Monday, Oct 28, 2019

Tour of the GE Aviation Factory where LEAP Engines go through final assembly
3700 US Hwy 52 S, Lafayette, IN 47905

The Lafayette Engine Facility is GE Aviation’s newest site. The doors opened for production of the LEAP engine in September 2015. The site has both New Engine Assembly and MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) and uses advanced manufacturing techniques such as laser projection, vision inspection & torque validation systems.

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Space is limited. Please indicate that you would like to attend during this registration process.

A quantum leap forward

Welcome Reception and Dinner
Ross-Ade Football Stadium, Purdue University
850 Steven Beering Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47906

5:00pm - 9:00pm

Join us at the Ross-Ade Football Stadium where you will mingle with Workshop attendees while taking in scenic views of Purdue‘s campus and the Ross-Ade Stadium. Dinner will include a guest speaker:

Redefining Traumatic Brain Injury – Prevention, Protection, and Repair

Dr. Eric Nauman, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Basic Medical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

Tuesday, Oct 29 – Workshop Day One

Burton D. Morgan Center Room 129 and 121
Discovery Park, Purdue University
1201 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057

8:00am - 8:30am – Registration and Breakfast

8:30am - 8:50am – Welcome and NextFlex Overview

Dr. Scott Miller, Director of Strategic Programs, NextFlex

8:50am - 9:10am – Purdue University Overview of Structural Health and Asset Monitoring

Dr. Ali Shakouri, Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University

9:10am - 12:00pm – Session I: Agricultural Technology

Topics include:

Out-of-field asset tracking/products
In-field technology/communication
Sensors (stand alone and on-the-go sensors)
Soil monitoring
Remote monitoring and data communications
Open Ag data/digital monitoring interface
Internet-of-Things platform giving farmers real-time data

Speakers and Panelists include:

Daniel Padrão, Chief Operating Officer, Solinftec
Dr. Chi-hua Huang, Soil Scientist and Research Leader,US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Soil Erosion Research Lab
Jeffrey Bergman, Project Manager – Engineering, Technical Lead – Asset Monitoring, NextFlex
Dr. Rahim Rahimi, Assistant Professor of Materials Engineering, Purdue University
Kevin Deppermann, Chief Engineer - Distinguished Fellow; SPI Innovation Engineering Lead, Bayer

12:00pm - 1:30pm – Lunch in Discovery Park - Morgan Café and Room 129

1:30pm - 3:40pm – Session II: Industrial Asset Monitoring

Topics include:

Agricultural equipment
Industrial equipment
Motors and turbine engines
Bearing monitoring
Temperature monitoring/detecting overheating
Process monitoring in a manufacturing environment
Monitoring tolerances in manufacturing
FHE in factory settings
Maintenance predictions
Embedded sensors for on-machine metrology and dynamic monitoring of machine tools

Speakers include:

Dr. Dan Berrigan, Lead, Additive Manufacturing of Functional Materials, Air Force Research Laboratory
Kevin Clark, Vice President, Accelix, Fluke Corporation
Grant Chang, Product Engineer, Acellent Technologies, Inc.
Dr. Gregory W. Vogl, Mechanical Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

3:40pm - 4:00pm – Day One Wrap-Up

Dr. Scott Miller, Director of Strategic Programs, NextFlex

4:00pm - 6:00pm – Tour of the Birck Nanotechnology Center and Student Posters

The Birck Nanotechnology Center has a 186,000 sq ft. facility that includes a 25,000 sq. ft. ISO Class 3-4-5 (Class 1-10-100) nanofabrication cleanroom – the Scifres Nanofabrication Laboratory – that includes a 2,500 sq. ft. ISO Class 6 (Class 1000) pharmaceutical-grade biomolecular cleanroom.

Wednesday, Oct 30 - Workshop Day Two

Indiana Manufacturing Institute
Composites Manufacturing & Simulation Center - Rooms: IMI 129 - 130
1105 Challenger Ave, Suite 100, West Lafayette, IN 47906

8:00am - 8:30am – Registration and Breakfast

8:30am - 8:40am – Welcome

Dr. Scott Miller, Director of Strategic Programs, NextFlex

8:40am - 11:30am – Session III: Monitoring for Composites

Topics include:

The need and use of sensors in composite manufacturing
Structural health
Fiber optics
Sensors and manufacturing equipment
Monitoring equipment
Manufacturing metrology
Material state sensing and estimation

Speakers include:

Dr. Douglas Adams, Daniel F. Flowers Professor, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University
Speaker from Stanford University
Dr. John Sutherland, Professor and Fehsenfeld Family Head of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
Dr. John Williams, Associate Technical Fellow, Advanced Electromechanical Technologies (AET), Boeing Research and Technology
Chris Minnella, Manager, DPHM Technologies, Diagnostics, Prognostics & Health Management, Lockheed Martin
Dr. Jan-Anders Mansson, Distinguished Professor of Materials & Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

11:30am - 11:50am – Wrap-Up

Dr. Scott Miller, Director of Strategic Programs, NextFlex

11:50am - 1:30pm – Lunch at the Indiana Manufacturing Institute

12:30pm - 3:30pm – Tour of Testbed and Composite facilities at the Indiana Manufacturing Institute

1:30pm - 3:30pm – Technical Breakout Sessions

For NextFlex Members and Government Only

3:30pm -4:00pm – Technical Breakout Results

The CMSC occupies 32,000 sq ft. in the Indiana Manufacturing Institute, a building located in the Purdue Research Park and completed in 2016. Over 13,000 sq ft. are dedicated to composites manufacturing and testing in a lab space that closely mirrors actual processes for aerospace and automotive manufacturing. Currently, this includes the full range of aerospace manufacturing including automated ply cutting, autoclave and oven curing, and CNC tool fabrication. The CMSC has added vehicle manufacturing capabilities with high-pressure resin transfer modeling, laminate stamping, injection over-molding and composites additive manufacturing.

Locations: The Welcome Reception on Monday, October 28 will take place at Ross-Ade Stadium located in Purdue University at 850 Steven Beering Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47906.

The Workshop Day One on Tuesday, October 29 will take place at the Burton D. Morgan Center Room 129 and 121 in Discovery Park, Purdue University,1201 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057

The Workshop Day Two on Wednesday, October 30 will take place at the Indiana Manufacturing Institute, Composites Manufacturing & Simulation Center - Rooms: IMI 129 – 130, 1105 Challenger Ave, Suite 100, West Lafayette, IN 47906

Workshop: FHE Applications for Structural Health and Asset Monitoring Systems - Sponsored and Hosted by Purdue University