Consortium for Computational Manufacturing of Materials for Industry (CCMMI)

Steering Committee (contact persons):

  1. J. Aurich , Dept. of Mechanical Eng., Uni-Kaiserslautern, jan.aurich@mv.uni-kl.de
  2. D. Dornfeld , Dept. of Mechanical Eng., UC Berkeley, dornfeld@berkeley.edu
  3. B. Ponick , Dept. of Electrical Eng., Uni-Hannover, ponick@ial.uni-hannover.de
  4. J. Schroeder , Dept. of Mechanical Eng., Uni-Duisburg, j.schroeder@uni-due.de
  5. P. Wriggers , Dept. of Mechanical Eng., Uni-Hannover, wriggers@ikm.uni-hannover.de
  6. T. Zohdi , Dept. of Mechanical Eng., UC Berkeley, zohdi@berkeley.edu
OBJECTIVES: To bring together researchers in manufacturing and computational methods to work in partnership with industry on the development of new materials and structures for next generation products. A particular class of applications center around the manufacturing and analysis of new materials systems and the prediction of their useful life in harsh environments. One key for next generation manufacturers to succeed is to draw upon rigorous theory and computation to develop design rules coupling the micro, meso and macro material levels for reliable industrial-level manufacturing. The objective is bring a collection of 10-20 medium to large companies who have shared interests in this class of problems. The research is to be performed precompetitive at TRL1-TRL3 levels. The CCMMI Steering committee will manage the consortium, subject to a developed set of bylaws. Corporations will pay a yearly membership fee. Additionally, the funding paradigm will follow the following broad format:

Type-A Funding: faculty-intitiated projects

  1. (1) The CCMMI Steering Committee will collect all of the research proposed topics from the faculty involved, and ensure that they match the theme and goals of the consortium. A format will be provided to the faculty in which to follow (4-5 page summary, budget and timeline).
  2. (2) The projects will be displayed to the industry partners, and they will be allowed to vote on which projects they would like to see funded. The number of votes for proposed projects that each industry partner has depends proportionally on the amount of funding they are willing to commit.

Type-B Funding: company-intitiated projects

  1. (1) Companies provide projects with specific tasks and goals to the Steering Committee, with proposed budgets, timelines, etc.
  2. (2) The Steering Committee will ensure that the projects fit within the theme and goals of CCMMI .
  3. (3) The projects will then be released to the faculty. The CCMMI Steering Committee will poll faculty to determine their interest in the projects and will facilitate the partnerships with industry.

For both Type-A and Type-B proposals, there will be a semi-annual call for proposals. The advantages for all companies is that they will be able to view all of the conducted research each year at an annual consortium meeting, as well as having access to all of the research reports. This provides an advantage over simply narrowly funding the faculty directly. We also will consider joint academia, government and industry projects on a case-by-case basis.