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UConn: UConn: John Chandy, Afshin Ghiaei, Ripi Singh UTC: UTC: Trevor Bailey, Sandor Becz, Clas Jacobson, Scott Kaslusky Institute Executive Committee: Institute Executive Committee: Michael McQuade (Senior VP of Science & Technology, UTC), Mun Choi (Provost, UConn), Kazem Kazrounian (Dean, SOE) Institute Governing Committee: Institute Governing Committee: Manfred Morari (ETH), Peter Smith (UTAS), Michael Regelski (BIS), Yaakov Bar- Shalom (UConn), Steven Suib (UConn), Ali Andalibi (UConn)

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UTC Products & Needs UTC Products & Needs

 More Integration, More

Software and More Complex Operating Modes

 Shorter Development

Cycles

 Reduce Design Flow

Burden on Integration & Testing

 Need for Trained Systems

Engineers UTC-UConn Partnership UTC-UConn Partnership

 UTC’s Systems Leadership  UConn’s Strong SE Core  Exceptional Investments in

UConn (NextGen, Tech Park, P&W Additive Manufacturing Institute, CHASE, CEI, COE in Advanced Materials )

 Favorable Proximity  85-Yr Rich Partnership

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• Systems

Systems engineering ngineering is a methodology for product design, optimization and verification that:

• Provides guarantees of performance and

reliability against customer requirements requirements

• Produces modular, extensible architectures

architectures for products

• Exploits model-based analytical tools

model-based analytical tools and techniques

• Coordinated execution of a prescriptive,

repeatable and measurable design process design process

Incubation

Today

Vision

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Groundbreaking Research Transformative Education Industrial collaboration How it happened? Where are we? Where we want to be? Institute Themes

Need Trained Systems Engineers

Opportunity Commitment

• Enhance technology & processes for design

& development of engineered systems,

• Consistently bridge the gap between

practical problems and analytics, and

• Create prototype tools for Industry use

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9/12 11/13 6/13 Workshop 10/13 RFP Multi-disciplinary Research & Education

• $5M

$5M in Salaries & Benefits for 5 Faculty & 2 Full Professors

• $1M

$1M in Tuition for Endowed UTC Graduate Fellows

• $4M

$4M in Tech Park Equipment Match

• $2.25

$2.25M M for Endowed UTC Chair & Professorship

• $3.5M

$3.5M for 4 Endowed UTC Graduate Fellows

• $1.75

$1.75M M for Operations & Curriculum Development

• $2.5M

$2.5M in UTC Sponsored Research

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We are Actively Searching for an Internationally Recognized UTC Chair for Directing the Institute

Faculty in Supervisory Control Synthesis, Embedded System Design and Verification, Dynamic Modeling (Thermal Fluids, Electromechanical), Robust Design,….

2014 RFP Topics 2014 RFP Topics

• Thermal Fluid Systems Modeling

and Design

• Control Synthesis & Design
• Embedded Systems

2015 RFP Topics 2015 RFP Topics

• Embedded System Design

Verification

• Supervisory Control Synthesis

Advancing the state-of-the-art in the specification, design, verification, validation, and operation of complex and network-embedded systems

• perating at multiple time scales and under uncertainty and multiple criteria.

2014 UTC Launch projects : 3

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Technology and Capability Needs RFP with Challenge Problems Proposals Proposal Review

Selection & Award

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3 2 1 Rigorous 6 month cycle

Red Team +TAC +TAC

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Providing a multidisciplinary environment enabling students to develop experientially-based expertise in model based systems engineering as applied to complex cyber-physical systems. Anticipated benefits include regional workforce development, on-the-job and continuous education leading to superior product design and functionalities, and new business startups.

Awareness

• Seminars
• Distinguished

Lectures & Visitors

Training

• Short Courses
• Certificates

Degree

• Graduate degree
• Undergrad Minor

Spectrum of options

With Distance delivery

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• System Design
• Controlled Systems
• Embedded Systems

Competency Needs Curriculum Design Content Outline Content Creation

Red Team Reviews

Rigorous 6 month cycle

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Enable application of systems engineering concepts, principles, processes and tools to solve practical problems. Engage industry in developing an impactful curriculum, identifying research challenges, and creating internships/jobs for graduates.

Multi-disciplinary Focus areas & Challenges Real Problems Rare skills Jobs Tools Talent Solutions

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Executive Team

Governing Board UCONN UTC Other Corp. Other Schools UTC Suppliers Small Business Other Companies Government UConn Research INCOSE Tools/Service Suppliers

UTC-IASE

Premier research and teaching establishment, revolutionizing the design of functionally superior, easy-to-use and maintain, safe, reliable, secure and trustable Cyber-Physical Systems.

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 Research

Research

• Sustained growth in funding
• Research productivity (Publications, Citations, IP, ..)
• Leadership/membership in MBSE associations and groups
• Improved NRC ranking

 Education

Education

• M.S./Ph.D./M.ENG. degree programs
• Undergraduate SE minor
• Seminars/Short Courses/Training Programs/Certificate Programs
• High-profile conferences gathering top minds on specific subjects
• Distinguished lecture series

 Industrial Coordination

Industrial Coordination

• Interns/employees placed at Connecticut and national industries
• Training on systems engineering at CT and national industries
• Number and quality of researcher exchanges (in-residence) between

industry and UConn laboratories carrying out MBSE R&D