Presentation of Prof. Doug Dunham at the Regional Materials and Manufacturing Network (RM2N) Spring 2016 Symposium.

1. Agile Solutions for Industrial Challenges (ASIC)
Purpose: Provide industry, efficient
access to RM2N resources (equipment
and expertise)

2. Easy Access:
Can be accessed through any of the participating universities or a universal
access point.
How it works:
• Industry contacts ASIC with an issue.
• Issue is triaged to determine scope of services required to solve the
problem.
• If issue needs resources located elsewhere the call or email goes to the
campus reps for distribution.
• ASIC keeps track of the inquiry and responds back to the company with
next step options (instrument access, fee for service, consulting,
capstone project, research project, etc.) and projected costs (if
applicable).
• If industry wants to pursue options, project is passed on to university
providing services
Agile Solutions for Industrial Challenges (ASIC)

3. Services that can be accessed through ASIC:
Equipment access
Routine services
Individual consultant
Group of consultants
Small research projects
Capstone projects
Major research projects
Tiered Service Model
Level 1: Email out to each campus contact. Campus contacts distribute
out to the local campus (not cost)
Level 2: Setup a teleconference with experts within the system (cost)
Level 3: Formal or informal research/sponsored program arrangement (cost)
Agile Solutions for Industrial Challenges (ASIC)

4. Examples:
• Local manufacturer needed failure analysis done on a part
One contact, one report, intended to be seamless for industry
• Company outside of Wisconsin looking for elemental analysis to feedback into
their process development
• Company looking for alternative material for use with their product
characterization, comparison, innovation
Essential Components:
Fast response to initial inquiry (most the same day), efficient triage (often a
process), access to resource beyond one campus, timely completion of project, as
seamless as possible for industry.
Agile Solutions for Industrial Challenges (ASIC)

5. Types of Services
• What is a typical time frame for
industry projects?
• Are most industry projects likely to be
small analysis type projects or longer
research based projects?
• Do companies tend to have projects
on the shelf that would be enabled by
this service?
Value
• Is the concept of ASIC of value to
industry?
• Would industry pay for this type of
service in some manner?
• What might be a helpful tiered
services/cost structure?
Barriers
• Are multiple entry points helpful or
not?
• How does industry currently avail
itself to these types of services and
is this better?
• Are there barriers to industry
accessing this type of service?
• Are there barriers to faculty
participating in these types of
projects?
Are there other ideas of how the
RMMN can directly help industry that
might be better?
Agile Solutions for Industrial Challenges (ASIC)
Topics for small group discussions

6. Susann Ely
(UW-Madison
sely@wisc.edu
(608) 890-3134
Dane Morgan
(UW-Madison)
ddmorgan@wisc.edu
(608) 265-5879
Jon McCarthy
(UW-Madison)
jjmccarthy@wisc.edu
(608) 890-3134
Tom Kuech
(UW-Madison)
tfkuech@wisc.edu
(608) 263-2922
Marlann Patterson
(UW-Stout)
pattersonm@uwstout.edu
(715) 232-2626
Palash Banerjee
(UW-Stevens Point)
palash.banerjee@uwsp.edu
(715) 346-4187
Doug Dunham
(UW-Eau Claire)
dunhamdj@uwec.edu
(715) 836-5312
Gokul
Gopalakrishnan
(UW-Platteville)
gopalakrishg@uwplatt.edu
(608) 342-7339
Seth King
(UW-La Crosse)
king.seth@uwlax.edu
(608) 785-8671
Jennifer
Mihalick
(UW-Oshkosh)
mihalick@uwosh.edu
(920) 424-7095
Anne Courtier
(UW-Whitewater)
courtiera@uww.edu
(262) 472-7161
Ben Church
(UW-Milwaukee)
church@uwm.edu
(414) 229-2825
For more information about ASIC
contact: Doug Dunham, dunhamdj@uwec.edu, 715-836-5312
or
any of the campus contacts: