Purdue Polytechnic students Zackary Roth, Brock Langley and Jack Williams have received grant funding from an organization that supports student inventors to help market the Seal Spoon, a spoon with a closable cover designed to help people with Parkinson’s disease.
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Purdue Polytechnic student beats legendary NASCAR driver in midget car race
Racecar driver Cory Clay, a mechanical engineering technology student at the Columbus, Indiana, location of Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute, got a chance to compete against legendary NASCAR driver Tony Stewart in a midget car race — and Clay took the checkered flag!
Polytechnic students to race autonomous cars at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
A team of students from Purdue’s Polytechnic Institute, College of Engineering, College of Science and other academic units are developing software, electrical, navigation and mechanical systems to race autonomous cars at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Polytechnic undergrads recognized at conference for research
A variety of Purdue Polytechnic students participated in Purdue’s 2020 Spring Undergraduate Research Conference.
Construction management students serve as advocates during residence hall building projects
Maura Gibbons and Jared King, students in Purdue Polytechnic’s construction management technology program, served as construction and customer service advocates for the Meredith Hall South and Griffin Hall North building projects.
Polytechnic students win multiple categories at annual airport-related design challenge
Three teams from the Purdue Polytechnic Institute won first place in three airport challenges at the Transportation Research Board’s annual University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs, a design challenge presented by the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP). Two additional Polytechnic teams placed second and third.
First students in advanced global technology minor praise program
The first students who participated in Purdue Polytechnic’s advanced global technology minor praised the program for how it opened their eyes to international cultures.
Techies Today Episode 011: Nadeem Ali, Internships Work
Nadeem Ali went on three internships while earning his mechanical engineering technology degree. Internships help “diversify your experience outside of your book-smarts” and make students especially attractive to future employers, he said.
CGT student honored for autoimmune disease research
Nathan Kanter, a student double-majoring in data visualization and web programming and design, was awarded top abstract at a Purdue conference for his research into the connection between systematic lupus erythematosus and the progress through puberty during adolescence.
Undergrads research lifestyle habits for collegiate pilots, foundational game theory, Lyme disease instances in cities
Purdue Polytechnic students are researching collegiate pilots’ lifestyle habits, foundational game theory and Lyme disease instances in cities.