Projects
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Center-Designated
Projects
R&D projects tackling manufacturing problems of interest
to multiple member companies. These projects, which may
last 1 or 2 years, are selected/voted by members at
the annual meeting. Costs are covered by pooled annual
membership fees.
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Company-Designated
Projects
Proprietary R&D projects tackling specific problems
determined by individual members and solely conducted
for those members.
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Sponsored
Projects
Externally
funded R&D projects tackling specific problems
determined by individual funding sponsor.
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◊ Auto-ID
Technologies for Tracking
Principle Investigator:
Dr. C. Saygin
Timeline: January - December 2009
Objectives:
- To benchmark barcode and
RFID (radio frequency identification)
technologies for
various
tracking applications in manufacturing.
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A
Feasibility Study in Deformation Free Welding
Principle Investigator: Dr. B. Nowak
Project Timeline: January - December 2009
Objectives:
- To conduct a feasibility
study for a fully automated welding process that
examines
requirements
such as, but not limited to, thickness
variations, material properties,
welding
technology, material oxidation prevention.
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Human-to-Robot Collaboration (H2R)
Principle Investigator: Dr. B. Nowak
Project Timeline: January - December 2009
Objectives:
- To examine the problem of
human-to-robot collaboration (shared work
envelope).
◊ Lean
Transformation at Chism: Value Stream Mapping
Principle Investigators: Dr. F. Chen, Dr. H. Wan, Dr. G.
Kuriger
Sponsor: The Chism Company
Timeline: January 2008 - December 2009
◊ Lean
Transformation at Chism: Flow Visualization
Principle Investigators: Dr. C. Saygin
Sponsor: The Chism Company
Timeline: January 2008 - December 2009
◊ Lean
Transformation at Chism: Welding Cell Automation
Principle Investigators: Dr. B. Nowak
Sponsor: The Chism Company
Timeline: January 2008 - December 2009
◊ Dexterous
End-Effectors with Force Sensing
Principle Investigators: Dr. B. Nowak
Sponsor: ABB Robotics
Timeline: January 2008 - December 2009
◊ Lean
Education and Training for Management and Multi-functional
Groups
Principle Investigators: Dr. F. Chen, Dr. G. Kuriger, Dr. H.
Wan
Sponsor: Lancer Corp.
Timeline: November 2008 - October 2009
◊ Value
Stream Mapping Project
Principle Investigators: Dr. F. Chen, Dr. G. Kuriger, Dr. H.
Wan
Sponsor: Institute for Economic Development: SBDC
Timeline: February 2008 to August 2008
◊ Programmable
Logic Control Data-based Real-time Performance
Monitoring
Principle Investigators: Dr. C. Saygin
Sponsor: SMC International Training
Timeline: January 2008 - December 2009
◊ Web-based
Manufacturing
Principle Investigators: Dr. C. Saygin
Sponsor: Intelitek
Timeline: July 2008 - June 2010
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Distributed
Manufacturing: RFID-based Tracking
Principle Investigators: Dr. F. Chen, Dr. C. Saygin
Sponsor: NSF and DoD
Timeline: August 2007 - August 2010
Objectives:
- Acquisition of two
automated systems and their integration between
the MSA and
FMLS labs.
- Implementation of RFID
systems.
- Use the above-mentioned
infrastructure to support advanced manufacturing
and
enterprise
systems research and serve as the backbone of
new curricula at both
undergraduate
and graduate levels at UTSA.
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An
Intelligent Decision Support System for Workforce Forecast
Principle Investigators: Dr. F. Chen, Dr. H. Wan, Dr. G.
Kuriger
Sponsor: Air Force Research Laboratory
Timeline: September 2008 - August 2010
Objectives:
- To assist effective
workforce allocation of the Air Force for
upcoming timeframe
through
innovative approaches of artificial
intelligence.
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Low-Pressure Pneumatic Conveying System: Phase I and
Phase II
Principle Investigators: Dr. F. Chen, Dr. E. Michaelides,
Dr. J. Eftekhar, Dr. B. Nowak,
Dr. R. Manteufel, Dr. J. Simonis
Sponsor: Xinwen Mining Group Co., Ltd. (China)
Timeline: June 2008 - December 2009
Objectives:
- To provide a theoretical
study on a low-pressure pneumatic coal conveying
system.
- To design, develop and
implement a small laboratory prototype system
for
empirical
studies and demonstration of its technical
feasibility; and
- To propose the design,
functional specifications, and operating
parameters
of a
full-scale system considering manufacturability
and benefit-cost
analyses.
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