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2024 Bronze Medal Award

Dadfarnia and Drozdov - no photo for Sharp
Credit: Rick Miller/NIST

AWARD CITATION

The group is recognized for SimPROCESD, an accessible, open-source, low-entry-barrier manufacturing simulator for planning and analyzing production. The team developed novel and advanced features which support small to medium-sized enterprises and academic research, and addresses long-standing gaps in manufacturing evaluations.  SimPROCESD enables stakeholders to compare engineering benefits and financial risks of maintenance and resource planning policies, understand the impact of AI-based risk management solutions, and integrate processes, controls, and economics into system testing.

GROUP AWARD

Mehdi Dadfarnia

Electronics Engineer
Communications Technology Laboratory, Smart Connected Systems Division

Serghei Drozdov

Computer Scientist
Communications Technology Laboratory, Smart Connected Systems Division

Michael Sharp

Industrial Engineer
Communications Technology Laboratory, Smart Connected Systems Division