Research on Digital-twin technology to enable pathway towards implementation of industry 4.0 standards as enterprise solution and bridges the gaps of industry need and academic research.
Development of a digital twin of the MagneMotion system with the use of ANSYS Twin Builder and PTC ThingWorx for predicting low-frequency electromagnetic/thermal behavior of the system.
Investigating applications of digital twin technology in the market from a business decision making point of view.
Project Details
Task ID
Task Description
Deliverable
T-1.1
Learning and integrating Test Bed’s hardware control and software emulation environments
Practical Guide to using Emulate3D digital twin and Test Bed emulation/simulation engine for faculty/students
T-1.2
Porting ANSYS Digital Twin Builder platform onto the Test Bed
Practical Guide to using ANSYS Digital Builder platform with CSI MagneMotion Test Bed
T-2.1
Business case discovery for digital twin-driven decision making
A set of business cases / business models informed by I-Corps customer discovery
T-2.2
Deep dive in developing a business case from an organizational decision-making point of view
A business case concept
T-3.1
Conceptualization of the physics-based digital twin of a Test Bed sub-system for the selected business case (T-2.2)
ANSYS digital twin coupled with the Emulate 3D
T-3.2
Design and develop a human-machine interface for the digital twin
Emulate3D/ANSYS HMIs
T-4.1
Dissemination of project outcomes
Final report, conference-, journal publications and industry/federal grant proposal(s)
Target Outcomes
Digital Twin of the RA MagneMover system demonstration
Methodology of digital twin design and implementation
Busines model and case study from first-hand market research
The associated team members will serve as a talent pool to translate industry level knowledge to academic training courses.
The acquired knowledge and learning from this project will serve as base for future graduate students to carry out research in Industry 4.0 platform.
Project Team
Dr. Ilya Avdeev (Primary Investigator), Director of Innovation and Kellner Entrepreneurship Fellow, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Advanced Manufacturing & Design Laboratory
Dr. Nathaniel Stern, Professor, UWM CEAS/PSOA
Dr. Romila Singh, Associate Professor, UWM Lubar School of Business
Ming Chen, Graduate Student, UWM Mechanical Engineering
Primary Investigator Biography
Dr. Ilya Avdeev
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Founder and Director, Advanced Manufacturing and Design Laboratory
Co-Founder and Executive Director: UWM Student Startup Challenge
Director (PI), NSF/RET Site: Milwaukee Regional Energy Education Initiative
Education:
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2003
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, St. Petersburg State Technical University, Russia, 1999
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, St. Petersburg State Technical University, Russia, 1997
Research Focus:
Advanced modeling techniques for solving multiphysics problems.
Reduced-order and real-time coupled-field simulations.
Advanced manufacturing and design.
Energy storage systems.
Technology innovation and entrepreneurship.
