Transcript New Visions CATS Project Kickoff Craig Dory Director, Business Development Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute November 20, 2013

New Visions
CATS Project Kickoff
Craig Dory
Director, Business Development
Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
November 20, 2013
Outline
• What is Rensselaer CATS and how
does it work?
- CATS mission
- CATS business model
- CATS research areas
• Problem Solving and Innovation
• New Visions CATS Project
- Example CATS Opportunities
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New York State CAT Program
Industrially-driven research leading to
measurable economic impact
• Annual baseline funding with industrial
match requirement (stronger emphasis on
small enterprises)
• Ten-year designation
• Annual economic impact reporting
• Since 2000  over $6B economic impact,
or approx $500M/year
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The NYSTAR Ecosystem
Empire State Development Division of
Science, Technology and Innovation
(NYSTAR)
• Center for Advanced Technology (CAT):
15 in universities around the state
• Regional Technology Development Centers
(RTDCs): 10 NYS economic regions
• High Performance Computing Consortium
(HPC2): RPI’s Computational Center for
Innovation (CCI), Buffalo, Stony Brook,
NYSERNet
CAT
RTDC
HPC2
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CATS: A Public/Private Partnership
CATS
• Base funding: renewable 10-year contract from
Empire State Development / NYSTAR
• Base funding provides for dedicated
infrastructure, research staff (4) and support
• $4-5M annual expenditures
• ~30 faculty across 3 schools and 9 departments
• NYS mandate –> economic impact:
5-yr results: >$300M non-job impacts + >780 jobs
Opportunity for Economic Impact
Inventing
Commercializing
Level of Development
Resources
Resources
Lab to Market
Chasm
Bridge of
Partnership
Inventing
Commercializing
Level of Development
Industrial-academicgovernment partnership
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CATS Research Programs
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Industrial Automation and Control
Advanced Robotics and Control Systems
Continuous Processing and Control
Additive and Bioadditive Manufacturing
Energy-Systems Design and Manufacturing
Advanced Composites and
Biocomposites Manufacturing
Rensselaer CATS Mission
Rensselaer CATS conducts cutting edge, industrially
relevant research in advanced automation and
control systems to advance knowledge, develop
new technologies, foster economic growth and
engender a richer, more relevant educational
experience through collaborative partnerships
among its public sector stakeholders, industrial
clients, faculty, staff, and students.
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CATS Partner Companies
Companies Engage the CATS for:
• Technical consultation, feasibility studies, exploratory
research, etc.
• Collaborative research for process/product/system
development and/or improvement, with professional
project management
• Proof of Principle Modeling, prototype development and
demonstration – identify risky elements and prove out
solutions
• Needs/Resource Matching, as a single portal into
Rensselaer faculty/organizations, and/or as an honest
broker to external targeted resource partners
CATS Business Model
• Economic Impact
• Student placement
• Matching fund
• Publication
• Research expenditure
• Patents
• Student training
• Sponsored research
Industrial Research
Projects
• Process/product improvement
• Process/product development
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Basic Research
Projects
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Joint proposal
Internal funding
Longer term
• Exploratory investigation
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Internal funding
Shorter term
faculty
Capabilities
Reputation
Facilities
Federal agency funded (NSF,
DOE, ONR, DARPA, etc.)
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CATS Faculty
• Joint projects/proposals:
Miki Amitay (active flow control)
Riccardo Bevilacqua (flow control)
Diana Borca-Tasciuc (energy harvest)
Dave Corr (tissue engineering)
Wayne Gray (cognitive modeling)
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Martin Hardwick (manufacturing)
Cheng Hsu (manufacturing)
Rena Huang (photonics)
Michael Jensen (thermal)
Qiang Ji (vision)
Agung Julius (circadian control)
Eric Ledet (orthopedic treatment)
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Dan Lewis (fuel cell)
Charles Malmborg (manufacturing)
Antoinette Maniatty (modeling)
Sandipan Mishra (control, mechatronics)
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Leila Parsa (Hybrid energy storage)
Yoav Peles (thermal)
Richard Radke (computer vision)
Johnson Samuel (manufacturing)
ECSE MANE
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Jennifer Ryan (manufacturing)
Onkar Sahni (flow control)
Shep Salon (modeling)
Art Sanderson (AUV, robotics)
Jeff Trinkle (robotics)
Faculty led project:
Theo Borca-Tasciuc (thermal management)
Victor Chan (simulation/optimization)
Joe Chow (power systems)
Mark Shephard (simulation)
Henry Scarton (vibration)
Joint marketing:
Wayne Bequette (process control)
Juergen Hahn (systems biology, process control)
James Lu (semiconductor manufacturing)
Education and outreach:
Junichi Kanai, Paul Schoch, Mark Steiner, Ken
Connor
▪ ISE ▪ CBE ▪ BME ▪ MSE ▪ CS ▪ CogSci
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Project Funding
• Joint proposals to State (e.g., NYSERDA, NYSTAR and ESDC)
and/or Federal sponsors(e.g., NSF, DOE, DARPA, ONR, NIST,
DOT, NIH and DHS) or through SBIR/STTR or BAA funding.
