The basement electronics lab is now open in the BIDC. Please come on in, preliminary hours are: Mon 9am – 11:59am, 2:30pm – 5pm, Tues 9am – 5pm Wed 9am – 11:59am, 2pm – 5pm Thur 3pm – 5pm Fri 9am – 1pm, 1:30pm – 5pm
BIDC numbers to closeout 2017
Students registered: 628 Major Breakdown by School (all schools >3%): 28% Mechanical Engineering 23% Aeronautics and Astronautics 10% Purdue Polytechnic Institute 9% Electrical and Computer Engineering 6% Civil Engineering 4% College of Science 4% Other Projects: 202 started/completed 3D printing: 433 prints completed, 19kg of material used
Center 3D Print Support enables JTRP at Purdue Support of TSCO Drone Operations
Center training and 3D printers enabled JTRP Purdue drone experts Darcy Bullock and Ayman Habib to support the Tippecanoe Sheriff’s Office to maximize the use of their drones. By turning computer 3D models of accident scenes into real plastic 3D models the accident reconstructions can be used as evidence. http://www.wlfi.com/content/news/Purdue-drone-experts-help-advance-TSCO-drone-program-461979043.html – 3D printers at approx. 1:40 in.
First five-axis CNC work at the Center, Haas VF-4 and TR160
This video shows the first undergraduate student five-axis CNC work being done inside one of our Haas VF-4 CNCs with a Haas 5-axis TR160 trunnion. The piece will be the engine block for a working rotary engine designed and machined entirely by Purdue undergraduate students. They are Tyler Field, Jake Piekarski, Clark Tow, Jacob Carson and the class professor is …
Facts and figures from the first few weeks of operation
132 projects registered, 35 completed. 223 students have completed the safety training to date. Machining continues to be popular, particularly the Waterjet cutter and the mills and lathes. 3D Printing (https://www.purdue.edu/bidc/start/3d-printing/) and lasercutting (https://www.purdue.edu/bidc/start/laser-cutting-and-engraving/) is another area where we are seeing a lot of projects!
The Bechtel Innovation Design Center has been dedicated!
On Saturday the 23rd of September, 2017 the Bechtel Innovation Design Center was dedicated by University President, Mitch Daniels and the Deans of the Purdue Polytechnic Institute and the College of Engineering, Dean Gary Bertoline and Dean Mung Chiang. Inside Indiana Business Purdue University Newsroom Purdue Polytechnic Newsroom WLFI News Story