If you go to school in Arizona and hope to pursue a manufacturing engineering undergraduate degree, the only place you can get one is ASU’s Polytechnic School. Additionally, it’s one of only 22 manufacturing engineering programs in the country that is wholly certified by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. The degree program page on the school’s website explains that the “project-based, hands-on curriculum and the outstanding fabrication facilities equip graduates to excel as manufacturing engineers as the manufacturing industry makes a dramatic transformation into a future globalized supply network.”
“Partnering with these industry leaders provides us the capability to do additional research and enhance our education programs,” said Ann McKenna, Director of ASU’s Polytechnic School. “With so few of these types of centers, this makes ASU more attractive among academic partners, federal agencies and corporations to advance additive manufacturing.”
“Changing the future of metal additive manufacturing begins with educated teachers and curious students,” said John Murray, President and CEO of US-based subsidiary Concept Laser Inc. “The educational leadership that the ASU Polytechnic School provides to the Southwest region and the industry will certainly be impactful. Concept Laser is proud to be a partner in this initiative.”
Honeywell has a long history of providing assistance to the school, as manufacturing engineering program mentors and helping senior students with their final projects before they graduate. This partnership will be just one more way that they can help the students get all they can out of their education.
“Honeywell is thrilled to be participating in the opening of the new additive manufacturing laboratory at the Arizona State University Polytechnic campus,” said Don Godfrey, Engineering Fellow at Honeywell. “For many years, we have worked with ASU seniors on their capstone projects with three of these projects this school year additive manufacturing focused. In addition to our own additive manufacturing operations, we have provided mentorship to students in the program and assisted in the procurement of one machine for the schools’ new lab. We look forward to growing our relationships with the university in developing brilliant minds to tackle and overcome industry challenges associated with aviation and additive manufacturing.”
To celebrate the launch of the new Manufacturing Research and Innovation Hub, and their new partnership with Honeywell, PADT, and Concept Laser, ASU’s Polytechnic School will be hosting an open house next week, on January 18th. There will be a continental breakfast served, and after the dean of the university welcomes the attendees, McKenna will say a few words, and then representatives from all three of their new partner companies will speak. Then there will guided tours showcasing student projects and research.
“This partnership is the next and obvious step in the progression of additive manufacturing in the Southwest,” said Rey Chu, Principal, Manufacturing Technologies at PADT, Inc. “With Concept Laser’s outstanding technology, Honeywell’s leadership in applying additive manufacturing to practical Aerospace needs, PADT’s extensive network of customers and industry experience, and ASU’s proven ability to educated and work with industry, the effort will establish a strong foundation for the entire regional ecosystem.”
Discuss in the Arizona State forum at 3DPB.com.