Examples of Student Projects

Our students benefit from capstone projects to apply technical skills and hone soft skills. They help industrial sponsors solve real problems and make connections to jump start their careers. This is just a sampling of past projects.

Spring 2023 Capstone Projects

1. Applied Fabricators - Preventative and Predictive Maintenance 
2. Applied Fabricators - Automated Sheet Stock Palletization
3. Arcamed - Manufacturing Layout and Product Flow for Existing and New Space
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5. Descon - Facility Layout and Transition
6. Dormakaba - Distribution Center Optimization
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8. Inventus Power - Manufacturing Improvement Project
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10. Phoenix USA RV - RV Parts Digital Library Design
11. Photon Automation - Battery Submodule Assembly Line
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13. Purdue Industrial Engineering - Manufacturing Lab Launch
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15. Amazon: Reducing Scrap on SLAM Machines
16. Amazon: Reducing Downtime on SmartPac Machines
17. Amazon: Maintenance Bench Test
18. Diesel Forward: Wash Line and High-Pressure Blasting Automation
19. Dynamic Metals: Preventative Maintenance
20. Gem City Metals: Preventative Maintenance
21. GNC: Pallet Put Away Structure Project
22. HARPA: Noise Managing Headphones
23. Hupp Aerospace/Defense: ERP Recommendation
24. Indiana Tourism Association: Solar Eclipse Event Planning
25. Northstar Aerospace: Manufacturing Visual Controls
26. Penz Products: Insulated Foam Door Process Improvement
27. Purdue Student Success Programs: Testing Center Co-Location
28. Spencer County Visitors Bureau: Solar Eclipse Planning Logistics
29. Tesla: Megapack Production Line Simulation
30. Tramec Sloan: Fender Bracket Assembly
31. Tramec Sloan: Manufacturing Line Process Improvement
32. Tramec Sloan: Save-a-Load Bar
33. Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner: Billing Workflow Project

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Other Examples of Previous Projects

1. Maximize (process & supply for) car seat plastics recycling
2. Optimize vegetable seed production across multiple global locations
3. Initiate a newly purchased hydroponic growth system, layout the area, and assess efficient and effective work flow design
4. Optimize bed count with hospital forecasts at multiple Indiana Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) locations  
5. Reduce yield loss and environmental impact for our [product] production lines; process flow, identify loss points, quantify, prioritize losses, root cause, plan, implement, and estimated savings
6. Design and recommend plant expansion layout: process mapping, flow analysis, simulation (Arena) of throughput and workstation design
7. Design and implement a process control for food preparation and service to allergy sufferers in dining and catering services
8. Aid data-driven decision making: evaluate and provide cost analysis of an IoT (Internet of Things) manufacturing monitoring platform
9. Reduce clinician burnout and increase efficiency regarding electronic medical records activities
10. Optimize transportation services to provide easy, safe, and supportive transportation for long term care clients' appointments
11. Improve efficiency, effectiveness and accuracy of a sales forecasting model that includes a visualization tool, enabling quicker and more robust decision making
12. Create an interactive chat bot for noise repair diagnostics 

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