Signing Ceremony of

Master Research Agreement with

Beijing Institute of Collaborative Innovation (BICI)

• Introduction of BICI• Introduction of the BICI Research Funding and

Fellowship Mechanism• Research and Collaboration Opportunities

Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science & Innovation

北京协同创新研究院Beijing Institute of Collaborative Innovation

Introduction to BICIXinjian Zhou

Associate Dean

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1. Background

Integration of 14 academic units incl. Peking University, Tsinghua University, Chinese Academy of Science, etc.

Integration of more than 100 high-tech companies.

Management board consists of 8 university VPs, 5 company chairmen, 2 Beijing city officials, and dean of BICI.

Founded in August 2014, with root since 2009 as a technology licensing office for college of engineering at PKU.

Development and commercialization bases in Nanjing, Baotou, and Handan.

A US branch in Santa Clara, California and a Hong Kong Branch

BICI

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2. Mission & Objectives

The source of original science and technology

Acceleration center of industrial technology improvement

Technology Innovation Center for large companies

Product innovation center for small and medium companies

Our objectives

Centered on the establishment of innovation system, devoted to the cooperation between the development of frontier science and the integration of enterprises, universities and research, to cultivate innovative leaders, and to drive innovation technology.

Our mission

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3. R&D Model

Forward-looking technology

General technology Key technology

Technology Trend

Focused Areas

Technology transfer Innovative

collaboration

Input from Universities

Contracted R&D Co-development

Collaboration with industry

66 Projects being developed

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4. Organization & Funding

Low efficiency of government

Chinese company is not innovation oriented

BICI’s Binary-Coupling Model

Beijing Institute of Collaborative

Innovation

Biom

edical and Biotech

Biom

edical and Biotech

Biom

edical EngineeringBiom

edical EngineeringM

aterialsM

aterialsPhoto-electric TechnologyPhoto-electric Technology

Electrical EngineeringElectrical EngineeringInform

ation Security

Information S

ecurityRem

ote Control

Remote C

ontrolG

eneral AviationG

eneral AviationSm

art Grid

Sm

art Grid

New

Energy FundN

ew Energy Fund

New

Energy Autom

obileN

ew Energy A

utomobile

Energy Saving Fund

Energy Saving Fund

Water Treatm

entW

ater Treatment

Atm

osphere Control Fund

Atm

osphere Control Fund

Advanced M

anufacture FundAdvanced M

anufacture FundIntelligent Robot FundIntelligent Robot Fund

Sim

ulation & D

esign FundSim

ulation & D

esign Fund

ud

Intellectual Property Operation

Fund

Food Science and Engineering

Food Science and Engineering

Beijing Collaborative Innovation Fund

Simulation & Design

Intelligent Robot

Advanced Manufacture

Atmosphere Control

Water Treatment

Energy Saving and Emission Control

New Energy Automobile

New Energy

Smart Grid

General Aviation

Remote Sensing

Information Security

Electrical Engineering

Photoelectric Technology

Materials

Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical & Biotech

Food Science& Engineering

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5. Infrastructure

R&D Building: 530,000 sf

Incubator and commercialization

base: 5,900,000 sf

Location: Beijing Collaborative

Innovation Park : 98.8 acres

Space

Beijing Innovation Bay

Interim

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6. Anticipated Outputs

Gather 1,000 talents from more than 10 top universities

Each year, cultivate more than 100 innovative and entrepreneurial talents, develop more than 50 innovative technologies, create more than 10 startups

Provide technical support to 100 companies

Platform of Innovation

Platform of Technology Innovation

Pilot-Run Park for New Technology

Leading Force of Innovation Development of China

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Project Showcase

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Dynamics Simulation Technique is indispensable tool for product design and development. The technique applies to aircraft, wind power, hydroelectricity, automobiles, etc.

The team invented key technologies and software, which is world-leading and has self-owned intellectual property rights.

Project Showcase

Global Marketing size → 50B RMB

Dynamics Simulation Technique

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Bionic theory, human-machine integration, amplifying feature, sensors

Rehabilitation, senior assistance, soldiers equipment, emergency rescue

Project Showcase

Global Market Size → 5B USD

Prosthesis Robot

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Reduce NOX diesel exhaust

Own full intellectual property rights

Meet Chinese diesel emission standard

Project Showcase

SCR Treatment System of Diesel Exhaust

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• Early cancer detection is critical to treatment.• Currently, biopsy under endoscopy is used for diagnosis, but most biopsies turn out

negative. • The current project develops a dual axis confocal endomicroscopy with switchable

vertical/horizontal cross-sectional deep tissue imaging that achieves subcellular resolution with large field of view.

• Technical specs include, XY resolution 2 um, Z resolution 5 um, FOV 600 x 600 um.

Dual-axis Confocal Endomicroscopy

Project Showcase

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• a next-generation myoelectric prosthetic hand forachieving high precision conforming grasping;

• high degrees of freedom and can achieve multiplehand motions;

• Controlled by two EMG signals in the amputatedforearms; and

• Due to smart design, fewer components areneeded, leading to a much lower cost compared toproducts on the markets with similarfunctionalities.

Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand

Project Showcase

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Summary about BICI

• A technology incubator and investor focusing on universities

• Open to all kinds of collaborations in order to help technologies move into products

• The goal is to build up innovation system

Signing Ceremony of

Master Research Agreement with

Beijing Institute of Collaborative Innovation (BICI)

• Introduction of BICI• Introduction of the BICI Research Funding and

Fellowship Mechanism• Research and Collaboration Opportunities

Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science & Innovation

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Introduction to funding mechanism

• Type I: Global Collaboratory of Advanced Material Systems and Simulations

• Focused on simulation and materials systems supported by simulation and experiments.

• Advanced technologies, novel concepts, longer projects• Project selections are partially made by a scientific committee

organized by the Center

• Type II: Translational research projects and technology transfer

• Broad interests: materials, biotechnology, water, Robotics…• Could be sponsored project for short translational work• Could be investment into spin-off companies

• BICI postdoc fellowship• Higher salary for excellent postdocs• Projects fully sponsored by BICI• Interested in coming to China

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Introduction to Collaboratory

• Northwestern + Peking + BICI• 2.5M USD X 5 year program on simulation and material systems• Managed by the scientific oversight committee with members

from three partners• Directions• Project selections

• Activities include• Advanced research projects, done collaboratively• Student exchange, education• Symposia• Commercialization

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Process

• Periodic call for proposals• Proposals are reviewed and selected by SOC based on

scientific merits. • BICI carries out commercialization analysis.• Project approval by the Oversight Committee

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Introduction to Type II - Translational work

Targeted Areas

• Energy materials: battery, supercap, thermal storage• Advanced Manufacturing: Robotics, novel processes/tools• Bio technology: medical devices, diagnostics • Environmental: water treatment• Semiconductor: optoelectronics devices and materials• IT: Big data, network/communication

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Selection Criteria and process

• Criteria• Technical Strength: expertise, competition, out-the-box

idea• Market Need: Solve what problem for who?• Feasibility: can we bring the technology all the way to the

users?• Time horizon: transfer to companies in 0-3 years

• Process (3-6 months)• Start with one-pager/phone calls• Move to full proposal• A few rounds of Q&A. Internally, BICI carries out

extensive DD. • BICI’s Investment meeting• Approval notice

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The value of BICI

• Market Information: we talk to your future users/customers• Technical collaboration: complimentary technologies• Talents: recruit entrepreneurs/companies to co-develop the

technology with you• Manufacturing: feasibility, execution, supply chain• Market penetration: B2B, relationship• Capital:$$$

We work together to transition your technology into products/companies.

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SpecificsType I - Collaboratory Type II -

TranslationalDirections Simulations, Materials OthersLength 1-2.5 years 1-1.5 yearscriteria Advanced technologies, novel

conceptsProven principles, no show stopper for commercialization

First Deadline

Dec 31st, 2016 March 31, 2017A phone call to Dr. Xinjian Zhou is highly recommended before the submission

Contact Wing Kam Liu BICI USAProposal Submission

See instruction at www.nimsi.northwestern.edu

wanglj@bici.org

Expectedstarting date

June 1, 2017 TBD

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Contacts

• Wing K. Liu – Peering with PKU• Xinjian Zhou – BICI, particularly large-scale

projects and startupszhouxj@bici.org 607-342-6577

• Jian Cao - Operation and NIMSI• Sarah Stein – Proposal submission

Signing Ceremony of

Master Research Agreement with

Beijing Institute of Collaborative Innovation (BICI)

• Introduction of BICI• Introduction of the BICI Research Funding and

Fellowship Mechanism• Research and Collaboration Opportunities

Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science & Innovation

The College of Engineering at Peking University, China

November, 2016The Four Seasons at PKU

1898 1910

Engineering Branch established

1912

Renamed as Peking University

1952

Merge to Tsinghua & Tianjin Univ.

2005

Reestablishment of COE

2015

10th

Anniversary

21st

century

World Class Institute

Imperial University of Peking founded

Timeline: PKU & COE

PKU Faculties

Faculty of Natural Science

Faculty of Humanities

Faculty of  Information & Engineering Sciences

Health Science Center

Faculty of Social Science

Peking

 University

College of Engineering

School of Information Science and Technology

Institute of Computer Science & Technology

College of Environmental Sciences

School of Software & Microelectronics

Vision and Mission Vision Become a world‐class institute of engineering to satisfy the sustainable development of the country as well as the world

Mission• To focus on new discoveries and 

applications in engineering science• To educate future engineering 

leaders and entrepreneurs• To lead the technology innovation in 

China and the world 

Organization SetupDepartments (6)

Department of Mechanics and Engineering Sciences Department of Energy and Resources Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Dept. of  Mechanics and Engineering Science• Turbulence: theory, experiment and computation• Computation and the applications of complex flows• Mechanical and physical behaviors of multifunctional materials 

• Dynamics of complex systems and control• Interdisciplinary studies of mechanics and life sciences• Engineering and scientific computations• Environmental mechanics and wind engineering

Chair:Prof. Huiling Duan

MES Department

Dept. of Energy & Resources Engineering

New Energy Development (Biomass, Solar, Wind, Shale Gas, Geothermal)

Effective Utilization and Recycling of Resources

Water Resources and Water Environment

Chair: Prof. Xidong Wang

ERE Department

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Medical Imaging and Instrument Bio‐Material and Regenerative Medicine Nano‐medicne and Bio‐Molecular Engineering Computational medicine and Health information

Chair: Prof. Qiushi Ren

BME Department

• Polymers and Composite Materials• Nanomaterials and Micro‐nano Devices• Biomedical Materials and Devices• New Energy Materials and Devices

Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering

Chair: Prof. Anyuan Cao

MSE Department

Dept. of Industrial Engineering & Management Pharmaceutical information and engineering 

research

Systems engineering and decision sciences 

Intelligent control and collective behavioral analysis 

Intelligent biomimetic robot

Operation management Chair: Prof. Leyuan Shi

IEM Department

Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics• Turbulence and Combustion in Engines of the Next 

Generation• Aerospace Materials and Structures• Aircraft and space vehicle design• Space Vehicle Dynamics Simulation and Control• Computational Fluid Dynamics• Aeroacoustics and Quiet Vehicle• Satellite Navigation Engineering• Space Information Processing and Application

Chair: Prof. Cunbiao Lee

AA Department

113 faculty member, including:

Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Engineering: 10

"National Thousand Talents Plan" Recipients: 11

Cheung Kong Scholar: 18

NSF Outstanding Young Researcher: 25

"National Thousand Young Talents Plan" Recipients: 11

COE Faculty members

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

Department of Energy and Resources Engineering

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Department of MechanicsandEngineeringScience(MES)

PeiyuanZhou

HistoryofMES• 1952—EstablishedbyPeiyuanZhouat

PekingUniversity, 1st Dept.Mech.inPRC• 1958—China’s firstlow‐speedwindtunnel• 2000—StateKeyLaboratoryfor

TurbulenceandComplexSystems• 2006—JoinedinCOE• 2012— Rankedas NO.1 inPRC• 450 faculty, 3200 B.S.,820M.S.,280 Ph.D.

60thAnniversaryCelebration

TheMESservestheworldbyprovidingahigh‐qualitylearningenvironment,outstandingresearch

laboratories,andchallengingexperiencesforourstudentsinscience,industryandtechnology.

Organization

FluidMechanics•Turbulence•Computationalfluiddynamicsmethods•Aerodynamics•Propulsion,heattransferandadvancedengines

SolidMechanics•Micro/nano‐mechanics,mechanicsandphysicsofcomplexmaterials•Mechanicsofsmartmaterialsandstructures•Elasticityandplasticity•Experimentalmechanics

EngineeringMechanics•Structuraldynamics•Mechanicalresponseofnano‐systemsandbio‐systems•Computationalmechanics•Meshgeneration

BiomechanicsandMedicalEngineering•Cellmechanics•Bio‐solidmechanics•Bio‐fluidmechanics•Mechanobiology•Bio‐imagingandbio‐instrumentation

DynamicsandControl•Cooperativecontrolofmulti‐agentsystems•Robusttrackingcontrol•Redundantcontrolanddynamiccontrolallocation•Nonlineardynamicsandcontrol•Dynamicsandcontrolofsystemswithgroupsymmetries

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Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Engineer

MEShas46 facultyincluding21tenuredprofessors,18tenuredassociateprofessorsand7tenure‐trackfacultiesaswellas12 staffsandextensiveadjunctfacultiesfromotherfamousuniversitiesandinstitutes.

OurPeople

38%

57%

5%Percentage of Academic Degrees Earned

Overseas Ph.D. Degree Domestic Ph.D. Degree M.S. Degree

Faculty in COE: 113

Fluid Mechanics

Solid Mechanics

Dynamics and Control

Engineering Mechanics

Biomechanics and Medical Engineering

Research

FluidMechanics

• Turbulence,aerodynamics• Computationalfluiddynamicsmethods• Propulsion,heattransferandadvancedengines

SolidMechanics

ElasticityandplasticityExperimentalmechanicsMicro/nano‐mechanics,mechanicsandphysicsofcomplexmaterialsMechanicsofsmartmaterialsandstructures

EngineeringMechanics

Researcharea:• Structuraldynamics• Computationalmechanics• MeshgenerationSAP84——GeneralpurposesoftwareforstructuralanalysisMostreliableFEpackagewithmorethan1000users.Firstdesignsoftwareforcivil/metro/damengineering;Plentyelementlibraryandhighperformancesolver.Powerfulandconveniencepre‐ andpost‐processor

DynamicsandControl

Researcharea:Cooperativecontrolofmulti‐agentsystems

Robusttrackingcontrol

Redundantcontrolanddynamiccontrolallocation

Nonlineardynamicsandcontrol

Dynamicsandcontrolofsystemswithgroupsymmetries

BiomechanicsandMedicalEngineering

Researcharea:• Cellmechanics• Bio‐solidmechanics• Bio‐fluidmechanics• Mechanobiology• Bio‐imagingandbio‐instrumentation