International Planning Visit to East Asia on Micro-Manufacturing and Manufacturing of Lightweight Structures

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA

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ABSTRACT OISE-0728987 Koc, Virginia Commonwealth University International Planning Visit to East Asia on Micro-Manufacturing and Manufacturing Lightweight Structures This award provides funding for a planning visit for the U.S. PI, Muammer Koc, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and co-director of the NSF I/UCRC Center for Precision Forming (#IIP 0638588) at the Virginia Commonwealth University. The planning visit will occur July 7-22, 2007 and the PI will meet with counterparts in China, South Korea and Japan. The counterpart hosts are Professor LI, Shuhui, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China; Professor OH, Soo-Ik, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Seoul National University, South Korea; and Professor DOHDA, Kuniaki, Department of Engineering Physics and Electronics at Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan. This planning visit has the strong potential to advance knowledge in the fields of lightweight and micro-manufacturing, alternative energy and biomedical device applications. Both the PI and counterparts have identified emerging collaborations with a high likelihood of follow-up due to strong research synergies. The planning visit has the potential to make U.S. and global manufacturing more nimble and to reduce the negative impact of pollutants on the global environment in East Asia, a critical region for deployment of sustainable manufacturing and engineering solutions.