IUCRC Planning Grant The University of Alabama: Center to Accelerate Recipe Development for Additive Manufacturing of Metals (CARDAMOM)

IUCRC 规划拨款阿拉巴马大学：加速金属增材制造配方开发中心 (CARDAMOM)

• 批准号: 2333363
• 负责人: Luke Brewer
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-02-01 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2333363&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IUCRC; Planning; Grant; University; Alabama

This award funds planning activities at University of Alabama (UA) for a proposed new three-site industry university cooperative research center (IUCRC), the Center to Accelerate Recipe Development for Additive Manufacturing of Metals (CARDAMOM). CARDAMOM is led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in partnership with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and the University of Alabama. Metal additive manufacturing (AM), also known as metal 3D printing, is transforming manufacturing within the United States and around the world. This new disruptive technology has already resulted in several success stories, primarily within the aerospace and biomedical sectors. However, further expansion to the greater manufacturing community is impeded by limitations in powder feedstocks, a lack of access to flexible and comprehensive metal AM research and production facilities, and a workforce with limited AM design experience. CARDAMOM proposes to address these research needs by assisting industry members along the entire “powder-to-part” development cycle to address fundamental research questions with a view toward final engineering applications. In addition, the team will address societal impacts of education and workforce development which will have a significant impact on the training of students from diverse backgrounds and educational institutions. Eventually, CARDAMOM aims to be a steady provider of high-quality engineers and technicians to manufacturers and government research laboratories. The mission of CARDAMOM is to transform the manufacturing of high-performance, quality metallic components created with AM via active engagement with Center industry members. With respect to the technological impacts, CARDAMOM will pursue multiple thrusts in order to: develop methods for production of AM feedstocks for new alloys; develop new methods and techniques to understand and interpret in situ measurement data; use advanced characterization to provide 3D microstructural and nanostructural information that connects processing methods to component performance; develop new computational methods to predict and understand microstructural development, leading to better ways to design new materials and processes; develop innovative measurements to quantify laser-metal interactions; use advanced metrology and NDE to enhance AM build quality; develop new data analytical (machine learning) approaches for data interpretation and scientific insight. CARDAMOM will engage potential members across the full supply chain, including equipment manufacturers, aerospace and defense companies, tool and die producers, materials development companies, process optimization designers, and government laboratories. The University of Alabama will specifically emphasize, custom metallic alloy powder production, solid state additive manufacturing process development, and advancement and application of ICME tools for AM materials and process development. The Alabama Atomization Facility has an inert gas atomization capability, which is routinely used to produce AM-appropriate metallic alloy powders. The faculty at UA have a number of active programs involving cold spray, laser assisted cold spray, and additive friction stir deposition for AM. UA has faculty who are developing and implementing ICME methods across length and time scales to enable alloy and process design, specifically benefiting AM approaches.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.

该奖项资助阿拉巴马大学 (UA) 拟议的新的三地工业大学合作研究中心 (IUCRC) 的规划活动，即加速金属增材制造配方开发中心 (CARDAMOM)，该中心由阿拉巴马大学领导。内布拉斯加州林肯大学与德克萨斯大学里奥格兰德河谷分校和阿拉巴马大学合作，正在改变美国和世界各地的制造业。颠覆性技术已经取得了一些成功案例，主要是在航空航天和生物医学领域，然而，由于粉末原料的限制、缺乏灵活和全面的金属增材制造研究和生产设施，进一步扩展到更大的制造领域受到阻碍。 CARDAMOM 提议通过在整个“粉末到零件”开发周期中协助行业成员解决基础研究问题，以实现最终的工程应用，从而满足这些研究需求。将解决社会影响最终，CARDAOM 的目标是成为制造商和政府研究实验室的高素质工程师和技术人员的稳定提供者。旨在通过与中心行业成员的积极合作，改变采用增材制造制造的高性能、优质金属部件的制造方式。 在技术影响方面，CARDAMO 将追求多重目标，以便： 开发新合金增材制造原料的生产方法。 ;开发新的方法和技术来理解和解释原位测量数据；使用先进的表征来提供将加工方法与组件性能联系起来的 3D 微观结构和纳米结构信息；开发新的计算方法来预测和理解微观结构的发展，从而找到更好的方法来设计新的材料。材料和工艺；开发创新的测量方法来量化激光-金属相互作用；使用先进的计量学和无损检测来提高增材制造的质量；开发新的数据分析（机器学习）方法来进行数据解释和科学洞察。链，包括设备制造商、航空航天和国防公司、工具和模具生产商、材料开发公司、工艺优化设计师和政府实验室，阿拉巴马大学将特别强调定制金属合金粉末生产、固态增材制造工艺开发和用于增材制造材料和工艺开发的 ICME 工具的进步和应用 阿拉巴马州原子化工厂拥有惰性气体原子化能力，通常用于生产适合增材制造的金属合金粉末。 , UA 的教员正在开发和实施跨长度和时间尺度的 ICME 方法，以实现合金和工艺设计，特别有利于 AM 方法。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被视为值得通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。