This session will provide an introduction to the efforts of the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) operated by the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition sponsored by the Department of Energy. The institute brings together industry, academia and government partners within a growing network of advanced manufacturing institutes, called Manufacturing USA, to increase U.S. manufacturing competitiveness. Smart Manufacturing (SM) is the business, technology, infrastructure, and workforce practice of optimizing manufacturing through the use of engineered systems that integrate operational technologies and information technologies (OT/IT). The CESMII R&D Portfolio will address R&D challenges and knowledge gaps related to the integration of manufacturing OT/IT, including: hardware, software, and security requirements; sensor technologies, multi-sensor data fusion, and sensor-actuator-human interfaces; process model (e.g., physics-based, empirical, data-driven, cognitive, and quantitative) verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification; data structures, contextualization, configuration, and management; and reference architectures and platform for process technology digitization. A series of talks and panels will provide insight into the means by which the application of smart manufacturing will lead to cost and energy savings as well as increase efficiency and productivity across the manufacturing value and supply chains.

Next-Gen Manufacturing