Engineering Short Courses
About AU's Engineering Short Courses
Scientific and technological advances shape the face of industry today. In order for engineers, technologists and managers to keep up with the swift changes in the field, they must be lifelong learners.
对于那些有兴趣增加他们在陶瓷和玻璃领域的专业知识, or those just being introduced, short courses are a good option. Designed for professionals in the ceramics and glass industry, 这些强化课程提供了一个在短时间内更新你的领域知识的机会. Courses range from detailed, in-depth examinations of very specific topics to broader introductory classes.
We Can Develop a Course to Fit Your Needs
Many of the short courses 我们的报价可以调整，以适应您组织的具体技术需求, or we can create a course individually designed to your specifications. These programs provide intensive instruction to your key people, who in turn disperse their new knowledge throughout the organization, providing a big return on your investment.
- Since there are no employee travel expenses, 每位员工的成本(注册人数为10人或更多)可能大大低于将员工送到校园的总成本
- Questions pertaining to your organization's needs can be confidentially discussed.
- The course can be modified to address topics important to your organization, deleting those of little interest or expanding on areas of high priority.
为期几天的短期课程项目提供广泛深入的材料报道，并为参与者提供更多的互动机会.
讨论为贵公司专门设计一门课程并在现场展示的可能性, contact: David Gottfried.
June 10 - 14, 2024
Who Attends
Engineers, scientists and technicians interested in strength and fracture-mechanics testing, fracture issues related to process development or control, failure analysis (during production, testing, or service), and failure prevention. Class limit of 18.
Course Description
本课程涵盖了对玻璃断裂暴露表面上的标记的检查和解释, polycrystalline ceramics, and single crystals, and the analysis of crack systems, i.e., fractography. Further, it covers using fractography in failure analysis, strength testing, and fracture-mechanics testing. The mechanisms by which fracture markings are produced will be explained, and the information provided by the markings (e.g., 在定位和识别裂缝的起源和估计破坏时的应力)将被强调. Observation and documentation techniques will be covered. The role of fracture analysis in failure prevention (i.e., ensuring mechanical reliability) is emphasized throughout the course. 这是一门实践课程，学生将用立体光学显微镜和其他工具观察破碎的玻璃和陶瓷样品. This year will be the 48th year the course has been offered. The course was started by Dr. Van Frechette in 1977.
The course is designed to meet the needs of people interested in glasses or ceramics. 大多数的例子，将由参与者在课程的早期检查将是玻璃标本, since fracture markings are most clearly seen in glass. 陶瓷的例子和标本将在课程的后期深入介绍. In-depth coverage will be provided on equipment, documentation, formal fractographic standards, and quantitative fractography, with an emphasis on determining the stress in the part at fracture. 有充足的时间用于处理玻璃和陶瓷的磨削和加工缺陷, the fractography of polycrystalline and single crystal ceramics, fracture toughness determination, and Weibull strength correlations with fractographic analysis. Links between fractography and failure prevention are included in the discussions, case studies, and examples.
Course Outline
Fundamentals of fractography, explanations of fracture markings, examination of specimens, equipment for observation and documentation, fracture origins in glasses and ceramics, quantitative fractography in testing (strength, fracture mechanics) and failure analysis, examples of fracture in polycrystalline ceramics, and using fractography in failure prevention. Attendees may bring one or two specimens for after-class inspection. 课程讲师将在第1、2和4天的课后检查标本. Attendees should bring a simple hand calculator and a laser pointer.
时间表大纲:广泛的动手检查标本分散在整个4.5 days of the course.
- Days 1 and 2: Equipment and techniques, stress/strain basics, crack patterns (a first look), fracture markings (with hands-on examination of examples), fracture mechanics, stress corrosion, contact damage by particles, contact damage by grinding and machining, specimen reconstruction. (8:30 am-4:30 pm each day)
- Day 3: Thermal-shock origins in glass, glue chipping, common conditions of failure, fracture mirror constant (definition and measurement) (8:30 am-12:00 pm) 注意:学员将有机会参观康宁玻璃博物馆. 第三天下午，课程讲师将无法进行标本检验.
- Day 4: Further discussion of fracture mirrors, making and using replicas of fracture surfaces, fractographic standards, origins in ceramics, machining and grinding cracks in glasses and ceramics. (8:30 am-4:30 pm)
- 第五天:单晶，Weibull强度分析和断口分析，案例分析(8:30 -12:30 pm)
Instructors
Dr. James Varner is a Professor of Ceramic Engineering Emeritus at Alfred University. He received his PhD in Ceramics at Alfred University. 他对玻璃和陶瓷断口学的兴趣可以追溯到他在教授的指导下完成的毕业论文. Frechette. He continued this interest throughout his professional career. He has taught this course for over 25 years.
Dr. Jeffery J. Swab received a BS in Ceramic Science & 毕业于宾夕法尼亚州立大学，获得材料科学硕士和博士学位 & Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and SUNY-Stony Brook, respectively. 他从事高级陶瓷的断裂分析已有近四十年. 他组织并领导了第一次也是最大的国际先进陶瓷断口学循环练习，并负责开发和出版世界上第一个陶瓷断口学标准实践(ASTM C1322)。.
Course Fee
The course fee is $1,995.00. 我们不退款，但是您可以用贵公司的其他人代替您的位置. Fee includes: Course notes, Fractography of Ceramics and Glasses practice guide, one dinner, and three lunches.
July 15 - 18, 2024
Who Attends
Engineers, 科学家和技术专业人员，对材料过程有深刻的理解，对Python有粗略的经验. Class limit of 14.
Course Description
在本课程中，我们将涵盖从经典模拟，如分子动力学到量子计算的模拟方法, specifically density functional theory. Additionally, 课程将包括一天重点介绍机器学习和一天复习Python和计算微积分. 本课程的毕业生可以期望掌握玻璃和陶瓷工业和科学中最常用的计算技术的工作知识.
Course Outline
- Day 1: Review of Python and numerical calculus.
- Day 2: Introduction to molecular dynamics.
- Day 3: Introduction to density functional theory (DFT).
- Day 4: Introduction to machine learning. 学生可以带上自己的数据库，教授可以在实验室使用机器学习进行预测.
Instructors
- Dr. Collin Wilkinson, Assistant Professor of Glass Science, Alfred University
- Dr. Collin Wilkinson is an Assistant Professor of Glass Science at Alfred University. Collin earned a Bachelor's in Physics at Coe College followed by a Ph.D. in Material Science at the Pennsylvania State University. 他曾担任小型初创公司的研发总监和首席技术官，专注于通过材料信息学开发下一代回收技术. 科林是几个绿色应用的新型玻璃成分的发明者或共同发明者，从减少温室气体到可再生能源应用的改进玻璃. 科林于2022年加入皇冠体育app，他目前的研究围绕着构建模拟极端条件的计算工具, understanding the fundamental physics of glassy materials, and engineering better solutions for sustainable glass technology. Collin is the author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications and 4 patents. 此外，他还是皇冠体育app本科生研究委员会的主席，在那里他为来自世界各地的玻璃和陶瓷本科生创建了一个研究项目.
- Rebecca Welch, Visiting Scholar, Alfred University
- 丽贝卡·韦尔奇(Rebecca Welch)是美国国家科学基金会研究生研究员，也是一名高级研究生. John Mauro at Penn State. She is also currently a Visiting Scholar at Alfred University working with Dr. Gabrielle Gaustad. 她的研究专长是原子模拟以及玻璃系统的计算建模. She has a B.A. 并将于2024年从宾夕法尼亚州立大学获得材料科学与工程博士学位.
Course Fee
The course fee is $2,500.00. 我们不退款，但是您可以用贵公司的其他人代替您的位置. 费用包括:讲座录音，获取示例代码，一顿晚餐和三顿午餐.