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Education & Training needs to fill the Missing Middle in Digital Manufacturing

Education & Training needs to fill the Missing Middle in Digital Manufacturing. Ashok Krishnamurthy OSC/ OARnet. Agenda. OSC Industrial Outreach: Blue Collar Computing Polymer Portal National Digital Engineering and Manufacturing Consortium (NDEMC) Lessons learned

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Education & Training needs to fill the Missing Middle in Digital Manufacturing

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  1. Education & Training needs to fill the Missing Middle in Digital Manufacturing Ashok Krishnamurthy OSC/OARnet

  2. Agenda • OSC Industrial Outreach: Blue Collar Computing • Polymer Portal • National Digital Engineering and Manufacturing Consortium (NDEMC) • Lessons learned • Certificate and training programs • UG minor • Professional MS

  3. Generate a Numerical Model Analyse the Model Customer Needs (Re-) Design the Part Build a Prototype Yes OK? No Test the Prototype Use Experience & Numerical Results No OK? Yes Release to Production OSC Blue Collar Computing Program • OSC partners with Ohio industry through its Blue Collar Computing™ program so that companies can leverage High Performance Computing, Modeling, Simulation and Analysis to be more competitive internationally. Explore Digitally… …Confirm Physically

  4. PolymerPortal: Advanced Modeling and Simulation for Manufacturing Program • Funded by NIST MEP for PolymerOhio and OSC • Mission: • Raise awareness of MS&A in Polymer industry and MEP system • Make cost-effective computational methods available to SMEs • 3 year project • Resulting case studies will provide an MEP model to: • Illustrate MS&A value to production and profitability • Assist companies in application selection • Develop training for high value-added MS&A apps • Engage companies in employee training for MS&A • Provide broad access to low-cost, productivity-enhancing apps Projects (6 Projects) Outreach to Industry (50 Visits) Productivity Audits (24 Audits) Training (4 Courses) App Access (5 Apps)

  5. NDEMC: A Private Public Partnership National Digital Engineering and Manufacturing Consortium • $5 million U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration project. • Lead by Council on Competitiveness • Members: CoC, P&G, GE, Lockheed Martin, John Deere, State of Ohio, OSC, NCSA, Purdue, NCMS • Pilot program to promote the adoption and advancement of modeling, simulation and analysis in the U.S. manufacturing supply chain. • Initially focused in the American Midwest. • OSC is currently involved in 10 NDEMC projects.

  6. Partial list of OSC Industrial Clients • P&G • Rolls Royce • Goodrich • AltaSim • TotalSim • Hunter Industries • Scienomics • SC Solutions • Midwest Precision • EWi • Nimbis Services • Plastipak • Greenlight Optics • Large auto manufacturer • Crown • Applied Sciences • PTI

  7. Some Lessons Learned: Industry Engagement • Modeling, simulation, and analysis can improve the economic competitiveness of businesses, but barriers remain for ready adoption • Access to High Performance Computing systems to run simulations at a scale that provides “true” ROI • Access to commercial software licenses • Access to expertise • Access to education and training specific to modeling and simulation

  8. So what type of education and training is needed? • Modeling and Simulation Analysts • Workforce retraining through certificates • Undergraduate Minor • Modeling and Simulation Developers • PhD level training • Professional Masters

  9. OSC Ralph Regula School Education & Training Programs Continued work with campuses on undergraduate programs • Undergraduate minor • Associate concentration Certificate programs for business • Completed first offering of basic certificate in computational science • Advanced certificate in Polymer applications in place • Working on second advanced certificate in metal forming

  10. Feeding the Workforce Pipeline • Defining the requirements • Ohio program – interdisciplinary group to define competencies for undergraduate computational science minor program • Review by industry advisory committee • Initiation of multi-university minor program in computational science in 2007 at nine institutions • Associate degree program initiated at three institutions in 2010 focused on encouraging further work toward bachelor’s degree programs

  11. Adding to the Workforce • Translation of program into first part of “stackable certificate program • Basic certificate • Portions of undergraduate minor program re-packaged as basic course for industry personnel • Offered through Ralph Regula School of Computational Science at two community colleges • Structured to review basic modeling principles and methods for those who need to update their skills • Offered via distance learning to serve a statewide audience

  12. Basic Certificate Structure • Three distance courses • Offered starting summer 2011 through Columbus State Community College and Sinclair Community College • Introduction to Modeling and Simulation • Computational Methods • Programming and Algorithms

  13. Advanced Certificates • Oriented toward particular industries and applications • Requires ties to industry trusted advocates to encourage participation • Cannot and should not build those relationships from scratch • “Supercomputing” is a scary word to small manufacturers • “Does not apply to me” • Have to introduce the tools and their potential benefits to business • May not require HPC resources to start

  14. Building the Advanced Certificate Program • Started with the polymer industry in partnership with universities and a statewide industry association – Polymer Ohio • Major steps • Define the areas of greatest interest to the industry through a survey of major leaders • Focus instructional efforts on two leading areas • Tie the materials to required software, hardware, and support requirements • Trial run of course materials with university students

  15. Training Opportunities • Finding training opportunities is easy • List of available courses • Search for specific types of polymer solution(eg Injection Molding as seen in next slide)

  16. Adding a Class is Easy • Just create a Portal Account, click on Add to cart, and pay for the class • Attendee will receive email with training details

  17. Distance Education made Easy • Moodle web courseware • Requires: • a computer • web browser • and 3-6 mbps (standard cable modem) network connection • Browser based, runs on PC, Mac & Linux

  18. The Training Environment Course materials/exercise management Virtual Machine running relevant software Video lectures with live instructor available allowing for real-time interaction and Q&A

  19. Accessing VM & Software is easy! • Go to https://connector.osc.edu 1 3 Enter Address: connector.osc.edu Enter Username and Password 4 Open VMware View Client 2

  20. You are in!

  21. Undergraduate Minor Program in Computational Science • Steve Gordon talked about the UG minor being offered at Ohio universities

  22. Professional MS in Computational Engineering • Today, developing models and HPC simulations in many areas requires PhD level training • PhD production latency is high, and output is low. PhD training is not necessarily well matched to industry needs • Suggested alternative: A 3 semester professional MS program – 10 courses during the 1st two semesters and a hands-on, industry sponsored program in the final semester

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