IE Student Project Sponsorship
Applies engineering tools and concepts to real world situations.
Let us help your organization
Apply our problem solving to
| Build Simulations | Address high inventory & WIP levels |
| Evaluate workplace ergonomics | Crystallize work procedures |
| Resolve bottleneck operations | Optimize supply chain logistics |
| Improve unsafe work areas | Improve facility layout |
| Recommend repair vs. replace options | Analyze value/non-value operations |
| Address product quality | Improve any process |
| Optimize production scheduling |
Great Team Projects Should
- Be technical: address industrial, manufacturing, quality or systems engineering issues
- Be open-ended: require evaluation of multiple solutions
- Be complex & challenging: require innovation
- Be concise: scope to be completed in 10 weeks
- Require self-directed learning: challenge students just beyond the scope of present coursework
- Require a team approach
By the Numbers
- 3 - 5 students team up to tackle YOUR tough organizational problems when you don’t have time or resources to do so.
- 10 week (Senior Design) or 22 week (Professional Masters Program) project duration
- Average 400 or 1800 student hours spent on project
- 3 status reports + 1 written final report
- Multiple onsite visits and analysis
- 1 end-of-project poster session on campus
- 1 onsite final presentation given to your management team
Benefits
Purdue Industrial Engineering student projects involve a two-way relationship that promises significant returns for your participation.
Industry Benefits
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Provides fresh engineering resources
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Advances your projects that have been strategically stagnant, devoid of resources, operationally inefficient, or organizationally costly or unsafe.
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Provides closure on selected projects for a small investment.
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Increases your organization’s footprint within Purdue IE.
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Builds stronger relationships with Purdue IE faculty who serve as project mentors.
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Influences the work ethic of future engineers & project managers.
IE Student Benefits
- Applies learned tools & works with professionals doing real project management
- Gains project leadership experience in real-world setting
- Accounts for results
- Meets project deadline & milestones
- Gains richer understanding of project finances
- Witnesses the impact of project implementation, readjustments & revisions
- Delivers an optimal solution based on data analysis
- Uses communication & presentation skills
Sponsorship Details
Requirements
- Purdue IE requests a small donation ($1000 - $5000) to help fund the program.
- Provide a single point of contact – familiar with the project area – for consistent communications throughout the semester.
- Anticipate 2-4 hours per week of contact time; more time in beginning as scope is refined. This is very important to the success of the project.
Submissions
Must include: company information, contact information, project title, brief summary AND project scope & requirements
Submit via the Online form or email Dave Kotterman
Intellectual Property
The majority of projects are considered “industry-sponsored student projects“ and the students will not retain any project intellectual property rights. Non-Disclosure Agreements between the individual students and the company are commonly issued and appropriate.
Contact
Dave Kotterman,
Director, Industry Relations
School of Industrial Engineering
765-496-0565