OSC’s Industrial Applications and Workforce Training ProgramsAshok KrishnamurthyInterim Co-Executive Director ashok@osc.edu

April 6, 2011

Overview• Barriers to adoption of Modeling, Simulation and

Analysis (MS&A) services by Small and Medium Businesses

• Portal-based access to MS&A services– WeldPredictor– Polymer Portal

• Workforce development and training

Barriers to Adoption of MS&A by Small- and Medium-Sized Firms• Costs to acquire the hardware that will only be

used intermittently• License costs for commercial software• Lack of trained personnel to use MS&A

OSC Portal Philosophy• Develop portal based HPC

access to areas of strategic interest: BCC and biomedical sciences

–Targeted (applications with limited functionality provided to “non-HPC people”)

–Comprehensive (data, software and cycles in one click)

–Lightweight (no client resources except web browser)

• BCC Portal Philosophy –“web appliances”

–Integrated applications that engage user

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EWI-OSC WeldPredictor• Partnership with Edison Welding

Institute• Easy access to advanced weld

modeling tools through a secure website

• Single and multi-pass arc welding simulation

• Output• Temperature• Hardness• Residual stress• Distortion

https://eweldpredictor.ewi.org/

Users

Web browser

Weld Geometry Selection

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Grant from NIST Manufacturing Extension Program• OSC Blue Collar Computing partnership with Polymer Ohio• Direct visits to firms to analyze their needs• Advanced certificate in polymer modeling• Creation of portal for polymer firms

Training(4 Courses)

Projects(6 Projects)

App Access(5 Apps)

Productivity

Audits(24 Audits)

Outreach to

Industry(50 Visits)

- Access to software and training

- Access to several industrial systems and management models

- Access to virtual machines and high performance computing resources as required

- Additional training for firms relating to extrusion molding, supply chain management

PolymerOhio-OSC Polymer Portal• Partnership with PolymerOhio• Easy access to polymer processing MS&A codes

and training through a secure portal• Modeling and simulation for

– Injection molding – Moldex 3D from Core Systems– Polymer physical properties – Custom code

• Training program and polymer portal to launch mid-April

Prediction of Nanofiber Composite Processing

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Ralph Regula School of Computational Science: Feeding the Workforce Pipeline• Defining the requirements

– Ohio program – interdisciplinary group to define competencies for undergraduate computational science minor program

– Review by industry advisory committee

– Initiation of multi-university minor program in computational science in 2007 at nine institutions

– Associate degree program initiated at three institutions in 2010 focused on encouraging further work toward bachelor’s degree

Ralph Regula School: Adding Value to the Workforce• Translation of program into first part of

stackable certificate program– Basic certificate

• Portions of undergraduate minor program re-packaged as basic courses for industry personnel

• Offered through Ralph Regula School of Computational Science at two community colleges

• Structured to review basic modeling principles and methods for those who need to update their skills

• Offered at distance to serve a statewide audience

Ralph Regula School: Building the Advanced Certificate Program• Started with the polymer industry in partnership

with universities and a statewide industry association – Polymer Ohio

• Major steps– Define the areas of greatest interest to the industry

through a survey/focus group of leaders– Focus instructional efforts on two promising areas– Tie the materials to required software, hardware, and

support requirements– Trial run of course materials with university students

Acknowledgements• Work made possible, in part through several

grants from the National Science Foundation– SCI-0537405– DUE-0703087– OCI-0753287

• Grant from NIST– Manufacturing partnership extension program

• Polymer Ohio

Questions?sgordon@osc.edu (614) 292-4132 ashok@osc.edu(614) 292-9524