Wonyoung Kim Prints Humaniods

Doctoral Student Wonyoung Kim is printing humanoid robots.

Stevens-ARDEC
Collaborative R & D

DMI is working with US ARMY ARDEC (Picatinny Arsenal) on several collaborative research projects.

• Micro-Devices laboratory: A MEMS research, design and prototyping facility for High-G, harsh environment applications.
• Wireless control of remote weapons stations: Embedded solutions for long range wireless control and operation of weapons systems. Stevens developed hardware and software required for seamlessly extending input/output, serial and CAN (Control Area Networks) on wireless networks.
• Modeling, simulation and optimization of production systems: DMI is developing plug and play modules for modernizing factories producing discrete components applicable to armaments and ammunition.
• Manufacturing Science and Technologies: Using simulation-based design and optimization, DMI is developing tools and methods that assess and optimize components and sub-assemblies for low cost, high production rates and integrating new materials.

Research Areas

DMI's multi-disciplinary research thrusts and current projects:

• Knowledge-based Design Process Automation
  * ACES: Automatic Concurrent Engineering Software
  * CONFIG: 3D Nesting and Layout Optimization
  * Product Costing Technologies for 3D CAD software
  
• Engineered Materials and Composites
  * Process-Structure-Property Modeling and Characterization
  * Long term durability, thermo-oxidation and corrosion prediction
  
• Multi-Disciplinary Optimization of Design and Processes
  * EDOT: Non-linear Local Optimization and Global (GA, SA) Optimization
  * Parallel Multi-Disciplinary Optimization Techniques
  
• Remote Robotic Systems and Control
  * Distributed Control over Wireless Networks
  * Wireless Messaging Systems for CAN, Serial and remote operations
  * Remote robotics operation control stations
  * SMART: Sensor Manager for Adaptive Real Time Transmission
  
• Micro-Scale Device Design and Manufacturing
  * MEMS Processing: Class 100 Cleanroom under construction
  * MEMS Scale design
  * Active Constraint Layer MEMS-Scale Structures
  * MEMS Durability and Reliability
  
• Modeling and Simulation
  * Parallel Solutions for Transient Problems
  * Coupled Thermo-Chemo-Mechanical Solutions: Residual stresses and deformations, damage evolutions due to thermo-oxidation ...