Today has been a very long day! We were out the door at 7:30 to get to Munich to drop our bags at the hotel and visit a nearby college shortly after. It was a pleasure to share a lecture and work with masters students from Munich University of Applied Sciences. Afterwards, we visited the [...]
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Day 2 Post – Nathan Hession
Today we visited the Mercedes-Benz and Porsche plants here in Stuttgart. It was interesting to see the differences between the philosophies of the two plants, as well as the differences in their manufacturing processes. I greatly enjoyed seeing the Porsche plants upholstery section, I had never realized how much work they put into the leather [...]
Day 1 Post – Nathan Hession
I had a wonderful walking tour of Stuttgart today! I got to learn about the history of Stuttgart and all about what it has offer nowadays. Afterwards we went to Karls BrauHaus and had a wonderful meal that I had never had before, Pork Knuckle! It was very good, I recommend trying it if given [...]
Nathan Hession Pre-trip Post
Hello everyone! My name is Nathan Hession and I'm a sophomore in MET at Purdue West Lafayette and I'm super excited to visit Germany and the Netherlands to learn about Industry 4.0 in car manufacturing. I'm set to arrive in Stuttgart at 5:15 this Sunday May 10th. I'm also very excited to spend the nights [...]
