Innovation in Aircraft Manufacturing through System-wide Virtual Reality Models and Curriculum Integration

0125414西格纳该奖项授予威奇托州立大学，以支持下文所述的活动36个月。该提案是应创新伙伴关系计划(NSF 0179)的邀请而提交的。合作伙伴包括威奇托州立大学(牵头机构)、波音飞机公司、塞斯纳飞机公司、雷神飞机公司、Brittain Machine Inc.、德尔米亚公司、堪萨斯技术企业公司和制造工程师协会。该项目的广泛目标包括：促进合作伙伴使用集成的虚拟现实制造系统模型来设计、改进和操作制造系统，并培训劳动力(应届毕业生和现有的行业人员)。以下活动支持这些目标：使用将课程联系在一起并整合所获得的知识和技能的适用性和相互关系的模式，将威奇托州立大学的工业工程和制造工程课程整合在一起，为学生提供制造系统的真实世界经验，并将计算机建模工具转移到工业中。拟议的创新这一合作伙伴关系将为业界提供更现实、更基于系统的飞机制造计算机建模工具。新课程将为学生提供最先进的现实世界工程经验，更接近支线飞机行业的需求。潜在的经济影响威奇托是波音飞机公司、庞巴迪/Learjet、塞斯纳飞机公司和雷神飞机公司的主要制造设施的所在地。在堪萨斯州，航空业贡献了10%的收入，制造业贡献了威奇托州60%的收入。由于飞机制造商面临着激烈的全球竞争，为了保持航空制造业务的经济和技术优势，创新是必要的。拥有最先进的工具和接受过这些工具教育和培训的劳动力是在这个行业生存所绝对需要的。潜在的社会影响该地区的经济福祉和就业机会严重依赖于航空业通过工具和受过培训的人员来保持其竞争优势。

0125414 Siginer This award is to Wichita State University to support the activity described below for 36 months. The proposal was submitted in response to the Partnerships for Innovation Program Solicitation (NSF 0179).PartnersThe partners are Wichita State University (Lead Institution), Boeing Aircraft Company, Cessna Aircraft Company, Raytheon Aircraft Company, Brittain Machine Inc., Delmia Corporation, Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.Proposed ActivitiesThe broad objectives of the project include: foment the use of integrated virtual reality models of manufacturing systems by the partners to design, improve, and operate the manufacturing systems, and teach the workforce (new graduates as well as current industry personnel). The following activities support these objectives: integrate the curricula of the industrial engineering and manufacturing engineering programs at Wichita State University using the model that ties the courses together and integrates the applicability of and interrelation between the knowledge and skills gained, provide the students with real-world experience in manufacturing systems, and transfer the computer modeling tools to industry. Proposed InnovationThe partnership will provide industry with computer modeling tools that are more realistic and system-based for aircraft manufacturing. The new curriculum will provide students with state-of-the-art real world engineering experience that is closer to the needs of the regional aircraft industry.Potential Economic ImpactWichita is home to major manufacturing facilities of Boeing Aircraft Company, Bombardier/Learjet, Cessna Aircraft Company, and Raytheon Aircraft Company. Aviation is responsible for 10% of the earnings in the State of Kansas, and manufacturing is responsible for 60% of the income in Wichita. Since aircraft manufacturers face stiff global competition, innovation is necessary to maintain economic and technological superiority in the aviation manufacturing business. Having state-of-the-art tools and a workforce educated and trained with these tools is absolutely required for survival in this industry sector.Potential Societal ImpactEconomic well being and jobs for this region are critically dependent upon the aviation industry's maintaining its competitive advantage with tools and people trained to use them.