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Purdue opens new Indiana composite manufacturing institute

01 Aug '16

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Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette has opened US$50 million Indiana composite material manufacturing institute.

The institute will house the centre for composites manufacturing and simulation where Purdue researchers and graduate students from Purdue College of Engineering and Purdue Polytechnic Institute will conduct research and development on composite materials to increase energy efficiency for the vehicle production, wind, aerospace, and other industries.

Purdue's Product Lifecycle Management Centre and the Indiana Next Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness Centre, or IN-MaC, will also be located in the institute. The three centres will occupy 30,000 square feet of the 62,000 square feet institute.

The institute's remaining 32,000 square feet will be used for public or private enterprises interested in collaborating on composite materials research with Purdue University.

Byron Pipes, the John Leighton Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering, leads Purdue's design, modelling, and simulation enabling technology area to be housed in the institute. About 10 faculty researchers and 20 graduate students will conduct research in the centre for composites manufacturing and simulation.

In partnership with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, an expenditure of almost US$35 million in research equipment and materials in the institute is expected over the next five years, funded through a cooperative agreement with the DOE. (GK)

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