Category: News

Fall Semester Newsletter

Dear Bechtel Innovation Design Center Community,  We hope this newsletter finds you well. In this edition, we are excited to share some significant updates and changes that have taken place in our system, as well as some upcoming events that...

End of Semester Newsletter

New Operations Manager Dan Bollock We are extremely excited to announce that we have hired a second Operations Manager to begin the transition to support extended hours.I would like to introduce Dan Bollock who has joined our team at the...

What is Fusion 360?

Fusion 360 is an Autodesk product. Autodesk is a provider of CAD environments, namely, Fusion 360. One of the unique features of Fusion 360 is that it is an integrated CAD and CAM environment, meaning that they both are held...

Engine Dyno Mounts

Cole Cicora a peer mentor here at the center is helping student Nicola Fava to create Engine Dyno mounts for Purdue Formula SAE. He used the Flow Waterjet available here to cut 4130 steel for his project. https://youtube.com/shorts/CY-6BDXCL-g

Aluminum Mold Making

Students use the facility at Bechtel center for various research projects, one such student from the school of chemical engineering used the VF4 CNC milling machine in the manufacturing lab to cut 5 cavity CNC machined aluminum molds. This dye...

Screw Making on CNC Lathe

Manufacturing a screw out of steel rod as a part of volunteering activity at the Bechtel Center. This activity provides an opportunity for students to interact with Haas Automation's ST-20 CNC Lathe. The student needs to design the part on...

Lightsaber Part Manual Mill

Today at the center Michael Kalenty manufactured a part for his lightsaber out of aluminum provided by Arconic , Michael has a plastic lightsaber handle, and wants to manufacture its metallic replica, he used the manual mill to cut out...

Manufacturing a hand plane tool

Adam Kures a master's student at Purdue is fascinated with woodworking. He manufactured a hand plane tool that is used for smoothening the surface of the wood. He used a vertical drill and belt sander machines to manufacture his tool....

CNC engraving on a steel block

Engraving a steel block as a part of volunteering activity at the Bechtel Center. This activity provides an opportunity for students to interact with Haas Automation's VF-2 3-axis CNC milling machine & experience machining operations. It helps students learn how...

Advanced Manufacturing Skills at Bechtel Center

See students design, create and innovate at Bechtel Innovation Design Center and hear from Haas Automation about the students, skill sets and technologies that lead to success in advanced manufacturing careers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UwBL5lnYBA