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SUMMARY of The NSF-DST Proposal and the List of
U.S.Participants The Elastic Vibrations, Smart Structures
and Their Solution Technologies The purpose of this
NSF-DST supported workshop is to increase multi-author research involving international
collaboration that will have the potential of strengthening the U.S. share
of science & Engineering (S&E) publications world wide, and thus it
will directly translate into U.S. scientific capabilities. Also, the mutual
benefits anticipated from the proposed U.S. - India workshop activities are
mapped by the following two objectives: 1) Layout a
well-developed research plan appropriate for future cooperative research in
the areas of elastic vibrations and smart structures (e.g. magnetostrictive
particles, embedded in a host materials, act as both sensor and actuators)
that has broader impact on space science and other engineering applications;
and additionally, identify some advanced research tools (e.g. computer
graphic software, numerical solution technologies involving, for example,
finite-element method) to solve problems more comprehensively. 2) Establish future
cooperative research partnership and make use of unique research
environment and resources that the prestigious engineering institution - The University of Roorkee (UoR), India
offers to U.S. scientists and engineers for this workshop related activities. The host institution
University of Roorkee (UoR), India, the oldest engineering institute has
agreed to support 4-days workshop that will allow 30 participants (10 U.S.
and 20 Host Institution) to interact and share their research ideas with
fellow scientists and engineers. The UoR is most connected hub of
engineering institutions in India.
All thirty participants have earned a Ph. D., and are current in their
areas of specialization. The U.S. participants have provided their abstracts
of presentations, resume and letters of support (see attachments). At
present, all participants are actively conducting advanced research, and all
U.S. participants come from institutions (listed below) that require from
their faculty an active participation in research University of Utah, Utah Purdue University, West
Lafayette, IN University of Maryland
College Park, MD Virginia Polytechnic
Institute & State University, VA Coppin State College -
University System of MD U.S. Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Maryland University of Akron, Ohio The workshop
presentations made by the participants will be from the broader area of
Mechanics of Solids and Structures (applied mathematics). More specifically,
in the workshop presentations, the vibration control problems of engineering
structures (e.g., beams and plates) and their shape control and shape design
will be emphasized. The new smart materials (such as magnetostrictive
composites having remote excitation capability that allow vibration control
of space structures) and material damage problems will also be discussed. In
these smart structure problems, the effects of large deformations and
material-nonlinearity are of great
importance. The analysis of non-linearity can give insight into material
behavior at or near failure. The
digital computing and finite-element method of discretization have allowed
solution of some problems of mechanical behavior of intricate material
systems. The continuous remeshing and adaptive meshing techniques can be used
today for sidestepping the difficulties associated with deformation induced
element distortion. Therefore, some portion of the workshop duration will be
utilized to identify and plan some advanced and effective solution
technologies. This workshop process
will take U.S. researchers few steps closer to achieving the goal of solving
complex research problems by: 1) developing the plan to include the problems
in vibrations and smart structures that are critical in satellites, space
station, electronics circuit boards, and other such scientific and
engineering areas where admissible vibration tolerances are small. 2)
Identify and layout advanced solution technologies that are effective and
comprehensive in finding the solutions. This proposal plan aims at enhancing
a productive partnership that allow inter-institutions internationally, and
intra-institutions within U.S. to overcome the traditional reluctance to work
collaboratively. Lastly, the workshop proceedings will be published for
disseminating the research information presented in the workshop, and a
workshop report will include: a) The future cooperative research plans
emerging from the workshop, b) Evaluation of the workshop implementation as
viewed by the participants. The workshop participants will not engage
themselves in any future research plan and discussion that relates to nuclear
sciences. List of *Prospective U.S. Participants Who
Have Agreed to Participate is Given Below, With Their Areas of Expertise: [* All of these
participants have agreed to participate and will make presentations .
However, a substitution can be made by PI as per the selection process and
criteria stated in the proposal, in consultation with NSF program manager,
due to any unforeseen problems] |
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Participating U.S. Institution |
Senior Research Investigators
(ten) |
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1) Purdue
University, West Lafayette, IN 2) United States
Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 3) University of
Maryland College Park, MD 4) The
University of Akron, Cleveland, Ohio. 5) University of
Utah, Utah. 6)Coppin State
Coll.- Univ. System of Maryland. Maryland 7) Virginia
Polytechnic Institute & State University, Virginia |
1. Dr. Elisa D.
Sotelino, [Parallel Processing, Numerical Analysis (e.g. Finite
Element), Computer Analysis, Structural Analysis] 2. Dr. Colin P.
Ratcliffe [Composite Structures,
Damage Detection, Experimental Model Analysis, Shock and Vibration Mounts,
Structural Dynamics] 3. Dr. Shiping Chen
[Smart Structures, optical fiber sensor network, and Instrumentation] 4a. Dr.Donald Dane
Quinn [Dynamical Systems] 4b. Dr. Gangbing Song
[Smart Structure] 5a. Dr. Chris
Pantelides [Composites for Construction]. 5b. Dr. Ray H. Beckett,
Jr. [Environmental Engineering] 6. Dr. Atma Sahu
[Elastic Vibrations, and Plasticity] 7a. Dr.Harley H.
Cudney [Structural Impedance Sensors (Distributed Adaptive Structural
Sensors)] 7b. Dr. Mary Kasarda
[Magnetic Bearings, Smart Skin Sensors & Stability of Turbomachinery] |