Innovation and Mechatronics

Technology Business System (Viability, (Feasibility) Integration Sustainability) Business Research

Science Engineering Math HumanCentered (Desirability) Design Human Factors

Complexity
(Usability)

INNOVATION HAPPENS

Dr. Kevin Craig

Greenheck Chair in Engineering Design & Professor of Mechanical Engineering Marquette University

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Presentation Outline
What is the Major Challenge for Todays Technological Companies? What is Innovation and How Does a Company Achieve It? What is Mechatronics and How Does It Enhance Innovation? What are the Challenges in Creating a Culture of Innovation? What Concrete Steps Can a Company Take to Implement a Mechatronics Design Approach? How Will a Company Know It Is Successful? Conclusions and Q&A
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What is the Major Challenge for Todays Technological Companies?

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The Challenge
Societys problems are getting harder, broader, and deeper and are multidisciplinary in nature. Basic engineering skills have become commodities worldwide. An engineer is the quintessential critical thinking, problem solver. Engineers must provide high value by being immediate, innovative, integrative, conceptual, and multidisciplinary.
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How can a company transform itself and its workforce to successfully design and implement multidisciplinary engineering systems?

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What is Innovation and How Does a Company Achieve It?

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Innovation
Innovation is Local. You dont import it. You dont export it. You create it. It is a way of thinking, communicating, and doing.
Non-Technical Breadth
Business Human Values Complexity

Engineering Discipline

Engineering Depth

Technology Depth

Engineering Breadth Multidisciplinary Engineering

21st Century T2 Engineer

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Innovation + Integration + Optimization

All Done Simultaneously from the Beginning of the Design Process!

Modern Multidisciplinary Engineering System

Other Components
Communications

Operator Interface
Human Factors

Computation
Software, Electronics

Actuation
Power Modulation Energy Conversion

Simultaneous Optimization of all System Components Physical System

Instrumentation
Energy Conversion Signal Processing

Performance, reliability, low cost, robustness, efficiency, and sustainability are absolutely essential.

Mechanical, Fluid, Thermal, Chemical, Electrical, Biomedical, Civil, Mixed

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Multidisciplinary System Design Team

Silos

Multidisciplinary, Human-Centered, Model-Based Design & Implementation

Comfort Zones
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What is Mechatronics and How Does It Enhance Innovation?

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What are the Challenges in Creating a Culture of Innovation?

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Non-Technical Breadth
Business Human Values Complexity

Engineering Discipline

Comfort Zones

Silos
Theory

Engineering Depth

Multidisciplinary, Human-Centered, Model-Based Design & Implementation

BALANCE

Technology Depth

2 T

Engineering Breadth Multidisciplinary Engineering

Practice

Multidisciplinary System Design Process

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Challenges are met and problems are solved by changing culture attitude and behavior and instilling ownership.
Consensus something in which no one believes and to which no one objects is not a substitute for shared ownership.
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Human-Centered Design
HumanCentered Design requires interdisciplinary collaboration, an iterative process with frequent prototyping, and engagement with real people.
Cost of Technology Complexity & Information

HumanCentered Design Human Evolution

1900

2000
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Engineering System Investigation Process

START HERE

Physical System
System Measurement Physical Model

Parameter Identification

Model-Based Design

Design Concept
Measurement Analysis Comparison: Predicted vs. Measured

Mathematical Model

Mathematical Analysis

YES
Design Changes

Is The Comparison Adequate ?

NO

In evaluating concepts, a modeling-and-analysis approach must replace any design-build-and-test approach, but this modeling is multidisciplinary and crosses domain boundaries.
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What Concrete Steps Can a Company Take to Implement a Mechatronics Design Approach?

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 Attitude and Mindset No Comfort Zones Organization in Multidisciplinary Teams No Silos Time To Do It! Human-Centered Design Model-Based Design Integration No After-Thought Add-Ons! Training to Show How To Do It! Workforce Enhancement Reward System to Foster Ownership
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Innovation + Integration

Sensors & Measurement Systems

Electromagnetic Actuators

Control System Design

M.Eng. Mechatronics

Hydraulic & Pneumatic Actuators

Mechatronics M.Eng. Program 12 one-credit modules 4 three-credit courses 1 six-credit experience

Control System Implementation

Energy System Case Study

Home & Office System Case Study

Real-Time Computer Programming

Theory + Practice Innovation + Integration Industry Application Culminating Experience

Electronics

Digital Signal Processing

Transportation System Case Study

Automation System Case Study

Marquette Mechanical Engineering

Analysis Tools including FEA

Physical & Mathematical Modeling

Mechanical System Design

Kinematics & Dynamics

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Rockwell Automation
P&G / Rockwell Automation Mechatronic Challenges

August 18-20, 2008 December 14-17, 2009

Marquette College of Engineering P&G Corporate Engineering Technology Lab

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August 2008

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Workshop Leaders John Pritchard (left) RA Jon Mclaughlin (center) P&G

P&G and RA Engineers Discovery Learning at the Highest Level

December 2009
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How Will a Company Know It Is Successful?

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COMMUNICATION
Watch How The Engineers Communicate

Physical & Mathematical Modeling is the Universal Language for Innovation!

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Conclusions and Q&A

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