Opportunity at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Closed Loop Manufacturing

Location

Engineering Laboratory, Intelligent Systems Division

RO# Location
50.73.51.B1580 Gaithersburg, MD

Please note: This Agency only participates in the February and August reviews.

Advisers
name email phone
Donmez, M. Alkan alkan@nist.gov 301.975.6618
Description

This program consists of experimental and theoretical efforts to characterize and improve machine tool performance, including sensor-based closed loop control of entire machining process. Particular problems include fast characterization of geometric, thermal, and dynamic machine tool errors; characterization and improvement of machine tool components; process characterization; development of on-machine part inspection and analysis; development and implementation of multilayer adaptive control architectures with temperature, torque, vibration, and force sensing; and development of post-process inspection and analysis techniques to continuously improve the machine and process parameters used in an automated manufacturing system. We are interested in studying the transferability of thermal models from one machine to another within the same product line and in improving the robustness of these models over a product line and over a period of time.

Available equipment includes laser interferometer systems; laser ball bar; telescoping ball bars; two-dimensional grid encoder; high precision displacement transducers; dynamic signal analyzers; a variety of temperature, vibration, and force sensors; machine tools; powerful computational platforms; and a number of CNC machining and turning centers, and coordinating measuring machines.

Keywords:

Computer-aided manufacturing; Error analysis; Process control systems;

Eligibility

Citizenship:  Open to U.S. citizens

Level:  Open to Postdoctoral applicants

Stipend
Base Stipend Travel Allotment Supplementation
$74,950.00 $3,000.00