(e.g., Ecovative Design, Kintz Plastics, MPI Inc., Simmetrix,
Construction Robotics)
• Sponsored research, where companies fund projects when
grants are not available, needed or desired.
(e.g., BASF, Boeing, ESI, Northrop-Grumman, Bausch &
Lomb)
• Gifts, where companies/individuals sponsor more general
areas of research.
Selected Partner Organizations
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Lally School of Management: Severino Center
The Design Lab
The MILL
Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES)
Scientific Computation Research Center (SCOREC)
Center of Gravity
Other ESD/NYSTAR CATs, CoEs and RTDCs
NYSERDA
DOD, DOE, NSF, NIST, DARPA, NIH
2014 Advanced Manufacturing
Conference
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Partnership between Rensselaer CATS and Center for Economic Growth (CEG)
April 22-23, 2014 – Hilton Garden Inn, Troy, NY
300+ attendees from
industry, academe and government
Technical and Business Conference
Sessions and Workshops
FuzeHub Solutions Forum
Poster session featuring over 50 CATS
industrially relevant research projects
Open House RPI Manufacturing Labs
and Facilities
AMP 2.0 Northeast Regional Meeting
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April 24, 2014 – EMPAC on the Rensselaer campus
Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) 2.0 is a working group of President’s Council of
Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
Renewed national effort to secure US leadership in the emerging technologies that will
create high-quality manufacturing jobs and enhance America’s global competitiveness
President charged AMP 2.0 Steering Committee with developing concrete plans for securing
competitive advantage in advanced manufacturing
AMP 2.0 Meeting engaged manufacturing
community in New York and surrounding states
on key issues including workforce development,
scale-up policies and key technologies
Regional SWOT Analysis
Nearly 200 attendees from industry,
academe and government
Manufacturing@Rensselaer
Lead: Dan Walczyk
• Education:
– Manufacturing Innovation and Learning
Lab (MILL)
– MS in Manufacturing Certificate Program
• Space: CII Highbay renovation (in SOE performance plan)
• Marketing:
– Manufacturing research in CATS
– Semiconductor manufacturing (Silicon,
Compound SC, SiC): MDIS, ERC
– Manufacturing systems: ISE
– Nanomanufacturing: NSEC, MSE
– Biomanufacturing: CBIS
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Advanced Composites Manufacturing
Lead: Dan Walczyk,
• Direction: Energy-efficient manufacturing, novel
manufacturing processes
• Partners: Kintz Plastics, Ecovative Design, GE, Automated
Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman
• Agencies: DOE, NSF, DOD, NYSERDA
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Fuel Cell Systems
Lead: Daryl Ludlow, Steve Rock, Steve Buelte, Dan Walczyk, Dan
Lewis, Nikhil Koratkar, John Wen
• Direction: Manufacturing, fault detection, new materials
• Partners: BASF Fuel Cell, UTC Power, W.L. Gore, Ballard,
Nuvera, MicroOrganics
• Agencies: DOE, NSF, DOD, NYSERDA
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Sustainable Systems
Lead: Sandipan Mishra, John Wen, Yoav Peles, Michael Jensen
• Direction: Systems level modeling, optimization, control.
Human interaction. Smart lighting. HVAC control.
