Hexagon, a global leader in digital solutions, honored Wichita State University's Brian Brown, director of the Robotics and Automation Lab at the National Institute for Aviation Research, with its Shaping Smart Change award. Brown (right) is pictured with Ola Rollen, Hexagon president and CEO.
Friday, June 22, 2018
Last week during HxGN LIVE 2018, Hexagon, a global leader in digital solutions, honored
Wichita State University's Brian Brown, director of the Robotics and Automation Lab
at the National Institute for Aviation Research, with its Shaping Smart Change award.
HxGN LIVE is an annual four-day, international digital solutions conference. The Shaping
Smart Change Customer Recognition Program, in its fifth year, honors customers and
partners for their pioneering use of Hexagon's digital solutions.
"Creativity and determination are at the heart of true innovation," said Ola Rollen,
Hexagon president and CEO. "Our Shaping Smart Change Recognition Program honors organizations
who are using Hexagon technology to advance their industries and transform how people
work."
Using Hexagon's laser tracker technology, NIAR developed an automated metrology system
capable of scanning the complete surface of a jet wing in under four minutes. This
technology will enable greater efficiency and productivity for aerospace manufacturers,
while encouraging the next generation of aviation engineers and innovators to let
their passions take flight.
"The collaboration between NIAR and Hexagon is a testament to how industry and academia
can come together to solve real world problems that can make an immediate impact on
a company's bottom line," said Brown. "Working with Hexagon has given students first-hand
experience with industry-leading hardware and software."
Additional organizations honored during the conference include Airstream, Amtrak Police
Department, Qingdao National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, Special Operations
Solutions, Suzano Papel E Celulose, Toyo Engineering Corporation and York University.
Learn more about NIAR's Robotics and Automation Lab at http://www.niar.wichita.edu/researchlabs/robotics_overview.asp.
Learn more about the Hexagon's Shaping Smart Change initiative at https://hexagon.com/about/shaping-smart-change.
About WSU's National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR)
NIAR's mission is to conduct research, transfer technology and enhance education for
the purpose of advancing the nation's aviation industry, and to assist non-aviation
industries that may benefit from aviation-related technologies. NIAR is a premier
R&D facility with a $45 million annual budget, staff of 400, and 600,000 square feet
of laboratory and office space. NIAR laboratories include Additive Manufacturing,
Advanced Coatings, Advanced Manufacturing, Aging Aircraft, Ballistics & Impact Dynamics,
CAD/CAM, Composites & Advanced Materials, Computational Mechanics, Crash Dynamics,
Environmental & Electromagnetic Test, Full-scale Structural Test, Nondestructive Test,
Reverse Engineering, Robotics & Automation, Virtual Reality and the Walter H. Beech
Wind Tunnel. www.niar.wichita.edu
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Contact: Tracee Friess, director of communication for research and technology transfer, 316-978-5597
or tracee.friess@wichita.edu.
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