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Monday, October 28 – Wednesday, 30, 2019
West Lafayette, IN

About the Workshop
Join us at Purdue University for this workshop that will include over 20 speakers discussing FHE in AgTech, industrial asset monitoring, and composites. There will be three sessions on agricultural technology, industrial asset monitoring, and monitoring for composites. Talks will include: An Internet-of-Things Platform Giving Farmers Real-Time Data, Asset Monitoring, Structural Health Monitoring, Sensors in Manufacturing Equipment, Monitoring Composites, Material State Sensing and Estimation, and Process Monitoring.

Registration Fees

NextFlex Member | Workshop and Welcome Reception  $350
NextFlex Member | Workshop Only  $300
Non-Member | Workshop and Welcome Reception   $450
Non-Member | Workshop Only  $400
All government partner attendees admitted free of charge
 

Workshop Organizing Committee

Dr. Giorgio Bazzan, Program Manager, Air Force Research Laboratory
Jeffrey Bergman, Technical Lead – Asset Monitoring, NextFlex
Dr. Amrita Kumar, Executive Vice President, Acellent Technologies Inc.
Dr. Jan-Anders Mansson, Distinguished Professor of Materials & Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
Dr. Scott Miller, Director of Strategic Programs, NextFlex
Chris Minnella, Manager, DPHM Technologies, Diagnostics, Prognostics & Health Management, Lockheed Martin
Dr. Ali Shakouri, Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
 

Monday, October 28, 2019 – Welcome Reception and Dinner – 5pm to 9pm

Location:
Ross-Ade Stadium, Purdue University
850 Steven Beering Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47906
Join us as we kick off the Workshop 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 to include a guest speaker from Purdue University:

Impact Analysis in Sports: Helmet Impact Monitoring with Sensors

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

 

Tuesday, October 29, 2019 – Workshop Day One

Location:
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

• Scott Miller, Director of Strategic Programs, NextFlex

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

• Ali Shakouri, Director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University

Session I: Agricultural Technology

This session will focus on asset tracking and in-field technology. 9:10am – 9:20am – Session I Introduction
9:20am – 9:40am – An Internet-of-Things Platform Giving Farmers Real-Time Data

• Daniel Padrão, Chief Operating Officer, Solinftec

9:40am – 10:00am

• Teferi Tsegaye, National Program Leader – Water Resources, US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Coordinator for LTAR and CEAP

10:00am -10:20am

·       Bayer/Monsanto

10:20am – 10:40am – Coffee Break
10:40am – 11:00am – Real-Time and on-the-go Soil and Water Sensing in Agriculture

• Rahim Rahimi, Assistant Professor of Materials Engineering, Purdue University

11:00am – 11:20am

• Jeffrey Bergman, Project Manager – Engineering, NextFlex; Technical Lead – Asset Monitoring, NextFlex

11:20am – 12:00pm – Session I Panel Discussion

12:00pm – 1:30pm – Lunch in Discovery Park – Morgan Café and Room 129 Session II: Industrial Asset Monitoring

This session will focus on industrial equipment and process monitoring. 1:30pm – 1:40pm – Session II Introduction
1:40pm – 2:00pm – Additive Manufacturing

• Dan Berrigan, Lead, Additive Manufacturing of Functional Materials, Air Force Research Laboratory

2:00pm – 2:20pm – Asset Monitoring

• Kevin Clark, Vice President, Accelix, Fluke Corporation

 
2:20pm – 2:40pm – Structural Health Monitoring

• Grant Chang, Product Engineer, Acellent Technologies,

2:40pm – 3:00pm – Sensor-Based Methods for Monitoring the Health and Performance of Machine Tool Linear Axes and Spindles

• Gregory W. Vogl, Production Systems Group, Intelligent Systems Division, Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

3:00pm – 3:20pm

• TBD

3:20pm – 3:40pm– Session II Panel Discussion
3:40pm – 4:00pm – Day One Wrap-Up by Dr. Scott Miller, Director of Strategic Programs, NextFlex
4:00pm – 6:00pm – Tour of Birck Nanotechnology Center and Student Posters (in Discovery Park at Purdue)
 

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 – Workshop Day Two

Location:
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 by Scott Miller, Director of Strategic Programs, NextFlex
 

Session III: Monitoring for Composites

This session will focus on structural health and sensors in composite manufacturing. 8:40am – 8:50am – Session III Introduction
8:50am – 9:10am – Monitoring Composites

·       Stanford University

9:10am – 9:30am –Material State Sensing and State Estimation in Composites Manufacturing

• Douglas Adams, Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental, Engineering; Daniel F. Flowers Professor; Chair, Department of Civil and

Environmental Engineering; Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University
9:30am – 9:50am – Sensors in Manufacturing Equipment

• John Sutherland, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Fehsenfeld Family Head Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University

9:50am -10:10am

• John Williams, Associate Technical Fellow, Advanced Electromechanical Technologies (AET), Boeing Research and Technology

10:10am – 10:30am – Coffee Break
10:30am – 10:50am

• Chris Minnella, Manager, DPHM Technologies, Diagnostics, Prognostics & Health Management, Lockheed Martin

10:50am – 11:10am – Process Monitoring and Tour Introduction

• Jan-Anders Mansson, Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Purdue University

11:10am – 11:30am – Session III Panel Discussion
11:30am – 11:50am – Workshop Wrap-Up by 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

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