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 2025 Capstone Projects
Applied Fabricators; Sheet Metal Count
Applied Fabricators; Production Scheduler
Spring 2023 Capstone Projects
Applied Fabricators - Preventative and Predictive Maintenance
Applied Fabricators - Automated Sheet Stock Palletization
Arcamed - Manufacturing Layout and Product Flow for Existing and New Space
Descon - Facility Layout and Transition
Dormakaba - Distribution Center Optimization
Inventus Power - Manufacturing Improvement Project
Phoenix USA RV - RV Parts Digital Library Design
Photon Automation - Battery Submodule Assembly Line
Purdue Industrial Engineering - Manufacturing Lab Launch
Amazon: Reducing Scrap on SLAM Machines
Amazon: Reducing Downtime on SmartPac Machines
Amazon: Maintenance Bench Test
Diesel Forward: Wash Line and High-Pressure Blasting Automation
Dynamic Metals: Preventative Maintenance
Gem City Metals: Preventative Maintenance
GNC: Pallet Put Away Structure Project
HARPA: Noise Managing Headphones
Hupp Aerospace/Defense: ERP Recommendation
Indiana Tourism Association: Solar Eclipse Event Planning
Northstar Aerospace: Manufacturing Visual Controls
Penz Products: Insulated Foam Door Process Improvement
Purdue Student Success Programs: Testing Center Co-Location
Spencer County Visitors Bureau: Solar Eclipse Planning Logistics
Tesla: Megapack Production Line Simulation
Tramec Sloan: Fender Bracket Assembly
Tramec Sloan: Manufacturing Line Process Improvement
Tramec Sloan: Save-a-Load Bar
Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner: Billing Workflow Project
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Other Examples of Previous Projects
- Maximize (process & supply for) car seat plastics recycling
- Optimize vegetable seed production across multiple global locations
- Initiate a newly purchased hydroponic growth system, layout the area, and assess efficient and effective work flow design
- Optimize bed count with hospital forecasts at multiple Indiana Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) locations
- 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
- Design and recommend plant expansion layout: process mapping, flow analysis, simulation (Arena) of throughput and workstation design
- Design and implement a process control for food preparation and service to allergy sufferers in dining and catering services
- Aid data-driven decision making: evaluate and provide cost analysis of an IoT (Internet of Things) manufacturing monitoring platform
- Reduce clinician burnout and increase efficiency regarding electronic medical records activities
- Optimize transportation services to provide easy, safe, and supportive transportation for long term care clients' appointments
- Improve efficiency, effectiveness and accuracy of a sales forecasting model that includes a visualization tool, enabling quicker and more robust decision making
- Create an interactive chat bot for noise repair diagnostics
Student Project Partners
