Transcript Innovative education has no boundaries…

Mission
Georgia Tech
Savannah seeks to
be a technologyenabled academic
enterprise of
diverse students,
faculty and staff
that is globally
recognized for
innovation in
engineeringcentric education,
scholarship and
economic
development.
Strategic Engineering – A Response to
Globalization
by
Farrokh Mistree
Associate Chair, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Director, Georgia Tech Savannah
<[email protected]>
Georgia Tech Savannah Campus
Georgia Tech Savannah – Master Plan
GTREP COLLEGIATE CENTER
NORTH LEASE FACILITY
SOUTH LEASE FACILITY
GTREP CAMPUS FUTURE
Thomas
Friedman
“Globalization
has collapsed
time and
distance and
raised the
notion that
someone
anywhere on
earth can do
your job more
cheaply. Can
Americans rise
to the challenge
on this leveled
playing field?”
Friedman …and globalization
Specialized … those that cannot be digitized. Examples: Michael Jordan, Barbara
Streisand, etc.
Localized … the baker, the laborer, etc.
Old middle jobs will be digitized.
New middle jobs …
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Great collaborators … people who can build global supply chains …
Great leveragers … people who can leverage technology so that one person can
do the job of twenty …
Great synthesizers … people who can take A & B & make C.
Great localizers … people who can create a small business locally …
Passionate personalizers … people who can satisfy the need of an individual …
Green technology developers …
Great explainers …. people who can explain complexity simply [Like
Friedman.]
Great adaptors … people who can adapt to rapid and large changes ….
Can Americans Rise to Friedman’s challenge?
What is the Woodruff School’s response?
Buzz’s Response … Strategic Engineers for the Near Tomorrow
Strategic engineers are those who know how to realize complex
Thomas
Friedman
engineered systems for changing markets … in a collaborative,
globally distributed environment … thereby safeguarding the
economic viability of the company
Globalization
Strategic Engineers are also ….
has collapsed
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Great collaborators … engineers who can build global supply chains …
time and
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Great leveragers … engineers who can leverage technology so that one person
distance and
can do the job of twenty …
raised the
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Great synthesizers … engineers who can take A & B & make C.
notion that
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Great localizers … engineers who can create a small business locally …
someone
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Great adaptors … engineers who can adapt to rapid and large changes ….
anywhere on
earth can do
How does the Woodruff School plan to rise to Friedman’s challenge?
your job more
By getting ABET accreditation for a Woodruff School degree in Strategic Engineering … in 2008
cheaply. Can
By creating a Global Product Creation Network for graduate studies … launch 2008
Americans rise
to the challenge
on this leveled
playing field?
Mission
Georgia Tech
Savannah seeks
to be a
technologyenabled
academic
enterprise of
diverse students,
faculty and staff
that is globally
recognized for
innovation in
engineeringcentric
education,
scholarship and
economic
development.
Savannah-Eindhoven Product Creation Network
Ambition
To be the premier global network for product creation
methodologies, processes and design technology.
Mission
To educate and nurture leaders and pioneer knowledge in product
creation to fuel sustainable economic growth through continuous
innovation.
Partners – Joint Graduate Degrees
Georgia Tech Savannah
Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Ambition
To be the premier
global network for
product creation
methodologies,
processes and
design technology.
Mission
To educate and
nurture leaders and
pioneer knowledge
in product creation
to fuel sustainable
economic growth
through continuous
innovation.
Mission – Expanded Statement
University …
Further design science and educate design engineers who create high
value added products and processes that efficiently and effectively
accommodate:
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dynamic global markets and associated customer requirements;
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dynamic global business processes;
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technological innovations;
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collaborative, distributed, multicultural, international
environment.
Industry …
Further design science and educate design engineers who create high
value added products and processes that drive and sustain the
economic viability of companies in an industrialized world thereby
sustaining the economic and ecological well-being of the global
community.
What are Ambient Intelligent Systems?
“The five key characteristics of Ambient
Intelligence have different technological
requirements”:
• Embedded:
Many networked devices are integrated
into the environment.
• Context-aware: These devices can recognize you and
your situational context
• Personalized: They can be tailored towards your needs
• Adaptive:
They can change in response to you
• Anticipatory:
They can anticipate your desires without
conscious mediation.
