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

Ashok KrishnamurthyOSC/OARnet

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

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.

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Customer

Needs

(Re-) Design

the Part

Generate a

Numerical Model

Analyse

the Model OK?

Use Experience

& Numerical Results

Build a

Prototype

Test the

Prototype

OK?

Release to

Production

No

No

Yes

Yes

Explore Digitally……Confirm Physically

Training(4 Courses)

Projects(6 Projects)

App Access(5 Apps)

Productivity

Audits(24 Audits)

Outreach to

Industry(50 Visits)

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

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

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.

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

The Training EnvironmentVirtual Machine running relevant software

Course materials/exercise management

Video lectures with live instructor available allowing for real-time interaction and Q&A

Accessing VM & Software is easy!• Go to https://connector.osc.edu

Open VMware View Client

Enter Address: connector.osc.edu

Enter Username and Password

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You are in!

Undergraduate Minor Program in Computational Science

• Steve Gordon talked about the UG minor being offered at Ohio universities

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