Projects - 2021 | Jacobs School of Engineering

Collins Aerospace
UTC Aerospace Systems is one of the largest aerospace and defense suppliers. UTC Aerospace Systems products are currently flying on Airbus A300, A318, A319, A320, A321, A330, A340, A380, Boeing B737, B747, B767, B777, Bombardier CRJ-700, -900, -1000, Embraer RJ145, EMB 170/175, EMB 190/195 in addition to military aircraft A-10 Warthog, B-1B Lancer, C-5A/B Galaxy, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Falcon, F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II and the KL-135 Stratotanker. New platforms in development include Airbus A350XWB, A320 neo, Boeing B787, Bombardier CSeries, and Mitsubishi MRJ 70/90.

Springback Analysis -

Collins Aerospace has unique technologies to design and manufacture composite aircraft structures. Multi-disciplinary analysis of springback for closed form tooled parts. Makes use of thermal analysis for heat transfer around the closed mold (flow cavities to apply heat in press). Uses cte properties of plies as well as reaction rates for thermosetting pre-pregs. Predicts springback analysis for various layups and proposes a best layup scheme to reduce the amount of springback for the part.

The analysis team with investigate spring back, its roll in composite fabrication, and develop a model to accurately predict composite springback based off part design, tool shape and mass, and predicted autoclave airflow. The project deliverables will include software inputs and design requirements which yield predictive springback results. The team will then test their project scope on a design / part to prove their results.

Essential Skills

1. CAD modeling experience
2. FEA software experience (multi-physics including structural and heat transfer)
3. Basic understanding of Aerospace Materials (Composites, Metals, Elastomers …)
4. Basic understanding of manufacturing techniques

Preferred/Desirable Skills

1. Experience using CATIA / CAD tools
2. ABAQUS, COMSOL modeling experience
3. CFD modeling experience (Fluent)
4. Materials engineering experience
5. Manufacturing engineering experience
6. Knowledge of fluid dynamics

Additional Information Essential Skills –

Each team member is not required to have all the skills, should have capability among the team

Behaviors:
Ability to work in a team, creative, task oriented, reliable attendance

Location: Chula Vista, SD - Riverside, CA

Video Training / Virtual Build Witnessing -

This project is currently planned to be worked remotely. If pandemic protocols improve by June, 2021, we will adjust onsite efforts accordingly. An increasing amount of engineering build observations (witnessing) must be performed remotely.

This project will evaluate the different technologies and equipment available to perform video training and virtual build witnessing (Zoom, Smart Glasses, other). The project will culminate in a recommend standard set up (Virtual ‘Go Bag’) for the facility, a library of training material content and a basic concept for distribution and access to that content. This project involves working with shop floor equipment and operators at different points in a composite manufacturing process.

Essential Skills:
General interest in composite fabrication processes
Comfortable in a shop floor setting
Familiar with basic shop tools and equipment
General interest in videography, film, communication
Experience with video editing

Preferred/Desirable Skills:
Materials engineering experience
Manufacturing engineering experience
Composite Materials Formal training in video editing / videography

The ideal candidate will be comfortable around basic shop floor equipment and have solid understanding of video editing and videography. The scope of project includes developing a basic distribution system for sharing content (eg SharePoint Collection or other)

Location: Riverside, CA

Additive Manufacturing for Aftermarket Growth -

This project is currently planned to be worked remotely. If pandemic protocols improve by June, 2021, we will adjust onsite efforts accordingly.

Collins Aerospace will be developing 3D printing / additive manufacturing within our Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) sites and in-field on aircraft wing for repair tooling, tooling aids. Supporting over 18,000 flying aircraft requires the facilitation of quick tooling modification / minor improvements, to keep our customers flying. This project will involve opportunities to create new advanced designs, develop analytical techniques for repair design optimization, and completion of validation testing to prove out the design.

Essential Skills:
CAD modeling experience
Basic understanding of aircraft structures
Basic understanding of solid mechanics (free body diagrams, etc.)
Basic understanding of various manufacturing techniques

Preferred/Desirable Skills:
Experience using CATIA / CAD tools
Experience using structural analysis tools (NASTRAN, etc.)
CFD modeling experience (Fluent)
Materials engineering experience
Manufacturing engineering experience

Behaviors: Ability to work in a team, creative, task oriented, reliable attendance

Manufacturing Engineering Intern (Summer 2021) -

The Manufacturing Engineering intern will shadow and partner with the Manufacturing and Producibility Engineers supporting operations sites across Collins Aerostructures.

