TXST Innovation Series: Automation in Action

3055 Hunter Road,San Marcos TX 78666

07 February, 2023

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About the Innovation Series The Texas State Innovation Series features interactive presentations and panels led by diverse experts held on the second Tuesday of every month at STAR Park. You won't get a better chance to get 1:1 time with some of the most interesting innovators in central Texas, so bring your questions and get ready to discuss ideas and grow your companies and projects. We're excited to announce that we've finally transitioning back to in-person events, with complimentary food and drinks. Come and have a good time! If you're interested in presenting or have questions about attending, email [email protected] About our next Tuesday session (Feb 7, 2023) Topics Emerging technologies such as Cyber Physical Systems (CPS), robotics and machine learning have revolutionized the modern manufacturing. Traditional robots do not have the capabilities to improve its performance by learning as human operators do. Innovative technologies in the Robotics Laboratory have been developed to enable industrial robots to perform assembly, additive manufacturing and painting etc. more intelligently. TXST Perspectives on Mechanical Engineering program in terms of how students will be exposed to the new tools and technologies involved in Industry 4.0 and try to use the opportunity to promote collaborations with industry for capstone and applied research projects. Trends and innovations in manufacturing: Samsung Semiconductors Perspective. Manufacturing sites are now looking to expand the role of robotics to new applications. One arena is the space currently occupied by humans. Advances in Lidar, ML/AI, and, compute allow a safe co-sharing of space with humans. This opens up robotics to work in high risk areas, decreasing risk and keeping human workers safe. Come ask questions, meet others in the community, and let’s all grow faster and stronger in 2022 with transformative ideas, big and small. Presenters Dr. Heping Chen is an associate professor at the Ingram School of Engineering, Texas State University. He worked as a research scientist and project manager at ABB Corporate Research Center, ABB Inc. about 6 years. After joining Texas State University, he worked closely with industry such as ABB Inc., Ford Motor Company and Lam Research Corporation. He published more than 160 journal/conference papers and received more than 10 Best Paper Awards/Highly Commended Awards including the Best Paper Award from the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. He received the Most Outstanding Graduate Student Award from Michigan State University during his graduate study. He was awarded “Teaching Award with Honor” from Texas State University. He is an IEEE Senior member and has served in many international conferences as general chair and program chair etc. His research interests include cyber physical systems, intelligent industrial robotics, machine learning, wafer handling robotics, manufacturing automation, machine vision, control systems, nanomanufacturing and nanorobotics. Dr. Karim Muci-Kuchler is a Professor and Mechanical Engineering Academic Program Coordinator at the Ingram School of Engineering of Texas State University. Before joining Texas State University, he was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Experimental and Computational Mechanics Laboratory at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University in 1992. He has taught a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate engineering courses and his main interest areas include Engineering Education, Computational Mechanics, Product Design and Development, and Solid Mechanics. Dr. Muci-Kuchler is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, co-author of a book about Adaptive Meshing with Boundary Elements, and author or co-author of over 85 publications. The later include papers related to engineering education, the boundary element method, the friction stir spot welding process, and surrogate perforating projectile wounds, among others. He has served as session chair or co-chair at international conferences, has reviewed papers for technical journals and conference proceedings, has served as panelist for the National Science Foundation (NSF), and has done consulting for industry in Mexico and the US. Joel Warner, Senior Innovation Engineer, Samsung 5 years experiance in Thermoelectric process and application R&D.~6 years experiance in Semiconductor manufacturing specifically with Cu Damascene electroplating equipment and process. Engineering consulting in aerospace, oil and gas, and industry b2b hardware companies. *Venture captial/Sales engineering/Automation/Scientific peer review. Partners and sponsors Texas State New Ventures CompetitionTexas State Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship