Singapore Aerospace Technology Leadership Forum 2024

OUR SPEAKERS PANEL 1 - SMART AEROSPACE

Dr Sean Black Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Engineer Spirit AeroSystems Dr. Sean Black is Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Engineer for Spirit AeroSystems, where he has oversight of Spirit’s global engineering and research and development teams. Black has more than 25 years’ experience in the defense/aerospace industry in both the United States and Europe. Over his career he has also served in various engineering development, design, and research positions with BAE Systems and Airbus.

Black earned a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Dundee Institute of Technology (Scotland). Thereafter, he undertook research study sponsored by DeBeers Industrial Diamond Division in the field of Superabrasives, which led to an award of a Doctor of Philosophy from Liverpool John Moores University, England. Black is a Charted Engineer (CEng), a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS). SMART TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MANUFACTURING REALM Dr. Sean Black will present an overview of smart technology adoption and its impact to enabling smart factories. Through the implementation of smart technologies, there are key values realised as well as some challenges to overcome. Dr. Black will provide some examples of successful smart technology deployments that are enabling a connected factory at Spirit AeroSystems, including integrating automation with artificial intelligence on the factory floor, digital twin-driven optimisation of production scheduling, and digitalisation of inspection processes.

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