The Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering had the honor of hosting Masahiko Mori, president of DMG MORI, on April 26 as he was recognized for his outstanding work in additive manufacturing.
Manufacturing employment in Erie County has decreased since the 1970s. Some jobs have come back, but the downward trend likely will continue, said Ken Louie, director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie. "There's a ratcheting effect downward, and that may be our major challenge," he said.
Penn State industrial engineering researchers are part of a collaborative team that has received $1.2 million in funding to develop an advanced framework that will allow engineers to share and process engineering data as well as formally represent design and manufacturing-related knowledge throughout the product design lifecycle.
Timothy W. Simpson, one of the leading experts in additive manufacturing technology and the design of 3D-printed metal parts in the country, has been appointed the Paul Morrow Professor in Engineering Design and Manufacturing in Penn State’s College of Engineering.
A team of researchers and analysts from Penn State, Case Western Reserve University, the GE Global Research Center and Microsoft are working on a $1.5 million collaborative research project to develop a cloud-based wireless sensing and prognostic system for monitoring machinery health conditions.
Researchers from Penn State, University of Wisconsin and Texas A&M University collaborate to help one manufacturing company find responsive solutions to its complex challenges.
Industrial engineering graduate student Rakshith Badarinath spent the summer building a robotic arm with 3D printed materials. His hope is that industry can use this technique to improve manufacturing operations.
Robert Voigt, professor of industrial engineering, has been named the keynote speaker of the Ductile Iron Society 2016 World Conference on Austempered Ductile Iron.
“The Advanced Manufacturing Forum 2016 — Journey to Excellence: Stories from Best Plant Winners” will be held Friday, Sept. 23, at the Ambassador Banquet & Conference Center, 7794 Peach St. The program is co-sponsored by the School of Engineering and the Black School of Business at Penn State Behrend.
Graduate student Connor Jennings was part of a team of students and industry professionals that earned second place in a competition that had participants “hack together” a solution to resolve issues faced by manufacturers on the factory floor.
Professor A. Ravi Ravindran, a world-renowned expert on operations research, is the editor of a new book that provides guidance for decision-makers in the supply chain.
Hui Yang, Harold and Inge Marcus Career Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award. Yang received a $500,000 grant for his project titled “Sensor-based Modeling and Control of Nonlinear Dynamics in Complex Systems for Quality Improvements in Manufacturing and Healthcare.”
Ling Rothrock, associate professor of industrial engineering at Penn State, has been named the editor of the Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries journal.
Several undergraduate industrial engineering students at Penn State were recently awarded scholarships by groups supporting the U.S. foundry industry.
Robert Voigt, professor of industrial engineering at Penn State, has been named the technical liaison for the Keystone Chapter of the American Foundry Society. In this role, Voigt is charged with keeping the chapter’s membership informed of new techniques and materials applicable to the foundry process and industry.
