Sensors and Communication Technologies for Industrial Internet of Things Applications

通过与工业界、政府和学术界的合作，弗莱明学院将扩大研究活动，从而设计、开发、原型设计和改进用于工业物联网（IIoT）市场的传感器和通信技术。预计到2025年，全球工业物联网市场价值将达到9336.2亿美元。该学院将成为工业物联网生态系统的一部分，帮助加拿大中小企业获得专业知识和平台，使他们能够连接并将其技术商业化。对于他们的客户或最终用户来说，部署工业物联网技术的好处包括知情资产管理、成本节约、效率提高、自动化、供应链优化、预测性维护和增加收入。弗莱明的研究人员将帮助行业合作伙伴解决与技术部署、优化、集成和扩展相关的挑战。这项研究的结果将在加拿大的工业中得到应用，包括：制造业、市政资产管理、公用事业、农业、矿业等。为了支持上述应用研究计划，弗莱明学院正在申请NSERC-CFI联合倡议，以资助与IE建设相关的研究基础设施。为了更好地支持研究活动，将对现有空间进行改造，以创建一个专门用于应用研究的工业物联网部署实验室。设备齐全的实验室将包含开发和分析创新通信技术和传感器的设备，并在全面演示和部署之前作为原型的试验平台。

Through partnerships with industry, government, and academia Fleming College will expand research activities that lead to the design, development, prototyping, and improvement of sensors and communications technologies for use in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) marketplace. The global IIoT market is expected to value at USD 933.62 billion by 2025. The College will be part of an IIoT ecosystem, helping Canadian SMEs to access the expertise and platforms that will allow them to connect and commercialize their technologies. For their customers or end-users, the benefits of an IIoT-deployed technology include informed asset management, cost savings, improved efficiencies, automation, supply chain optimization, predictive maintenance, and increased revenue. Fleming researchers will help industry partners solve challenges related to the deployment, optimization, integration, and scaling of their technology. Results of this research will have applications in Canadian industries including: manufacturing, municipal asset management, utilities, agriculture, mining, and more. To support the above applied research program, Fleming College is applying to the NSERC-CFI Joint Initiative to fund research infrastructure related to the IE Build. To best support the research activities, an existing space will be retrofitted to create an IIoT deployment lab solely dedicated to applied research. The fully equipped laboratory will contain equipment for developing and analyzing innovative communication technologies and sensors, and serve as a trial platform for prototypes before full-scale demonstrations and deployment.