1. Michael Thurston
Associate Research Faculty & Director of the Center of Excellence In Advanced & Sustainable Manufacturing

2. Center of Excellence in Advanced & Sustainable Manufacturing
Rochester Institute of Technology
Center of Excellence Program
Sustainable Product Design & Life Cycle Engineering
Model-based Engineering
Design & Performance Validation
Digital Manufacturing and Smart Manufacturing
Remanufacturing & Material Reuse
We work with NYS companies across ALL manufacturing sectors to:
Improve product designs through Design for “X” methods considering the entire life cycle
Utilize computer modeling, and rapid prototyping to simulate and validate product performance
Combine product/process monitoring with data analytics to unleash product and process improvements, particularly process efficiencies
Develop methods and apply new technology to encourage and enable remanufacturing and material reuse

3. Matching Grant for Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute and Manuf. USA
Rochester Institute of Technology
NYSTAR Matching Grant Program
Program requires 2:1 matching funding
Participate in DMDII Committees and Working Groups
Support DMDII projects in conjunction with NYS Manufacturers
Conduct outreach and awareness events and support transition of Digital Manufacturing and Manufacturing USA companies to NY State companies
DMDII Technologies are applicable to many manufacturing sectors. Technologies are most applicable to discrete product manufacturing, however DOW and P&G are also members
Advanced Analysis Tools applied to product development and manufacturing process analysis
Intelligent processes that capture as-manufactured data, with focus on product quality and throughput
Digital Thread: Managing and connecting product information across the product life-cycle
Cybersecurity

4. Working closely with Bill Murray (ESD NIST Embed) to support transition of digital manufacturing technologies
NIST CyberSecurity Assessment Tool Pilot, 2 NYS companies participated in pilot
Providing digital manufacturing training and project support for ITAC Futureworks program in NY City
DMDII project - Design for manufacturing and cost assessment tools: outreach (training and assessment) with NY State SME
DMDII project – Augmented reality in digital manufacturing work instructions: collaboration with

5. Digital Work Instructions with Augmented Reality NYS Collaborators:
Integrates with ERP to pull job data and BOMs
Step-by-Step digital job instructions for: machining, assembly, wiring, machine setup
AR augmented
video help
quality data capture
image capture
Task status reporting back to ERP
Reachback for internal/external support
NYS Collaborators:
Optipro: optics machine builder
Optimax: optics fabricator
Harbec: Injection molder
Vuzix: wearable computer