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Opp-03 FAU KBE and DFM Advisory

stage: spotted
opportunity_kind: advisory
linked_work_package: WP-02
linked_people:
  - Sandro Wartzack
linked_labs: []
owner: unassigned
next_step: "Draft an advisory-style outreach note focused on KBE rule capture, tacit knowledge, and explainable DFM logic"
next_step_due: 2026-05-22
blocker: "Need the first manufacturing-family wedge before asking for deeper implementation feedback"

What This Opportunity Is

A high-value advisory lane with Sandro Wartzack to sharpen the KBE, knowledge-capture, and explainable DFM framing before heavier implementation or grant activity.

Why This Is High-Value

  • strongest public fit for KBE, engineering drawings, tolerancing, and decision reuse
  • helps prevent the DFM work package from becoming too generic
  • likely useful for thesis framing, paper framing, or later grant logic

Current Ask

  • short advisory conversation on how to structure tacit engineering knowledge into software
  • reaction to a feature schema and DFM framing

Success Criteria

  • sharper definition of what part of DFM should be deterministic versus learned
  • better language for a thesis or researchable subproblem
  • signal on whether FAU is a realistic deeper collaboration lane

Linked Records

Open Questions

  • Should this remain advisory-only, or later become a thesis/grant lane?
  • Which manufacturing family should be used in the first advisory framing?

Sources

  • TextCAD/04_Marketing and Outreach/13_Universities/deep-research-report.md
  • TextCAD/04_Marketing and Outreach/13_Universities/deep-research-report Balanced.md