The Department of Engineering Design and Manufacturing is involved in a variety of research and training activities. The following is an overview of the areas that research teams work in, with some ...

John Clemons is a Solution Consultant for Rockwell Automation. He’s been working in the field of Manufacturing Technology for over 30 years. This year, we’re taking a close look at the use of ...

Manufacturing is getting a lot more attention in the news recently. While globalization has pushed the availability of goods around the world and lowered their cost in significant ways over these past ...

Maybe you believe generative design and artificial intelligence (AI) are years away—nothing to think about. If so, you’re not alone. In Protolabs’ recently released report, Product Development Outlook ...

AI is enabling rapid design automation, with generative platforms producing CAD code from simple prompts, reducing design time significantly. Neural surrogates are dramatically reducing simulation ...

Students graduating with a cast metals minor from Western Michigan University’s metal casting program are provided with an education that prepares them to be immediately productive as lab managers, ...