Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems Overview Briefing

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Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems Overview
Briefing

• CAVS Overview
• Computational Focus in ERC provides Base
• CAVS Mission and Vision
• Overview of Research Areas and Goals
• Personnel and Facilities
• Dialog Systems Overview
• Dialog System Demonstration

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Engineering Research Center Mission
MISSION To research the means and methods to
reduce the time and cost of effective complex
field simulations for engineering analysis and
design in order to make industry and agencies
globally superior.
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Cross-Disciplinary

• Engineering

Aerospace, Civil, Computational, Computer,
Electrical, Mechanical

• Science

Computer Science, Math, Physics
Education Programs

• Computational Engineering MS, PhD
• CFS Courses
• Outreach Programs

Testbed Integrated CFS Systems
Industrial Collaboration Technology Transfer
Programs
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Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
MISSION Research and develop manufacturing and
design means and methods for rapid development
and production of vehicles of superior quality
with advanced features and functions at reduced
costs, exploiting underlying technologies for
broader industrial use VISION Target dramatic
reduction in product development time by focusing
on computational tools to design and analyze
virtual products and virtual manufacturing
operations -- Cut in half the time-to-market
24 - 48 months to 12 - 18 months OUTREACH
Operate an Engineering Extension Center at the
Nissan Canton site -- Directly support
Nissan and its suppliers -- Use distributed,
collaborative computational virtual methods --
Collaborate with JSU in Engineering Education
Extension led by JSU

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CAVS Research Strategies Three Primary Thrusts

• Computational Manufacturing and Structures
• Multi-scale materials modeling and simulation for
  physical manufacturing processes from atoms thru
  processing structures in the entire life-cycle
• Focus on Product Design Point Solutions utilizing
  3-D complex simulations, e.g.,
• Virtual wind tunnel, crashworthiness optimization
• Alternative Powered Vehicles
• Establish leading edge capability in integrated
  and validated high-fidelity simulation systems
  for fuel cell stacks, systems, and vehicles.
• Reduce cost increase durability thru
  computational manuf. and rapid prototyping
• Enterprise Systems and Human Engineering
• Enhance rapid manufacturing change, quality,
  productivity, and safety for Mississippi industry
  and the Mississippi labor force
• Optimization of extended enterprise, with
  logistics, to reduce order fulfillment time
• Enterprise Systems and Telematics, focusing on
• Commercial tools for virtual 3-D simulations
• Modeling, simulation, design optimization of
  engr. systems with humans components
• Cognitive and ergonomics, including manufacturing
  and cockpit environments
• RD means and methods to exploit virtual 3-D
  simulation and visualization to enhance the
  learning and training processes quality,
  efficiency, rapidity

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Potential R D Program Areasfor External
Funding

• Production and Manufacturing Operations -- DoC,
  NSF, DoD
• Perhaps, primarily support for suppliers
• Targeting lean, green, and quality
• Rapid Prototyping and product development
• Perhaps, a production portal for tools and
  services
• Design for manufacturability, diagnostics, and
  testing
• Ergonomics
• Product Design
• Safety and Crashworthiness, Ergonomics DoT
• Electric Vehicles DoD, DoT, and DoE
• Multidisciplinary design and optimization -- DoD
• Design and prototyping of electronic
  systems/smart sensing DoT, DoC
• Ergonomics NSF, ONR, NIH
• Computational Tools
• Frameworks for tightly coupled multidisciplinary
  systems -- NSF
• Computational design technologies for
  optimization MDO - DoD
• Computational portals for analysis and design
  DoC, DoD, NSF

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Virtual Manufacturing and Production?targeting
reduction in manufacturing start-up time

• Computational Manufacturing and Structures
• CAVS Chair for Computational Solid Mechanics
  Mark Horstemeyer
• Multi-scale materials modeling atoms through
  processing to resulting structures
• Production System Modeling and Logistic
  Optimization
• Nissan-Canton production system modeled in
  ProModel
• Optimization demonstration of example supply
  chain in progress
• Delmia Virtual Tools
• Initial evaluation focuses on labor intensive
  Trim and Chassis
• Targeted demonstration using Canton training
  assembly line
• Process Engineer for production planning
  (abstract, sequence, std. tasking)
• DPM Assembly for virtual 3-D hierarchical
  assemblies and documentation
• PPR Hub for data management for distributed
  concurrent engineering
• Safework for ergonomic design
• Phase in other tools later (e.g., robotics)
• Computational Training System for Work Force
  Development
• Integrates motion capture, operator motion
  simulation (Safework), and assembly (DPM
  Assembly) into an integrated distributed
  internet-based framework
• Incorporates learning management system, learning
  object management for reuse, rapid authoring
  environment, and dynamic 3-D simulations for
  virtual visualization
• Supports virtual preproduction training and
  synchronized on-line cross-training

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Virtual ProductionPlant Design, Ergonomics,
Operations
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Human Factors in the Cockpit
Modeling and Simulation
Motion Capture
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Voice Dialog Systems

• Advanced user interfaces enhance workforce
  training and increase manufacturing efficiency.
• In-vehicle dialog systems improve information
  access.

• Advanced statistical models and machine learning
  technology
• Noise robustness in both environments to improve
  recognition performance
• Multidisciplinary team (IE, ECE, CSE).

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Personnel

• Current Personnel (including part-time) 53 total
  for 8 Nov 02
• Managers and Chair 8
• Research Faculty 4
• Academic Faculty 11
• Research Associates 7
• Graduate Students 18
• Undergraduates 3
• Support Staff besides ERC infrastructure 2

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Status of Facilities

• CAVS Research Center in Starkville Research Park
• Totals 6.5M 45,000 ft2
• Labs 5K ft2 high bay labs, 9K ft2 single story
  labs, annex for H2 testing
• Classrooms and Conference Rooms
• One classroom, large conference room with seating
  for 75 750 ft2 main conference room
• Six Office 1.75K ft2 Suites administration,
  outreach, four research modules
• 2.5M equipment manufacturing, component test,
  shops, computing
• Land clearing completed
• Construction start Nov 4, 02
• Building opening targeted for Aug 03.
• CAVS Engineering Extension Center at Canton
• Totals 4.8M 25,000 ft2
• Labs 1.75K ft2 for single story labs and no
  high bay lab
• Classrooms and Conference Rooms
• two 875 ft2 classrooms and 1.75K ft2
  multi-purpose space
• large conference room with seating for 75 750
  ft2 main conference room
• Office Suites ed. training, engineering
  extension, two 1.75K ft2 for technical staff
• 1.2M equipment compute info servers, virtual
  environments, desktop
• Construction start Nov 4, 02

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MSU Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
DYNAMOMETER LAB
CAVS
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Site Plan
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Nissan/MSU Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
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CENTER FOR ADVANCED VEHICULAR SYSTEMS CANTON
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