Commercialization & Manufacturing Excellence Center-CMEC-Purdue Univ. NW

The Project TRAVERSE greenhouse has arrived in Hammond. This will be a state of the art laboratory for automation and robotics, where Purdue NW faculty and students can experiment with technology to make our produce industry more efficient and profitable. Many, many thanks to the Indiana Crossroads Data Center for this generous gift!

If you know a startup or business focused individual looking for PT work with Purdue Northwest benefits please direct them to the link below.

You will be the first point of contact with innovators, entrepreneurs and inventors and help guide them through the commercialization process.

I hear the boss is a total jerk but you will learn a lot and meet very interesting people.

Part Time Administrative Assistant, Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center Part Time Administrative Assistant, Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center

Problems lead to solutions and in this case Purdue NW is leading the way with Ag-Tech Robotic Solutions with remote workers, using standard home gaming systems to select ripe produce to harvest by robots down on the farm.

Down on the farm: A shortage of agricultural labor If you like to eat, you can thank a farm worker, among the hardest-working, lowest-paid, yet most vital workers in America. Correspondent Luke Burbank talks ...

Purdue University Northwest Researchers Awarded Grant for Advanced Agriculture Technology Project A team of Purdue University Northwest (PNW) College of Technology researchers has been awarded a total of more than $1 million in federal and private funding to develop and test advanced agriculture technology (agTech) solutions. The project will be based in a greenhouse under development at the Dig...

"The market for robots and robotics is seeing significant growth, with expectations for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 25% in the first half of the 2020’s".

Plant Engineering | Safety assessments for robots and robotics Plant Engineering - The market for robots and robotics is seeing significant growth, with expectations for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 25% in the first

Indiana seeing companies move to the state to make things and provide jobs.

Meet the New Neighbors - Manufacturers Have Been Movin’ In Among all the companies that announced plans to expand or add new facilities, several new-to-Indiana manufacturers made standout commitments.

Microfactories will also rebuild the middle class.

Microfactories, not Gigafactories, Will Build It Back Better A British EV company offers up a radical departure from conventional manufacturing.

Are you ready for the coming boom in automated manufacturing? It is coming and in a big way.

Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 34.2% in February New orders placed in February also marked a 17.8% increase from the previous month of January, according to the most recent U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report.

"The pandemic affected 98% of global supply chains".

Supply chains do the math on reshoring's pros and cons COVID-19 exposed risks and spurred conversations about moving manufacturing, but the pandemic is far from the only factor to consider.