Leveraging Innovation in Advanced
Manufacturing
Carolina Innovations Seminar
Kirsten Rieth
April 5, 2012
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Why care about innovation in manufacturing?
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U.S. manufacturing is important
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Constitutes 11% of GDP
Employs 12 million people
Pays an average of $77,186 annually, including pay and benefits
Employs 60% of engineers and scientists
Performs two-thirds of all R&D in the nation, driving more innovation
than any other sector
Accounts for ~30% of all energy consumption in the United States
Sources: Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Office, National Association of Manufacturers
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Industry needs innovation to remain competitive
“There’s little doubt that, at the very least, more manufacturers will
be looking into open innovation in the next few years. The
demand for faster product cycles will only get stronger, as will the
need to make a product that’s both high quality and cheap. Even
though open innovation is still in its infancy compared to many other
business philosophies, it seems to have a great deal of potential,
particularly in the way it connects disparate technologies for better
solutions.” ~Joel Hans, Managing Editor, Manufacturing.net
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The U.S. government is focused on advanced manufacturing
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Manufacturing is a source
of innovation, and
co-location with design
provides synergies for
innovation
Advanced manufacturing
provides high wage jobs
U.S.-based manufacturing
is critical to national
security
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Definition of advanced manufacturing
Advanced manufacturing is a family of activities that
(a) depend on the use and coordination of information, automation,
computation, software, sensing, and networking, and/or
(b) make use of cutting-edge materials and emerging capabilities
enabled by the physical and biological sciences, for example
nanotechnology, chemistry, and biology. This involves both
new ways to manufacture existing products, and especially the
manufacture of new products emerging from new advanced
technologies.
Source: Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, National Institutes of Standards and Technology,
U.S. Department of Commerce
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RTI is an international R&D organization
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Revenue >$770M
13% average annual growth
over the last 10 years
>2,800 employees in >40
countries
>130 different academic
disciplines
Independent and non-profit
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University Collaborations
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Innovation Advising: Connecting Science and Business
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Manufacturing Example: Innovation Explored
Lehigh Valley Plastics is a plastics machining company
Problem
Plastic “stringers”
on work centers
Negative IMPACT
• 1 shift/week lost to stoppages
• Cooling fluid waste/handling
• Machine and trip hazard
Solution
Air Products, Lehigh Valley, PA,
Icefly cryogenic coolant system
Positive IMPACT
• 33% more capacity ($2.5M)
• $20K/year less expense
• Safety hazard elimination
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Manufacturing Example: Innovation Enabled
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The U.S. government has many manufacturing programs
Department of
Commerce
• NIST Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Department of
Defense
• DARPA Disruptive Manufacturing Technologies Program
• ManTech
Department of
Energy
• Advanced Manufacturing Office
National Science
Foundation
Small Business
Administration
• Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation Division
• Right Skills Now
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Example program: NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Source: www.nist.gov/mep
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New program: Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office
Source: Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office
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National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
Source: Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Office
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DoE suggested technologies for Manufacturing Demonstration Facility
Low cost titanium (advanced low
cost/light weight metals)
• Aerospace, Automotive, Industrial applications, Desalination
Advanced separations (membranes,
lower cost ionic liquids)
• Chemical industry, buildings, oil and gas, water, wastewater
treatment
In-Situ metrology and process
controls
• Across nearly all advanced manufacturing industries
Joining of disparate materials
• Aerospace, Automotive
Natural gas technologies
Powder metallurgy processes
(related to new magnets)
• Chemicals, Metals, CHP, Transportation, Buildings
• Automotive, Wind Power, Industrial Motors
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Upcoming funding opportunities
National Network
for Manufacturing
Innovation ($1B)
Pilot Institute for
Manufacturing Innovation
(DoD, $45M)
Regional Innovation
Economic
Development (EDA)
Small Business
Innovation
Research (SBIR)
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EPA: Innovation in
Manufacturing (closes
May 3)
DoE: Advanced
Manufacturing (pre-app due
May 1)
Manufacturing
Demonstration Facility (DoE)
Jobs and Accelerator
Challenge for Advanced
Manufacturing
NSF: Nanotechnology,
Advanced Materials, and
Manufacturing (due June 19)
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North Carolina and advanced manufacturing
Source: National Association of Manufacturers
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Questions?
LET’S TALK!
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Contact: Kirsten Rieth  919-541-6258  krieth@rti.org
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BACKUP SLIDES
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Engineering
and Technology
Energy Research Capabilities
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Process engineering
Catalysis and sorbent
development
Biomass and biofuels
Advanced gasification
Solar fuels
Carbon capture technology
Thermoelectric devices
Solid-state lighting
Photovoltaics
Cement and concrete
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Engineering
and Technology
Energy Research Technologies
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Syngas Desulfurization System
for Clean Coal Technology
Dry Carbonate Process for
CO2 Capture from Flue Gas
Reverse-Selective Polymer
Membranes for Hydrogen
Production
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Engineering
and Technology
Advanced Materials Research
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Photonics
Photovoltaics
Flexible and organic electronics
Cement and concrete
Solid-state nucleonics
Metamaterials
Nanofibers
Quantum dots
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Engineering
and Technology
Advanced Materials Research
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Thermoelectric Technology
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Solid State Heat Pump
Thermoelectric Modules
(Nextreme)
Thermoelectric Power
Generation
Superlattice Thin-Film Materials
DARPA DTEC Program
(Modules and Multi-Module
Arrays from Superlattice
Devices)
Cemex project
CenSCI Center for Sustainable
Construction Infrastructure
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Engineering
and Technology
Electronics
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Advanced interconnection and
packaging
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Wafer and flip chip bumping and
assembly
Die-to-chip and die-to-wafer
bonding
3D integration
Novel microfabrication and
passive device fabrication
3D through-silicon vias
MEMS actuators and
transducers
Sensors and integrated systems
Thermal Electronic Hotspot
Cooling
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Engineering
and Technology
Electronics
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Micro Mass Spec
pMUT Arrays and Device
Vertical Interconnect Technology
for High Performance Infrared FPA
Devices
SXM300 Embedded Computing
Module (siXis)
Electrostatic Flexible Film MEMS
Actuator
Nanoforce BioMolecular Sensor
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Engineering
and Technology
Health and the Environment
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Biomedical engineering
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Micro Mass Spec
pMUT arrays and devices
Nanotoxicology
Environmental monitoring
Aerosol science
Environmental
Asbestos Exposure
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Engineering
and Technology
Health and the Environment
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Nanofiber Filters
Nanofiber Performance
Solid-state lighting
Cement Industry Applications
Biomass cookstove
MicroPEM
National Nanotoxicology
Materials Registry
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Example: Innovation Deployed
Business Planning for Clean Energy Innovation Center
RTI developed an industry assessment and
business plan for CAER, a regional Energy
Innovation Center in Virginia that will support
R&D and workforce development in the area of
nuclear energy.
Project Impact
1. Requested and secured $24 million in
funding
2. Enabled partnerships with industry and
federal agencies, which will accelerate
development and commercialization of
energy technologies and the growth of a
knowledge-based workforce