普渡大学工程技术学院的制造工程技术（MFET）学生和教职员工庆祝了在印第安纳州西拉斐特（West Lafayette）的一家开放日期间，普渡大学综合过程教育系统（PIPES）实验室的联合创建和开发。
Through the generous support and donations from industry partners Endress+Hauser; Rockwell Automation; George E. Booth Co., Inc.; Kirby Risk Corporation and other suppliers (American Melt Blown and Filtration, Artek, Inc., BMWC Constructors, Lester Sales Company, Complete Controls, Hoffman, Samson Controls, Inc., Smith-Cooper International, StoneL, and Wilken Enterprises), Purdue University will be the new home to a state-of-the-practice process education lab for students.
Donations to Purdue University included process measurement instrumentation, a control system, control panels, servers, hardware, piping, large industrial water tanks, pumps, valves, cabling, and engineering guidance.
The fully operational system was designed and constructed during a yearlong capstone project undertaken by senior students of Purdue’s Integrated Manufacturing course sequence. Beginning in the fall of 2015, the system will be used to teach process measurement and continuous control, mostly from a technology and implementation perspective.
“Our School of Engineering Technology (SOET) faculty are already in the process of designing the first course that will be available to students in all SOET programs,” said Brad Harriger, MET Professor at Purdue University. “The system will provide a key platform for exploring fundamental concepts of process control in our laboratory,” added Grant Richards, Purdue ECET Professor. The SOET programs include Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology.
一个长期目标是将管道实验室用于行业可供行业的夏季研讨会（由教职员工和行业代表讲授） - 执业工程师将访问大学两到五天，以了解和体验过程控制整合。
By partnering with Purdue University, the supporting companies strive to increase student exposure to fulfilling careers in the process industries and build sustainable industry connections. Many times students fail to recognize the diverse career choices available to them as new roles emerge through new technologies. Additionally, these academic teaching programs augment hands-on industry competencies and positively impact the problem solving abilities of students through real-world practice. In turn, graduates are more competitive in the job market and have direct connection with the industries they select for their career path.
“我们在Endress+Hauser知道才华横溢的工程师和技术人员有很多职业选择，” Endress+Hauser技术人才开发经理Don Cummings说。“与此同时，我们知道许多学生不了解我们服务的流程行业或为他们服务的行业 - 过程自动化和控制行业。这个普渡大学的实验室项目赚钱，它吸收了我们的产品 - 我们和其他人的产品 - 但是，共同努力的合作项目方面使学生接触了我们的人民，企业期望的工作习惯，我们共同享受的相互成就的文化，并为创造性问题解决如何导致一生的工作场所满意度。”
“Rockwell Automation has a strong history of effective partnering with companies and schools, and the collaborative nature of this project brings additional richness to the teaching program at Purdue University,” said John Kacsur, Director of Global Accounts and executive sponsor of Purdue at Rockwell Automation. “Professors can use industry cases in the lab and ask students to develop actual applications on a control platform representative of the real world. In designing, fabricating and integrating this project with multiple industry partners, students will also experience the added complexities commonly faced throughout the industry.”
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