IRES Track I: Novel international student experiences in smart manufacturing and AI for industry 4.0

IRES Track I：国际学生在工业 4.0 智能制造和人工智能方面的新体验

• 批准号: 2107572
• 负责人: Amarnath Banerjee
• 金额: $ 29.83万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2107572&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Track; Novel; international; student

This project aims to establish an International Research Experience for Students Site focused on Smart Manufacturing and AI for Industry 4.0 at Aix en Provence, France. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Standards observes that Smart Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are among the chief knowledge gaps of the entering industrial workforce, and this skill gap can lead to $2.5 trillion economic output loss in the next decade. This gap may also impede key scientific discoveries and technological innovations necessary for realizing high-performance and sustainable industrial practice. This project contributes to addressing this critical gap to the nation’s economic sustainability by imparting diverse groups of US engineering students world-class research skills in smart manufacturing and AI through international cohort experiences. It would provide the entering knowledge workforce with hands-on skills in the state-of-the-art industry-scale machines and platforms. It would also instill the abilities to transcend cultural barriers and harness transatlantic resources to effectively deal with the emerging quality, sustainability, security, and productivity challenges of the industry. The project will also broaden professional networks, deepen relationships of a diverse student cohort with the industry, and introduce students to international practices in innovation and technology development. Taken together, the proposed research experiences will contribute to the development of a diverse, globally-engaged US workforce with world-class skills in the area of immense value to the nation’s economy.The project will be hosted at Arts et Métiers, the Grande Ecole of Technology at Aix en Provence, France. The project offers a seven weeks long research experience and internship program for a diverse cohort of students for three years, focusing on Smart Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the emerging industrial era. The PI and the international host currently co-lead a transatlantic partnership between Texas A&M Engineering and Arts et Métiers, and have initiated research collaborations and a consortium with the industry in Europe focused on smart manufacturing and AI. As part of this partnership, a total of 75 study abroad students and one summer intern spent 8 weeks at Arts et Métiers as well as Henri Fabre Technocenter, a unique public-private partnership consortium established in the South France region. Leveraging these efforts, four broad project themes have been identified to provide world-class research internship experiences to students. Every project will require the student group to engage the industry partner (e.g., Airbus, Essilor, Sateco, Total) to advance the theory and methods of AI/data science to address a specific challenge in an emerging manufacturing platform (e.g., 3-D printing, rapid casting, sustainable machining). Besides providing hands-on experiences with unique industry-scale testbeds at the host location, the proposed project will feature a variety of innovative enrichment activities (e.g., Invent for the Planet) and interactions with the European industry.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目旨在为学生网站建立一项国际研究经验，专注于智能制造业和法国Aix En Provence的行业4.0的AI。美国劳工标准局指出，智能制造和人工智能（AI）是进入工业劳动力的主要知识差距之一，这种技能差距可能会在未来十年内导致2.5万亿美元的经济产出损失。差距还可能阻碍实现高性能和可持续工业实践所必需的关键科学发现和技术创新。该项目通过通过国际队列经验传授了智能制造业和AI的世界一流研究技能，从而有助于解决对国家经济可持续性的关键差距。它将在最先进的行业规模机器和平台上提供动手技能。它还将灌输超越文化障碍和利用跨大西洋资源的能力，以有效应对该行业的新兴质量，可持续性，安全和生产力挑战。该项目还将扩大专业网络，加深潜水员的学生队列与该行业的关系，并向学生介绍创新和技术开发方面的国际实践。综上所述，拟议的研究经验将有助于发展多样性，全球参与的美国劳动力，并在对国家经济具有巨大价值领域的世界一流技能上，该项目将在法国Aix En Provence的Aix Ecole Arts etMétiers主持。该项目为新兴工业时代的智能制造和人工智能（AI）提供了长达七个星期的研究经验和实习计划，专注于智能制造和人工智能（AI）。 PI和国际主持人目前与德克萨斯州A＆M工程与艺术与Métiers之间的跨大西洋合作伙伴关系共同领导，并与欧洲的行业启动了研究合作以及与智能制造和AI的联盟。作为这一合作伙伴关系的一部分，总共有75名在国外学习学生和一个暑期实习生在Arts etMétiers和Henri Fabre Technocenter度过了8周，这是一个独特的公私合作伙伴联盟，该联盟在南法国地区成立。利用这些努力，已经确定了四个广泛的项目主题，可以为学生提供世界一流的研究实习经验。每个项目都会要求学生团体与行业合作伙伴（例如空中客车，Essilor，Sateco，Total）互动，以推动AI/数据科学的理论和方法，以应对新兴制造平台中的特定挑战（例如3-D打印，快速铸造，可持续的，可持续的加工）。除了在主机地点提供独特的行业尺度测试床位外，该提议的项目还将采用各种创新的丰富活动（例如，地球上的发明）以及与欧洲工业的互动。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识优点和广泛影响来通过评估来获得评估，以此认为是宝贵的。