Speaker

Sudarsan Rachuri, Senior Manager, Advanced Manufacturing Office, Department of Energy

Abstract

Manufacturing digital transformation is a process of employing digital technologies and information to transform manufacturing enterprise system operations across the total lifecycle and digital supply network (product flow, process flow, resource flow, workflow). Digitalization includes many crosscutting technologies – computing, communication, smart sensors, AI/ML, human system interface, cybersecurity. Smart manufacturing combines physical systems with data and intelligence. Essentially it is about smartly extracting information from the manufacturing system to improve the overall efficiency of networked enterprises. Smart manufacturing provides an effective and secure human-system platform for better decision-making and improving the overall productivity and efficiency of manufacturing across the networked enterprise. The talk will describe the current state of the art and future needs of smart manufacturing concerning system optimization, disruptive technologies, industry best practices, verification and validation of systems, and more importantly workforce and skills development.

Biography

Rachuri Sudarsan’s career has focused on researching, developing, and applying advanced techniques and algorithms for capturing design and manufacturing knowledge in engineering software applications. Currently he is the federal program manager at the Department of Energy.