3 months ago WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute (Purdue Polytechnic) is receiving support from major technology companies for the college’s Smart Manufacturing program and facilities. Microsoft, Rockwell Automation, PTC, Endress+Hauser, Foundry Education Foundation, International Society of Automation, and the US-DoE Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) are collaborating to support faculty and staff of the Polytechnic as they transform learning to prepare the next generation of graduates specializing in 21 st-century manufacturing technologies. The cornerstone of this university-industry collaboration is the development of a first-of-its-kind Smart Manufacturing undergraduate program in North America. The program is designed to better prepare Purdue’s engineering technology graduates to lead the systemic transformation of the manufacturing industry consistent with the technologies and core capabilities of Industry 4.0. This initiative involves the design of a Bachelor of Science degree within the Polytechnic’s ABET-accredited manufacturing engineering technology program that addresses manufacturing from the perspective of maximizing benefits through the implementation of data-driven products, processes, and services for optimizing key business drivers through the use of IoT, data, AI, machine learning and integrated enterprise operations.