Top 5 Key Insights

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1. Greater than 80% of companies design and sell products/services; 60% use formal product development process.

2. We are in “Desktop” prototyping era that enables rapid and complete prototype of portable products.

3. Students are savvy and large demographic end-users of consumer electronics and products. Their creativity and innovative minds are untapped.

4. IoT and Nanotechnologies pose abundant opportunities for new product ideas.

5. KSU New product development and innovations center can fulfil needs of industry, college, faculty, and students.

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Ideation & Design

Lab

3D Printing

Lab

PCB LabMachine

Shop

Industry inputs

Product Prototypes

Intellectual Properties

Product Engineers

PDI Center

KSU Product Development and Innovations (PDI) Center

Mission Statement - KSU PDI center enables collaboration among cross-functional faculty and students, and industry partners to develop innovative product ideas, prototypes, and intellectual properties. The center researches, promotes, and trains students industry best practices in developing innovations and products.• >90% companies develop and sell products and/or services.

• KSU CEET focus on industry needs and multi-discipline departments are conducive to establishing core competency in PDI.

• Tap into students creative minds.

• PDI center aims to be sponsored by industry consortium.

• Industry benefited from innovations and trained work force.

• Lead faculty – Dr. Hai Ho, NPDP certified, 17 patents, 25 yrsindustry experience

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Ideation/Design Lab

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Ideation & Design

Lab

3D Printing

Lab

PCB LabMachine

Shop

3D Printing Lab

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Services:

Design with Solidworks

Reverse Engineering

3D Printing

- FDM, Polyjet, Powder

- ABS, Nylon, Ultem

- PC-ISO,Rubber, Clear

3D Scanning

- Scan to CAD

Prototypes

Small lot production runs

Ideation & Design

Lab

3D Printing

Lab

PCB LabMachine

Shop

Prof. Randy Emert, MET

Machine Shop

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Equipment:

(1) Water Jet

(2) CNC Machining Centers

(1) 4th Axis Capable

(1) CNC Turning Center

(12) Manual Lathes

(6) Manual Mills

(1) Bed Mill

(4) Drill Presses

(1) Radial Arm Drill Press

(1) Horizontal Band Saw

(2) Vertical Band Saws

(3) Bench Grinders

(1) ShearCapabilities:

• Machining

• Forming

• Fabrication

• CAD/CAM Programming

Ideation & Design

Lab

3D Printing

Lab

PCB LabMachine

Shop

PCB Fabrication Lab

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Pick and Place machine

Finished board

PCB FR4 printer

Ideation & Design

Lab

3D Printing

Lab

PCB LabMachine

Shop

Prof. Thain, ECET

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IoT

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PDI Curriculum and Activities

Subjects:• NPD Process• Portfolio Management• Ideation Methods• Rapid prototyping methods

(plastic, metal, PCB)• Project Management• Marketing • Market Research• Requirements Management• Design for Excellence• Global Compliances• Intellectual Property• QFD• Industrial Design• Ethnography• FPGA rapid prototype

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Courses:

• New Product Development

• Program Management

• Systems Engineering

• Rapid Prototype Methods

• Contract Manufacturing

• Advanced Manufacturing

• Marketing

• Intellectual Property Management

• Portfolio Management

• Supply Chain Management

• Quality Control

PDI Research

Motivation:

• Increased levels of competition (more firms competing for the same markets)

• Rapidly changing technologies

• Rapidly changing market environments

• Higher rates of technical obsolescence and

• Shorter product life cycles

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Research Topics:

1. Agile NPD process

2. Fuzzy logic product development

3. Nanotechnology applications and prototyping methodologies

4. IoT applications and prototypes

Plans

Obtain budget and center approval

Formalize NPD curriculum

3D lab

Machine shop

Ideation/Design lab

Upgrade PCB SMT lab

Obtain industry consortium partnerships/sponsorships

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