Purdue Polytechnic's Mark French has spent the equivalent of a second career consulting Hoosier businesses, making sure they succeed. He was recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Purdue for these efforts—find the details in our newsroom.
Mechanical Engineering Technology
Engineering Technology hosts a day of smart manufacturing at Purdue
Purdue Polytechnic recently hosted a dedication for its new smart manufacturing labs, designed to prepare students for the factory of the future. Engineering technology faculty have already begun shaping new curricula around these state-of-the-art facilities.
First-of-its-kind Gibson guitar partnership enhances students' experiential learning
Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Mechanical Engineering Technology has announced a collaborative partnership with Gibson, the leading guitar manufacturer. This marks Gibson's first higher-ed partnership of this kind, embarked upon because of the unique nature of the "guitar lab" at Purdue.
Purdue Polytechnic Institute’s Mechanical Engineering Technology program partners with Gibson
A pioneering alliance in experiential learning to create expert future luthiers
Purdue Polytechnic alumni create ‘smart garden’ home appliance supported by Indiana manufacturing
The company Anu, founded by two Purdue Polytechnic engineering technology alumni, received funding to manufacture seed pods. These pods are part of a larger invention that will bring gardens and personal-sized greenhouses for edible produce into peoples' homes.
After IUPUI split, Purdue Polytechnic to lead tech programs in Indianapolis
Purdue Polytechnic, the university’s college for technology disciplines, will launch 10 majors at the newly established Purdue University in Indianapolis in fall 2024.
Japanese consulate visits Purdue, tours new Polytechnic facilities in Dudley and Lambertus Halls
Consul-General Hiroshi Tajima of Japan toured Purdue Polytechnic’s smart manufacturing laboratories in the newly dedicated Dudley and Lambertus Halls.
Tech Expo 2023 hosts student designs, technological solutions for businesses
During last spring's Tech Expo, Purdue Polytechnic seniors in the School of Engineering Technology showcased many ways they've "learned by doing" through projects for international industry partners to solve real-world engineering problems.
Guitar lab student forges his own path with Polytechnic curriculum
Purdue Polytechnic's "guitar lab" remains one of Purdue's most popular courses. Gryphon Mawhorter’s lifelong passion for building guitars caught the attention of Mark French, who teaches the course. French appointed Mawhorter, a junior in audio engineering technology, to lab supervisor — and Mawhorter is now charting his own unique path in the Polytechnic.
Researchers combine 3D printing, electric poling into single process
Purdue Polytechnic’s Jose Garcia-Bravo, Robert Nawrocki, Brittany Newell and Jinsheng Fan have combined 3D printing and electric poling into a single process known as the EPAM method. This innovation saves time and money, which has the potential to revolutionize the manufacturing of products with smart sensors like robots and medical devices.