/faculteit Industrial Design
From: Emile Aarts and Stefano Marzano
Design as a basis to create value for the
economy
/faculteit
Industrial Design
Design
– Transforms
Technology (intellectual capital) into Economy (wealth)
COE Goal 1
Develop
rigorous,
innovative,
experiential
educational
programs that
integrate
disciplines and
that engage
students in the
excitement of
learning,
motivate their
passion for
positive societal
impact and
develop leaders
for the future.
Core Elements of Program
Business
Processes
Design
Methods
DESIGN
User
Technology
Mission
Georgia Tech
Savannah seeks
to be a
technologyenabled
academic
enterprise of
diverse students,
faculty and staff
that is globally
recognized for
innovation in
engineeringcentric
education,
scholarship and
economic
development.
GT Savannah - Complex Engineered Systems
Design methods for complex engineered systems – product families and
architectures, the design and analysis of knowledge and information flows.
Example research: investigations that result in simulation-based, distributed
engineering of complex systems.
Design, analysis, and fabrication aspects of products that employ ambient
intelligence (are context aware, adaptive, and anticipatory); embedded sensor
networks that facilitate automated reconfiguration; networked intelligence.
Rapidly reconfigurable business processes including supply and value chains
and e-commerce.
Example research: investigations that are embodied in network / graph theory
that support reconfiguring dynamic chains.
User observation methods and customer needs analysis relevant to product
creation, development and testing.
Example research: investigations that lead to symbiotic collaboration between
humans and technology.
Ambition
To be the premier
global network for
product creation
methodologies,
processes and
design technology.
Mission
To educate and
nurture leaders and
pioneer knowledge
in product creation
to fuel sustainable
economic growth
through continuous
innovation.
Global Product Creation Network
Potential Partners – Grand Vision
TUe Constellation … industrial design
 user driven, international culture, best practice design …
 CMU (USA), RMIT (Australia), NUS (Singapore), Wuhan
(China)
 Philips, NATO (AGARD), …
GTS Constellation … engineered complex systems
 multi-scale design, modeling and simulation, collaborative
design …
 Potential partners … IIT Kharagpur (India), Loughborough
(UK), NTU/SimTech Singapore …
 Industry partner: Herty Advanced Materials Development
Center. Potential partners: GTRI, DoD, P&G, …
Woodruff School Savannah Faculty …
Farrokh Mistree, Ph.D. Professor and Associate Chair
http://www.gtsav.gatech.edu/me/faculty/mistree.html
Strategic engineering. Integrated design of material, product and design processes. Distributed,
collaborative, robust design multiscale systems. Simulation-based systems realization.
Janet K. Allen, Ph.D. Associate Professor
http://www.gtsav.gatech.edu/me/faculty/allen.html
Design evolution over time. Modeling uncertainty. Decision-based design. Design pedagogy
Seung-Kyum Choi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
http://www.gtsav.gatech.edu/me/faculty/choi.html
Stochastic modeling and robust design. Multidisciplinary analysis and optimization.
Virtual collaboration. Multi-scale materials and product design.
Woodruff School Savannah Faculty …
Mervyn Fathianathan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
http://www.gtsav.gatech.edu/me/faculty/fathianathan.html
Collaborative engineering. Integrated product and process design. Adaptive and self organizing
systems.
Computational design synthesis.
Dirk Scahefer Ph.D. Assistant Professor
http://www.gtsav.gatech.edu/me/faculty/scahefer.html
Computer-aided engineering and design. Virtual engineering and digital enterprise technology.
Systems integration. Engineering education.
We expect to have four faculty join us in the Product Creation Cluster in Fall 2007.
See slide 11.
Laboratories for Strategic Engineering
Systems Realization Laboratory – 2007
Digital Fabrication Laboratory – 2007
Ambient Intelligence Laboratory – 2008
Product Creation Laboratory – 2008
Multiscale Materials and Product Design Laboratory - 2008
Virtual Collaboratory - 2008
Decision Theater for Strategic Engineering - 2009
Imaginarum – 2009
Systems
Realization
Laboratory
Closing Comments …
We encourage you to take the initiative and meet all the Woodruff School
faculty at Georgia Tech Savannah. Information on their professional and
research interests is available at
http://www.gtsav.gatech.edu/me/faculty.html
and
http://www.me.gatech.edu/fac_staff/ac_fac/index_acfac.html
Our Savannah based faculty have nifty projects that they would love to
talk to you about.
http://www.srl.gatech.edu/positions/GRAsatGTSavannah
Student Point of Contact: Matthias Messer<[email protected]>
Please feel free to contact Farrokh Mistree by email or 912-247-6602; he
is available seven days a week until midnight by phone.