Primary Responsibilities:
Sequence on manufacturing process and product builds, with compliance to EH&S and Quality requirements
Design and arrangement of machines of the manufacturing process (layout)
Improve manufacturing processes/ products to achieve producibility (managing tool orders, shop aid design, etc.)
Implement process upgrades by applying various engineering applications such as: robotics and automation.Identify opportunities on drawings and specs to influence changes to engineering designs and line balancing
Participate in tool design reviews to ensure tools are feasible and reduce build times and program costs during fabrication.
Uses data analytics / SPC for productivity, First Pass Yield and OEE targets and improvement.
Drive problem solving initiatives & challenge status quo
Creation and maintains manufacturing process documents (routings, BOM, Visual aids, Std work, etc).
Participate on digital manufacturing solutions with support from Digital subject matter experts

Basic Qualifications:
Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and student must be pursuing a Bachelor's or advanced degree in an applicable discipline.
Must be a U.S. Citizen

Nothing matters more to Collins Aerospace than our strong ethical and safety commitments. As such, all U.S. positions require a background check, which may include a drug screen.

Solar Turbines
Headquartered in San Diego, California, USA, Solar Turbines Incorporated, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., is one of the worlds leading manufacturers of industrial gas turbines, with more than 13,400 units and over 1.4 billion operating hours in 96 countries. Products from Solar Turbines play an important role in the development of oil, natural gas and power generation projects around the world. Solar Turbines products include gas turbine engines (rated from 1590 to 30,000 horsepower), gas compressors, and gas turbine-powered compressor sets, mechanical-drive packages and generator sets (ranging from 1.1 to 22 megawatts). Solars customers put the company's products to work in many areas including production, processing and pipeline transmission of natural gas and crude oil and generation of electricity and thermal energy for processing applications, such as manufacturing chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and food products. Solars foundation is people and Solars culture is one where individual contributions are valued, diversity in the workplace is encouraged, and safety is emphasized in all aspects of the business. Solar Turbines is comprised of a dedicated and multi-talented workforce of more than 6,000 employees with decades of experience working as a global team.

Intern - Engineering Assistant -

Our internship is a ten week program. Two candidates will be selected for each project to work as a team. Projects and teams will be assigned after interviews are conducted.

Available Internship Projects:

(1) Alarm Analytics and Visualization During routine operation of industrial systems, abnormal situations show up in the control room in the form of alarms. The number of alarms can overwhelm even experienced operators. The focus of many current projects in industry is ‘Alarm Rationalization’ to reduce the number of alarms, while still detecting all potential abnormal situations. Most alarms are analyzed in a univariate framework; however, most processes are multivariate, meaning alarms are not independent. Therefore, a good strategy for the analysis and visualization of alarm data should be based on a multivariate framework. The successful candidates will develop alarm visualization features to show alarm correlation and help customers address alarm flooding. · They will develop a tool to validate alarm rationalization using existing alarm log data · They will develop a statistical algorithm to analyze alarm data and provide a correlation matrix visualization.

(2) TTVerify Report Improvement TTVerify is the application that oversees project quality checks for project display software and reports back identified issues to users. Currently the report mechanism that TTVerify manages is simple, and its identified issues do not always return a description that is clear and truly helps the end user. This results in driving the end user to contact another team in order to identify the proper action to fix the identified error. The successful candidates will determine the current state of TTVerify code, implement the appropriate changes to integrate a new HTML-based reporting mechanism, and provide suggestions for incorporating TTVerify into TTDesigner. Producing a functional prototype of the reporting mechanism that meets the project’s requirements would be considered a success.

(3) Investigation and Improved Maximum Power Algorithm Solar’s current maximum power (Pmax) algorithm does not take into consideration the degradation of the engine. A more accurate (eventually dynamic) algorithm would increase the ability to optimize plant operations (e.g.: load shedding, optimal unit dispatch, emission mitigation). As part of the project, the successful candidates would: · Learn about the current standard and other enhanced Algorithms · Understand Power Management requirements · Verify the accuracy of the current standard Algorithm under various conditions · Verify the accuracy of the enhanced Algorithms by calculating the Algorithm output, based on experimental data · Report out the results of the Investigation and Validation · Identify potential improvements. This would include an improved method or methods for calculating the maximum power capacity. This may or may not include recommendations for additional instrumentation. · Demonstrate simulation showing the improved accuracy and sensitivity to errors.

(4) Auto Tube Routing (ATR) The aim of this project is to build a prototype tool, using basic principles of applied mathematics, programming and mechanical concepts. The end user would bring in a module, provide start and end points for the tube run, and simply run the tool. The solution presented would provide basic tube routing for tube placement and a x, y, z bend data drawing that would then be used to later complete the tube modeling, thus greatly reducing project hours. The successful candidates will explore multiple options, including similar functionality in existing software, to develop a functional prototype tool.