Developing the next generation of manufacturing engineers requires new types of hands-on education. That’s why Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Engineering Technology (SoET) recently built a state-of-the-art facility that features cutting-edge production equipment.
The Smart Factory Lab enables students to “apply innovative, advanced technologies to generate theory-based solutions to real-world manufacturing challenges.” It exposes them to a variety of Industry 4.0 tools, including artificial intelligence, collaborative robots, data analytics, machine learning and mixed reality technology.