George E. Kane Manufacturing Technology Laboratory

Director:  Mikell P. Groover, Ph.D.

The George E. Kane Manufacturing Technology Laboratory (named after Professor George Kane who established the laboratory in 1957) focuses on equipment, work systems, machinery, and automation systems for today’s manufacturing environment.  Its purpose is to provide students the opportunity to acquire hands-on experience in the use of the engineering equipment, systems, and tools in the lab.  Current and recent research projects in the lab include the machinability of powder metal parts, studies of several nontraditional machining processes, creep feed grinding, and rapid prototyping.