GATE Center of Excellence at UAB in Lightweight Materials for Automotive Applications

Technical Report · Sun Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1036876· OSTI ID:1036876

Vaidya, Uday ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (United States)

This report summarizes the accomplishments of the UAB GATE Center of Excellence in Lightweight Materials for Automotive Applications. The first Phase of the UAB DOE GATE center spanned the period 2005-2011. The UAB GATE goals coordinated with the overall goals of DOE's FreedomCAR and Vehicles Technologies initiative and DOE GATE program. The FCVT goals are: (1) Development and validation of advanced materials and manufacturing technologies to significantly reduce automotive vehicle body and chassis weight without compromising other attributes such as safety, performance, recyclability, and cost; (2) To provide a new generation of engineers and scientists with knowledge and skills in advanced automotive technologies. The UAB GATE focused on both the FCVT and GATE goals in the following manner: (1) Train and produce graduates in lightweight automotive materials technologies; (2) Structure the engineering curricula to produce specialists in the automotive area; (3) Leverage automotive related industry in the State of Alabama; (4) Expose minority students to advanced technologies early in their career; (5) Develop innovative virtual classroom capabilities tied to real manufacturing operations; and (6) Integrate synergistic, multi-departmental activities to produce new product and manufacturing technologies for more damage tolerant, cost-effective, and lighter automotive structures.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FG26-05NT42620
• OSTI ID: 1036876
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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