的重要核心能力。新的节能干燥技术已在WPI和UIUC开发，并正在转移给成员公司。例如，在WPI上，这些技术包括创新的保留喷嘴，独特的光纤传感器，非接触式超声干燥以及用介电术力的干燥。在UIUC，非热，超声波，蛋白质干燥方法为食品工业提供了解决方案，以解决传统的热干燥方法引起的质量降解问题。当前的中心成员代表食品，同意以及纸浆和造纸业领域。在第二阶段，卡将将其成员资格扩展到其他行业，例如化学，制药和纺织品制造。在第二阶段，卡将基于其先前与本科生和研究生的教育活动，以进一步扩大STEM管道。第二阶段的外展将包括为中学和高中学生提供动手的STEM学习经验，这些学习经验建立了技术知识和能力，并提供了对不同STEM专业和职业的见解。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估标准通过评估而被视为珍贵的支持。