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RAID Labs’s Recent Activities and Upcoming Events

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The RFID and Auto ID (RAID) Labs is the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department’s newest lab. It was established in 2011 by Dr. Erick Jones and quickly proved to be the favored lab where experiments could be run by both undergraduates and PhD students alike. The lab focuses on supply chain logistics, engineering management-productivity, and RFID in the mechanical contracting industry-asset tracking development with current projects focused on areas of healthcare, factory lines, and phone apps to help identify RFID tags. RAID Labs has been very active this semester.

Recently, three topics have been started as themes for research, “RFID and automatic inventory control in the oil and gas industry,” “RFID medical devices used in vivo (inside the body),” and “RFID uses that promote Homeland Security.”  The lab has also had three papers accepted for publication this Fall that include two undergraduate students who have made author-level contributions, Harrison Armstrong and Walter Mulflur. These papers will be made available by pdf after final publication. Finally, RAID Labs staff promotions and lab shirts were recently distributed. Those Lab students who reached the E3 status received t-shirts; those who reached M2 status received blue shirts, and top level MI3 (manager and innovator 3) received black shirts.

Also, there will be an upcoming RFID Certification training and exam in December. The certification is backed by the International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA), the leading RFID certification in the country. The ISCEA RFIDSCM will be hosted by RAID Labs on December 6th – 8th, 2013. For those interested, UT Arlington IMSE students can receive a discount. Please follow-up with Harrison Armstrong, RAID Labs Center Manager.

If this type of research and experimentation interests you, you’re in luck! RAID Labs will be taking applications for the two-week training/evaluation process for working in the Labs for Spring 2014. There are only ten E1 positions available. Please ask any RAID Lab person where you can apply. RAID Labs is located at 411 Woolf Hall.

RAID Labs October News

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Here’s some exciting news that’s going on in our RFID lab!

The Radio Frequency and Auto Identification (RAID) Labs is currently training new researchers for the coming semester. The lab intends to train all new researchers and have everyone working in RAID Labs capable of performing RFID Feasibility Audits for outside companies. The RFID Feasibility Audits will determine the best RFID system an experimented company should implement to reduce inventory holding costs as well as improve efficiency in terms of ease of access of products and better maintenance of stock levels.

In addition to the aforementioned Feasibility Audits, RAID Labs has a newly established partnership with UT Southwestern. RAID Labs will use this unique opportunity to gain a better understanding of the uses of RFID and AID in a health care setting. RAID Labs is also looking to host an RFID Student Generated Conference in the coming months which will bring students, faculty, and professionals together to discuss findings in RFID and the direction RFID is heading as an up and coming technology.

You can find out more information about RAID Labs at https://www.uta.edu/rfid/