Sensors, Data Analysis and Computing for Smart Manufacturing and Digital Manufacturing

Yuan-Shin Lee, PhD
North Carolina State University

Abstract:
Digital and smart manufacturing is currently the major driving force for industry, and sensors and data in smart machines are the main building blocks for smart manufacturing. Sensors and data are prevalent in modern society and industry. They are present in our offices, shop floors, in machines and appliances. Sensors are everywhere in manufacturing sectors, where sensors and data are used throughout manufacturing operations and on virtually all manufacturing systems and equipment. Digital and smart manufacturing is currently being realized through Industry Internet of Thing (IIoT) and sensor/information fusion. The paper present the smart manufacturing technologies based on the Industry Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) and the smart manufacturing platform. Technical approach to high speed communication of data, sensors and machine learning towards real time processing. Specifically, we introduced our works in Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center (SMIC). Detailed discussions were presented about the IIOT-Smart manufacturing technology development with four different SMIC manufacturing assets on campus. These four different SMIC manufacturing assets include: biopharma manufacturing, advanced discrete manufacturing, pulp & paper manufacturing, and nonwoven manufacturing. Examples of smart manufacturing applications were presented.

Biography:
Dr. Yuan-Shin Lee served as the Director of the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center (SMIC) at NC State University (2019-2024), funded by the Department of Energy (DOE). The SMIC Center is to link manufacturers, industrial technology vendors, systems integrators and equipment providers with academia, demonstrating and driving research and innovation that scales to all of US manufacturing. Lee has been a professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at NC State University since 1995. He is a registered professional engineer (PE) in mechanical engineering. He is also a certified manufacturing engineer in system integration and control by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Lee is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Systems Engineers (IISE) and a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Lee is also an FAA certified private pilot. Practicing manufacturing engineering at his leisure time, he is currently building a single-engine land-based airplane at his own garage.