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“University R&D: It’s Role in CT’s Economy”
Devdas Shetty
Vernon D.Roosa Professor and Associate Dean, College of
Engineering
“Manufacturing – Still the corner stone of Connecticut's Economy”
CBIA, HABE, and UoH
Sep 5, 2002
Manufacturing –More Than a Remnant of the Past
Modern manufacturing has changed
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Shift of focus to service based industries
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Labor intensive jobs
New generation of manufacturing
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Global competition
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Internal partnership among firms
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Engineering education is more global in nature
CHANGES IN ENGINEERING PRACTICE
• Design activity involves a broader range of
disciplines
• Globalization of engineering practice and increased
competition
• Concept-to-product time shortened
• Companies narrow their focus to the core business
• New technologies emerge at a quickened pace
• Design for the environment
Mission of the Engineering Applications Center
To provide the students with real life challenges by
developing partnership with industry through student
projects, graduate work and research programs.
Provide students
real life
challenges
By Developing
Partnership with
Industry
Through Student
Projects, Graduate Work,
Research Programs
Learn to work Independently
& as a Team!
Industry Related Projects
&
Professional Presentations
INSTITUTES
Acoustics and Vibrations
Advanced Manufacturing
Biomechanics
Energy and Environment
Signal Processing
Industry Advisory Board
Industry Affiliates
• Pratt and Whitney (UTC)
• Hamilton Sundstrand (UTC)
• Sikorsky Aircraft (UTC)
• Wiremold Company
• Carrier Corporation (UTC)
• OTIS Elevators (UTC)
• Loctite Corporation
• LEGO Systems Inc.
• Ensign-Bickford Co.
• Kaman Corporation
• Stanley Works
Recent Participants - Representative
• Phillips Automotive Technologies
• Naval Air Warfare Center
• Albert Einstein Medical Center, NY
• Gerber Garment Technologies
• Shape Electronics (Wiremold
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UTC Fuel Cell
Visual Solutions
UCONN Health Center
Yamaha Guitar
University of the West Indies
CNC Software Inc.
Pitney Bowes
Architectural
Audio
Musical
Acoustical Projects
Noise Control
Environmental
Hearing /
Psychoacoustics
Water
treatment
Geo-technical
Water
resources
Environmental
Projects
Remote sensing
G.I.S
Transportation
Bio-implants
Biomechanics
Biomechanics
Rehabilitation
Ergonomics
Bio-Fluids
Montefiore Medical Center Rehabilitation
Walker
Embedded
Processor
DSP
Communication
Signal
Processing
Digital control
Power systems
VLSI
Design for
manufacturing
Design Analysis
Sensors &
Surface Inspection
Manufacturing
CAD/CAM
Product Design
Mechatronics
Projects with Industry
• A New Laser Probe For Surface Inspection Pratt &
Whitney Aircraft Co
• Ergonomic Workstation Ensign Bickford Co.
• Evaluation of Elliptical ducting in environmental
control systems for Hamilton Sundstrand
• Thermal Stress analysis of Heat Exchangers for
Boeing-700 series For Hamilton Sundstrand
• Redesign of Robot Drive System for US FIRST
Competition (with LEGO Systems)
• Creation of custom graphics and user interface
for Carrier Corporation
Projects with Industry
• Design of a parking facility and vehicular access
for the Bement School historic district, MA
• Structural
design
of
Pondview
professional
building
• Town of Bolton Aerial/Parcel map update using
GIS
• City of Chesapeake, Va Route 168 bypass over
Hillcrest Parkway
• Investigation of Various Techniques for Reduction
in Electromagnetic Interference-Wiremold
Projects with Industry
• Redesign
of a Detonation Shock Tube Winding
Machine For High Efficiency Ensign Bickford Co.
• Feasibility of modification to a Rotary Box Exchanger
LEGO Systems.
• Helicopter Rotor System Damping to a Problem in the
KMAX System Kaman Aerospace Corporation
• Interlocks for Elevator Entrance Doors Otis Elevators
• An Alternative Flow Metering and Control System
Hamilton Sundstrand
• Integrally Bladed Rotor Automated Machining and
Filtration System Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co.
Hamilton Sundstrand Valve Design
Projects
Redesign Modeled
Safety Valve Cover
PRATT & WHITNEY CO.
Streamlining of the SH-2G
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Aerodynamic Streamlining
Drag Reduction
Minimize Vortex Shedding
Investigation of Parameter Deflection of Stator Blades During
Repair Process (P&W)
Adaptive Tool Path Generation and Simulation Algorithm for
Surface Machining (CNC)
The Effect Of HCF I LCF Interaction On Fatigue Crack Growth
Rates Of Single Crystal Nickel Super alloys (P&W)
Mechanical Simulation & Analysis of Hydraulic Valve Motion
Snubber Impact Forces for Prediction of Durability (Jacobs)
Ultra-low
Force
Probing:
Studies
Fiber-bending Probe Systems (NIST)
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MEMS-based
and
Passive Solar House Design
Management of Fluids in a Zero Gravity Environment
(Hamilton)
Ambulatory Suspension System (Albert Einstein Hospital)
Dynamic Vibration Properties of Fluid Filled Cylindrical Pressure
Vessel (Hamilton)
Simulation of fuel stack assembly (UTC Fuel Cells)
On-line measurement system for raceway model (Wiremold)
Surface contour measurement system (Loctite)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
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International Partnership
Customized Training Programs
Grants from Government and Industry
Technology commercialization
Publications
IMPACT
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Solving industry problems
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Product Design, Analysis and improvement
Process Layout
Assembly improvement
Testing equipment
Projects with Community
Student/Faculty teams on real life problems
Seminars, workshops and training
Curriculum distinctiveness
Laboratory support
Publications and grants