Center for Advanced Manufacturing & Innovative Design (CAMID)Florida Institute of Technology

Robert Salonen, CEcD

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• Founded in 1958; 5500 students Melbourne campus

• Five colleges

• Engineering & Computing

• Science

• Aeronautics

• Business

• Psychology and Liberal Arts

• School of Human Centered Design

• Ten Extended Studies campuses - KSC

• Florida Tech online programs – FIT.EDU

• Undergraduate, Masters and PhDs

• Internships

• Co-Ops

• Student Design Projects Fiske Guide to Colleges ranks

Florida Tech among top technical

universities nationwide and in Florida

“Hands-On Philosophy”

• CAMID – Advanced Manufacturing• Digital Scholarship Lab (at Library)• Harris Student Design Center• Machine Shop• Larsen Motorsports

Tier One Private Technological Research University

Melbourne, Florida

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• Florida Exposure• Technology Adoption• Skill Advancement• New Methods• U.S. Competiveness• Next Gen Jobs• Industry Engagement

Florida Tech’s CAMID

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Two key priorities for both governments and businesses are education and the development of skills. Companies have to build their R&D capabilities, as well as expertise in data analytics and product design. They will need qualified, computer-savvy factory workers and agile managers for complex global supply chains.

McKinsley Institute: Manufacturing the future: The next era of global growth and innovation

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Create a leading edge resource in Florida for 21st Century manufacturing that assists organizations in understanding and adopting advanced manufacturing capabilities.

Foster innovation with major corporations, supply chains, manufacturing equipment providers, students, and researchers in order to more effectively design, secure, test and manufacture globally competitive products in the region

Provide tailored workforce development within a partnership framework for both experienced and novice workers in the new skillsets necessary for 21st Century digital-to-physical manufacturing jobs.

Florida Tech CAMID GOALS

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“The ultimate vision for the Digital Twin is to create, test and build our equipment in a virtual environment. Only when we get it to where it performs to our requirements do we physically manufacture it.”

- John Vickers, NASA Principal Technologist

VITAL at CAMID

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CAMID on the Move

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CAMID ITEAM RAPID Conference

Pittsburgh

ITEAM at CAMID

• Creation and operation of a dynamic repository of all additive manufacturing equipment and capabilities to evaluate SAM-CT for current and newly designed manufactured parts

• Feedback from actual user experience to close the gap between theoretical and actual performance

• Influence and guide Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM) to advance the design of parts and assemblies that minimize material usage, complexity, and resource usage.

• Provide optional AM machine validation services

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Industry EDA Florida Palm Bay Florida Tech Partners

• The latest digital modeling, simulation and visualization technologies

• A "Hoteling" model enabling as-needed project-oriented on-site virtual development to

physical manufacturing process

• An engaged student population – the future workforce

• Expert resources - industry-oriented professors and industry experts ITEAM –

Independent Technical Evaluation of Additive Manufacturing with SME

• A constant offering of education and training to the manufacturing community

• Cutting-edge computer-driven manufacturing equipment

• Applied laboratory and ideation rooms featuring the latest digital development and

manufacturing software and hardware

• VITAL - Virtual Integrated Technologies Applications Lab

• Constant applied research to discover and exploit the advances in modeling

• A secure virtual computing and communications infrastructure allowing resources to be

accessed anywhere

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What the Future Holds – Center for Advanced Manufacturing & Innovative Design

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Center for Advanced Manufacturing & Innovative Design (CAMID)Florida Institute of Technology

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