EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Innovative Metal Processing IMPaCT

EPSRC 创新金属加工博士培训中心 IMPACT

• 批准号: EP/L016206/1
• 金额: $ 408.49万
• 依托单位: University of Leicester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Training Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FL016206%2F1
• 关键词: EPSRC; Centre; Doctoral; Training; Innovative

Metal processing is a vital component of manufacturing. Manufacturing is the third largest sector in the UK economy and in 2010 manufacturing in the United Kingdom accounted for 8.2% of the workforce and 12% (£150 billion in gross value added) of the country's national output. However, manufacturing's share of nominal GDP has fallen from over 22 per cent in 1990 and there is a clear trend in low value, high volume manufacturing moving to developing countries while in the UK the higher technology areas generate the better gross value added returns. The future growth of the sector is dependent on its ability to design and make the high value products. In large part, it is the high quality knowledge base and skilled technical workforce that make for a successful transformation from a resource and labour-intensive to a knowledge-intensive sector and ensure that high technology metal industries flourish in the UK. An important aspect of supporting high-value manufacturing in the UK is the PhD training of young researchers. However, it has been pointed out by many companies in the UK that the lack of well-trained materials engineers remains a concern for high value manufacturing industry. Indeed, in 2013 the UK Border Agency identified "metallurgist" as one of the 10 most wanted job titles in the Codes of Practice for Skilled workers.In this proposal, the Universities of Leicester, Birmingham and Nottingham seek funding to establish an EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Innovative Metal Processing (CIMP) with substantial support from industrial partners. Over the lifetime of the CIMP we will train over 87 PhD researchers with the combination of experimental, analytical, computational, technology management and transferable skills that are needed to build industrial innovation. The Centre will recruit students from different disciplines and provide them with coherent knowledge of a range of metal processing technologies and develop their expertise in solving challenging and industrially relevant problems so that they can be deployed by industry and become future leaders. The overall emphasis of the CDT's training programme will be on producing well-rounded leaders of the future, combining critical expertise in their discipline areas with a well-honed professional acumen, culminating in the ability to explore the wider context of their work and its potential impact, communicate their research to a range of different audiences, understand the commercial world and the applications of research, and work effectively with a range of partners both within and outside the academic community.The main research aims are: (1) to provide a deep understanding of the physical phenomena during metal processing, (2) to develop analytical and computational models for metal processing, (3) to design and optimise reliable manufacturing processes to accelerate product development and (4) to design new processes for novel materials.CIMP will build on the relationships the universities already have with our industrial partners and augment those relationships over the longer term by building a shared vision of researcher and continuing professional training and developing a deeper understanding of the challenges that drive innovation and impact in metal processing. Our marketing and recruiting activities will promote the profile of the metal processing industry in the UK and help attract a talented workforce. Our Summer School will also have an outreach activity "targeting" secondary school students to engage them in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects and especially to inspire women and girls to pursue (STEM) as pathways to exciting and fulfilling careers.

金属加工是制造业的重要组成部分。制造业是英国经济的第三大部门，2010 年英国制造业占劳动力的 8.2%，占该国国民生产总值的 12%（总增加值 1500 亿英镑）。然而，制造业占名义GDP的比重已从1990年的22%以上下降，并且低价值、大批量的制造业有明显的趋势向发展中国家转移，而在英国，高科技领域则产生了制造业的增长。该行业未来的增长取决于其设计和制造高价值产品的能力，这在很大程度上取决于高质量的知识库和熟练的技术劳动力，从而实现资源的成功转型。劳动力密集型产业向知识密集型产业转变，确保英国高科技金属产业蓬勃发展，支持英国高价值制造业的一个重要方面是对年轻研究人员的博士培训。英国的许多公司认为，缺乏训练有素的材料工程师仍然是一个问题事实上，2013 年，英国边境管理局将“冶金师”列为《技术工人实践守则》中最需要的 10 个职位之一。在这项提案中，莱斯特大学、伯明翰大学和诺丁汉大学寻求在工业合作伙伴的大力支持下，我们将资助建立 EPSRC 创新金属加工博士培训中心 (CIMP)。 在 CIMP 的生命周期内，我们将培训超过 87 名博士研究人员。该中心将招收来自不同学科的学生，为他们提供一系列金属加工技术的连贯知识，并培养他们解决具有挑战性和工业相关问题的专业知识。 CDT 培训计划的总体重点是培养全面发展的未来领导者，将其学科领域的关键专业知识与经过磨练的专业敏锐度相结合。在探索的能力中更广泛的工作背景及其潜在影响，向一系列不同的受众传达他们的研究，了解商业世界和研究的应用，并与学术界内外的一系列合作伙伴有效合作。主要研究目标分别是：(1) 深入了解金属加工过程中的物理现象，(2) 开发金属加工的分析和计算模型，(3) 设计和优化可靠的制造工艺以加速产品开发，(4)设计新材料的新工艺。CIMP 将建立在大学关系的基础上我们已经与我们的工业合作伙伴建立了合作关系，并通过建立研究人员的共同愿景和持续的专业培训以及对推动金属加工创新和影响的挑战进行更深入的了解来增强这些关系，我们的营销和招聘活动将促进这一点。我们的暑期学校还将举办一项“针对”中学生的外展活动，让他们参与科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 科目，特别是激发他们的灵感。妇女和女孩追求（STEM）作为获得令人兴奋和满足的途径职业生涯。