Chicago, Illinois – This presentation will describe recent efforts within the Smart Manufacturing Operations Planning and Control (SMOPAC) program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to deliver reference architectures and implementations, best practices, standards, and tools to meet industry needs for data management concepts that span multiple industrial sectors. These concepts have been explored through the development and use of a Lifecycle Information Framework composed of a: (1) product lifecycle data layer, which integrates heterogeneous systems to provide access to appropriate lifecycle data; (2) data certification and traceability layer, which establishes roots of trust and data quality and ensures appropriate distribution of and access to lifecycle data; and (3) application layer, which generates value from lifecycle data to support various use cases. To address the infrastructure needed for the Lifecycle Information Framework, SMOPAC researchers have been developing the NIST Smart Manufacturing Systems Test Bed within a contract manufacturer. This test bed also provides the data and information needed to support internal and external research efforts to develop applications and technologies for a variety of design and manufacturing use cases. Through this work, NIST hopes to partner with industry to enable capabilities for the seamless, reliable, safe, efficient, effective, and scalable use of data to generate timely and actionable intelligence that delivers on the promise of digital manufacturing.
About the presenters
Moneer Helu is a mechanical engineer in the Systems Integration Division of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He is the Project Co-Leader of the Prognostics, Health Management, and Control project in the NIST Smart Manufacturing Operations Planning and Control program and the Co-Leader of the NIST Smart Manufacturing Systems Test Bed. His current research focus is in developing the digital thread to enable and support diagnostics, prognostics, and control for smart manufacturing systems, particularly for those systems on the shop floor. Helu is a member of the Technical Steering Committee and Technical Advisory Group for MTConnect, Vice Chair of the Life Cycle Engineering Technical Committee in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Manufacturing Engineering Division, and a Research Affiliate in the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP).
Prior to joining NIST, Helu was the Associate Director of the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability at the University of California, Berkeley. His research at UC Berkeley focused on developing data-driven tools and analytics to assess the performance and productivity of machining systems. He earned a Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Helu has been recognized by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) list of the “30 Under 30: Future Leaders of Manufacturing.”
Thomas Hedberg, Jr. is a Mechanical Engineer in the Systems Integration Division of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He is the Project Co-Leader of the Digital Thread for Smart Manufacturing project in the NIST Smart Manufacturing Operations Planning and Control program and the Co-Leader of the NIST Smart Manufacturing Systems Test Bed. His current research focus is in the areas of digital-product design, smart manufacturing, and lifecycle engineering. Mr. Hedberg is a Voting Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Y14.37, Y14.41, and Y14.41.1 subcommittees from the ASME Y14 suite of standards and Co-Chair and Americas Lead for the Visualization Working Group for LOTAR International.
Prior to joining NIST, Hedberg was a Senior Mechanical Engineer and Technical Lead of the Model Based Enterprise (MBE) group at Honeywell Aerospace. In this role, he developed a strategy and implementation of MBE in Honeywell’s engineering operations. He earned a M.Eng. in Engineering Management with a concentration in Systems Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and a B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University. He is currently completing a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Hedberg is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the States of Arizona and Maryland.
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