“Addressing the next generation of manufacturing challenges and opportunities are multi-disciplinary and include process science and engineering, robotics and automation, as well as data analytics, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence,” Bhate says. “As we look forward and imagine the future of manufacturing, we have the opportunity to shape it in a more responsible way to advance humankind like never before,” says Bhate, who now teaches in the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks.ĭhruv Bhate is an associate professor at Arizona State University in the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks, where his research group, 3DX Research, studies design and mechanics of additive manufacturing structures and materials. Photo by Erika Gronek/ASUīhate says that traditionally, when companies hire engineers to fill manufacturing positions, the pool is limited to mechanical engineers, industrial engineers, material scientists or chemical engineers - because they aren’t able to readily find candidates who possess a wide breadth of manufacturing relevant engineering skills. There, he led the Data Intensive Manufacturing Environment Lab, or DIME, where he merged digital and physical technologies to advance discrete and continuous manufacturing processes.Īssociate Professor Dhruv Bhate has a heightened awareness of the looming manufacturing job deficit from his experiences as a faculty member in The Polytechnic School and prior engineering industry roles at Intel Corporation and PADT, Inc. Starly joins ASU after nine years as a North Carolina State University professor. “If you look across the country, there are more than 2 million manufacturing jobs that could go unfilled, and this particular school is trying to fill that workforce gap,” says Binil Starly, the inaugural director of the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks. The School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks is building upon existing manufacturing and systems engineering programs at The Polytechnic School - one of the seven Fulton Schools of Engineering - and strategically centering its curriculum, research portfolio and industry engagements to meet the growing demands of an evolving manufacturing landscape. “The School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks is the embodiment of ASU’s commitment to use-inspired research and educating students for a technologically enhanced future of work.” Preparing students for factories of the future This includes semiconductors and microelectronics, two areas we read about essentially every day and are vital to national security,” says Kyle Squires, ASU vice provost for engineering, computing and technology and dean of the Fulton Schools of Engineering. “ASU’s record of innovation and leadership in engineering education puts us at the center of a national effort to accelerate advanced manufacturing and, in turn, to substantially improve competitiveness and agile innovation for a myriad of critical industries. As one of the country’s largest and most comprehensive engineering schools, the Fulton Schools of Engineering is well-positioned to lead industry-relevant research and technology innovation in the processes and systems that will drive the future of manufacturing. (Source: ) are catalyzed by the growth and transdisciplinary knowledge generation happening in the Fulton Schools of Engineering. These factors to enhance ASU’s impact on Industry 4.0 The Fourth Industrial Revolution, 4IR or Industry 4.0 conceptualizes rapid change to technology, industries and societal patterns and processes in the 21st century due to increasing interconnectivity and smart automation.
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