Soft actuators, components in mechanical devices that enable movement, are inspired by biological systems but can’t yet replicate the complexity of the human body. Purdue Polytechnic’s David Gonzalez Rodriguez is researching the creation of 3D-printed flexible structures that can function as soft actuators and sensors.
Smart Manufacturing Industrial Informatics
Purdue Polytechnic teams with leading corporations for Smart Manufacturing Industrial Infomatics program
Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute has teamed with leading technology and manufacturing corporations, including Rockwell Automation, Caterpillar, General Mills and Microsoft, to launch the Smart Manufacturing Industrial Infomatics program. Additional partners include the Foundry Educational Foundation, International Society of Automation and the US-DoE Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII).
Purdue Polytechnic receives support from major technology companies for Smart Manufacturing program, facilities
Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute is receiving support from major technology companies for the college's Smart Manufacturing program and facilities. Microsoft, Rockwell Automation, PTC, Endress+Hauser, Foundry Educational Foundation, International Society of Automation, and the US-DoE Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) are collaborating to support the Polytechnic’s faculty and staff as they transform learning to prepare the next generation of graduates specializing in 21st-century manufacturing technologies.
Purdue Polytechnic's new Smart Manufacturing Enterprise minor prepares students for advanced manufacturing careers
Smart Manufacturing Enterprise minor unites technology, engineering and business disciplines to prepare students for Industry 4.0 and the manufacturing landscape of the future
Meet Colin Tancredi, manufacturing engineering technology major
Colin Tancredi, Wallingford, Penn.
Major: Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Activities
Sigma Alpha Lambda leadership organization
Golden Key international academic honor society
Philosophy Club
Tarkington Hall staff
Wiley Hall community