• Partners: HP Labs, GE, IBM, Carrier
• Agencies: NSF, DOE, DOD, NYSERDA
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Advanced Robotics
Lead: John Wen, Richard Radke, Martin Hardwick,
Wayne Gray, Gaesh Sankaranarayanan, Suvranu
De, Qiang Ji, Agung Julius, Diana Borca-Tasiuc
• Direction: Sensor guided robotic manipulation,
multi-robot/human-robot collaboration,
medical robotics, micro-robotics
• Partners: STEPtools, Saturn Technologies,
Vivonics, Lockheed Martin, GM
• Agencies: NSF, NIST, DOD, NIH, NASA
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Manufacturing Systems
Lead: Jennifer Ryan, Cheng Hsu, Victor Chan, Charlie Malmborg
• Direction: Manufacturing system modeling, planning,
optimization
• Partners: GlobalFoundries, GE
• Agencies: DOE
Factory
Machines/cells
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Machines/cells
Supply
Network
Machines/cells
Factory
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Advanced Materials Processing
Lead: Robert Hull, Antoinette Maniatty, Dan Lewis, Sandipan
Mishra, Johnson Samuel, John Wen
• Direction: Process modeling and control, novel sensing,
additive manufacturing
• Partners: Crystal-IS, Ducommun, Vivonics
• Agencies: NSF, DOD
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Aerodynamic Systems
Lead: Onkar Sahni, Miki Amitay, Jason Hicken, Juergen Hahn,
Riccardo Bevilacqua, John Wen
• Direction: Goal-oriented reduced order modeling and control
design, fluid/structure interaction, design optimization
• Partners: Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, GE
• Agencies: DOD, NASA
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Problem Solving 101
• Dig in to thoroughly understand the, issues,
opportunity(ies) and requirements
• Develop an objective problem statement
– Clear, concise description of the issues to be addressed
– Use the 5 W’s and an H
– Include scope, resources and other limitations (e.g.,
time, money, technology, etc.)
– Describe the deliverable
• Identify (multiple) possible solutions
• Example: Pencil Sharpener
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Problem Solving 101 Cont’d
• Find the “best” solution
– Develop evaluation criteria based on requirements,
feasibility, cost, ease of use, resource limitations, etc.
– Determine “best” alternative based on evaluation
criteria
• Develop action/development plan
• Implement!!
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in·no·va·tion noun \ˌi-nə-ˈvā-shən\
1: the introduction of something new
2: a new idea, method, or device
- Merriam-Webster
In business, you need to innovate to grow.
Examples?
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New Visions CATS Project
• Develop paper solution for a real-world challenge
• Use problem-solving steps
• There’s no right answer!!!
– Think holistically (i.e., big picture)
– Think out of the box (don’t limit your ideas to what you
know or what’s been done before)
– The “best” answer may surprise you (and us!!)
• Use mentors for help/guidance
• Present solution and steps (i.e., show your
work!!) in final presentation
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CATS Problems Opportunities
Using automation:
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Design system to paint a hi-resolution picture on a bridge or pier from an
unmoored/unattached vessel in the water
Design system to construct a brick wall
Design system to map potential wind farm sites
Design system to inspect shipboard storage tanks
Design system to safely dispose of old (explosive) jars of picric acid
Design system to protect homes in remote areas from forest fires
Design UAV refueling system
Design system to improve productivity in agriculture (e.g., precision soil testing
for targeted insecticide/fertilizer application or watering, etc.)
Design hose for outdoor watering needs in (freezing) cold weather
Design system to precisely map a city sewer system (in 3D)
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New Visions CATS Project Goals
• Exposure to real world challenges
• Practice developing a solution from
problem identification to delivery
• Practice researching areas and developing
expertise out of your normal comfort zone
• Have some fun doing it!!
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CATS Mentors
• B. Wayne Bequette, Ph.D. – Associate Director for
Process Systems, CATS and Professor, Chemical and
Biological Engineering
• Craig Dory – Director, Business Development, CATS
• Daryl Ludlow, Ph.D. – Research Scientist, CATS
• Steve Rock, Ph.D. – Sr. Research Scientist, CATS
• Glenn Saunders – Sr. Research Engineer, CATS
• Dan Walczyk, Ph.D. – Associate Director for
Manufacturing, CATS and Professor, MANE
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