{"id":11702,"date":"2024-12-06T08:54:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/?post_type=campus_story&#038;p=11702"},"modified":"2024-12-06T08:54:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:54:56","slug":"next-gen-manufacturing-new-cam-ai-will-leverage-resources-to-support-industry-in-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/next-gen-manufacturing-new-cam-ai-will-leverage-resources-to-support-industry-in-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Next gen manufacturing: New CAM-AI will leverage resources to support industry in Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11704\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2024\/12\/STO_Manufacturing-Engineering-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2024\/12\/STO_Manufacturing-Engineering-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of UW-Stout students: The new Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence at UW-Stout will engage engineering faculty and graduate engineering students on industry projects. \/ UW-Stout\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2024\/12\/STO_Manufacturing-Engineering-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2024\/12\/STO_Manufacturing-Engineering-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2024\/12\/STO_Manufacturing-Engineering-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence at UW-Stout will engage engineering faculty and graduate engineering students on industry projects. \/ UW-Stout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Center for Advanced Manufacturing-AI aims to draw on university expertise to solve problems, collaborate on opportunities<\/h2>\n<p>Small and midsize manufacturers in Wisconsin and Minnesota have a new resource \u2014 and ally \u2014 in their quest for growth and success.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwstout.edu\/CAM-AI\">Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 CAM-AI \u2014 has been created at UW-Stout to leverage the broad array of university expertise for solving technical issues and conducting research to support private industry.<\/p>\n<p>CAM-AI will partner with the UW-Stout\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwstout.edu\/outreach-engagement\/corporate-relations-economic-engagement\/manufacturing-outreach-center\">Manufacturing Outreach Center<\/a>, one of two centers in Wisconsin affiliated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology\/Manufacturing Extension Partnership \u2014 NIST\/ MEP \u2014 national network. The centers deliver comprehensive, proven solutions through consulting, training and workforce development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCAM-AI will support Wisconsin\u2019s manufacturers through access to expertise and equipment that are generally not available to small- and medium-size business. Our goal is to collaborate with our industry partners in order to help them be even more competitive in a market that is undergoing constant technological change,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Chancellor Katherine Frank<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The center will provide the bridge between the MOC and academic departments to bring applied research; modern technical methods; and laboratory, fabrication and testing services directly to private industry.<\/p>\n<p>The goals of CAM-AI include:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Partnering with the MOC to\u00a0provide timely academic applied research expertise<\/li>\n<li>Providing direct assistance in solving time-sensitive industry focused problems<\/li>\n<li>Providing services, such as additive manufacturing and testing<\/li>\n<li>Engaging with regional and statewide initiatives that support advanced manufacturing and AI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manufacturing is one of Wisconsin\u2019s leading workforce sectors, with more than 8,900 companies that employ more than 490,000 workers.<\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen UW-Stout labs, including robotics, plastics, packaging, cybersecurity and Fabrication Lab \u2014 Fab Lab \u2014 could be accessed to address manufacturers\u2019 challenges.<\/p>\n<p>UW-Stout<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>faculty have expertise in automation,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwstout.edu\/about-us\/news-center\/smart-solutions-ai-research-uw-stout-engineering-professors-targets-fresher-fruit-product-structures\">AI\/machine learning<\/a>, robotics, additive manufacturing, plastics engineering, packaging, industrial design, fabrication and material properties and testing. In 2023, UW-Stout added a\u00a0first-of-its-kind bachelor\u2019s program,\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uwstout.edu%2Fprograms%2Fbs-automation-leadership&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpolingj%40uwstout.edu%7C58f533929c0342332cbf08db6b496c6a%7Cb71a81a32f9543819b89c62343a66052%7C0%7C0%7C638221735397795860%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wMfSSHCS4%2BjcD7sVCbKwCOEhaJ9NF3f7uthK9kopGkI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-extlink=\"\">automation leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cModern manufacturing requires not only all fields of engineering but expertise from computer science, cybersecurity, math and the basic sciences,\u201d said\u00a0David Ding, director of the School of Engineering\u00a0and an associate dean in the\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uwstout.edu%2Facademics%2Fcolleges-schools%2Fcollege-science-technology-engineering-mathematics-management&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpolingj%40uwstout.edu%7C2653017a7b23416d44e508dc741b63f5%7Cb71a81a32f9543819b89c62343a66052%7C0%7C0%7C638512908235502915%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=c7uzf4mdeVQjWH6d8kxP0e8qyfECTwWfeFL0z44HF8Y%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-extlink=\"\">College of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ding will be the center\u2019s director. He also serves on Gov. Tony Evers\u2019 Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>UW-Stout is Wisconsin\u2019s Polytechnic University, with a focus on applied learning, business and industry collaboration, and career outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUW-Stout&#8217;s ability to supply expertise across these fields to address practical problems is what distinguishes us as a polytechnic university, and CAM-AI will be the entity through which this expertise can be made available to industry,\u201d said\u00a0Seth Hudson, executive director of the UW-Stout\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwstout.edu\/outreach-engagement\/corporate-relations-economic-engagement\/fab-lab\">Office of Corporate Relations and Economic Engagement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The center plans to leverage the talent in UW-Stout\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwstout.edu\/programs\/ms-manufacturing-engineering\">Master of Science in manufacturing engineering<\/a>\u00a0program, with students working on CAM-AI projects under faculty supervision.<\/p>\n<p>Key elements in CAM-AI success will be rapid response, coordination between UW-Stout entities that engage directly with industry and an industry-focused approach that no job is too small, Hudson said. He noted that CAM-AI will not compete with private industry but allow industry partners a place to refer work that isn\u2019t suited for the private sector space.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Written by Jerry Poling<\/p>\n<p>Link to original story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwstout.edu\/about-us\/news-center\/next-gen-manufacturing-new-cam-ai-will-leverage-resources-support-industry-wisconsin\">https:\/\/www.uwstout.edu\/about-us\/news-center\/next-gen-manufacturing-new-cam-ai-will-leverage-resources-support-industry-wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Center for Advanced Manufacturing-AI aims to draw on university expertise to solve problems, collaborate on opportunities Small and midsize manufacturers in Wisconsin and Minnesota have a new resource \u2014 and ally \u2014 in their quest for growth and success. 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