{"id":117740,"date":"2016-10-05T14:59:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T18:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=117740"},"modified":"2016-10-06T10:47:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T14:47:21","slug":"new-uconn-center-will-give-ct-manufacturers-access-modeling-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2016\/10\/new-uconn-center-will-give-ct-manufacturers-access-modeling-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"New UConn Center Will Give CT Manufacturers Access to Modeling Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A transparent, 3-D model of a circuit breaker. ANSYS Fluent\/Maxwell simulation of circuit breakers conducted by postdoctoral fellow Shilei Ma, with Yang Cao, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Linda Jacobs of GE Industrial Solutions. (UConn Image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Connecticut, working with the United States Economic Development Administration<\/a> and Connecticut Innovations<\/a>, is creating a center to share computer modeling facilities and related expertise with small and medium-sized Connecticut manufacturers, to help these companies create products faster and more efficiently.<\/p>\n

A $2.1 million combined investment over five years will create the Connecticut Manufacturing Simulation Center, or CMSC, which will give small and medium-sized Connecticut companies access to resources for computational design, modeling, and simulation, as well as high-performance computing hardware. By using computer models to test and modify new product designs and manufacturing processes virtually before making a physical prototype, almost all manufacturing companies can lower their design and manufacturing costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Connecticut Manufacturing Simulation Center will allow UConn to share our advanced modeling capabilities with industry throughout the state,\u201d says Kazem Kazerounian, dean of the UConn School of Engineering<\/a>. \u201cThese simulations can dramatically decrease the time and money needed to bring new technologies to the market, allowing manufacturers to create new products more efficiently and contribute more to the state\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CMSC will work on a subscription model, giving businesses access to modeling technology for a fraction of the cost of installing a similar high-performance computing system. The CMSC will be housed within UConn\u2019s new Tech Park<\/a>, with the first building scheduled for completion next year.<\/p>\n

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A model of a circuit breaker. Computer models are used to test the relevant physics that could affect the performance of a product. This model was used to solve a magnetohydrodynamic problem. (Shilei Ma\/UConn Image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to the modeling capabilities, the CMSC will create a workforce pipeline of students and professionals trained to use these resources. UConn will work with Connecticut\u2019s community colleges<\/a> and the Advanced Manufacturing Centers<\/a> to ensure there are enough trained and capable workers to meet the state\u2019s workforce needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the earliest stages of company development, efficiency is integral to success,\u201d said Matt McCooe, CEO of Connecticut Innovations. \u201cThis center provides manufacturers with UConn\u2019s expertise, which can have a direct impact on their bottom line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hadi Bozorgmanesh, director of the UConn Entrepreneurship and Innovation Consortium<\/a>, emphasized the potential to create new jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cEighty percent of Connecticut manufacturers that could benefit from high-performance computing in their product development or manufacturing are not doing so,\u201d said Bozorgmanesh. \u201cBy providing a pipeline of trained employees and access to high-level modeling technology, we\u2019re hoping to create over 700 new jobs in the next five years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The center will share computer modeling facilities and expertise with small and medium-sized Connecticut manufacturers, and work with the community colleges to create a workforce pipeline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":117738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1866,1715,1862,2225],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1951],"class_list":["post-117740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engr","category-community-impact","category-busn","category-uconn-storrs"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 20:52:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117740"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117766,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117740\/revisions\/117766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/117738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117740"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=117740"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=117740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}