Using Hands-on Learning to Train Future Workers

Rockwell Automation teams with McMaster University to give students a chance to learn on the same products they'll use someday in their future career. Dr. Tom Wanyama, Director of the Learning Factory at McMaster University, has a mission: prepare the engineering students at McMaster University to be productive employees on day one. Dr. Tom knows that the skills required of today’s employees are not the same skills their predecessors learned in school. And so, the way McMaster University educates students today has evolved – both in the curriculum taught and the style of teaching. Watch the Vi

Deployed Rockwell Automation solutions for operational improvement.

Craig Germann, Graduate of the Booth School of Engineering and Rockwell Automation employee McMaster University is bringing hands-on learning to life in The Learning Factory, a simulated factory environment built on Rockwell Automation software and hardware – including the recently acquired Plex Systems Manufacturing Execution Software. Rockwell Automation is proud to support the University’s efforts to build tomorrow’s workforce. Published October 13, 2022 PLC Programmable Controllers !Allen-Bradley Micro 810, Micro820, Micro830, Micro850, and Micro870 controllers

Deployed process optimization solution in Pharmaceuticals sector.