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Yifu Wu (graduate research assistant), Jiansong Zhang (co-principal investigator), Jin Wei-Kocsis (principal investigator), Byung-Cheol “B.C.” Min and Dongming Gan (co-principal investigators), standing in Knoy Hall’s D. Dorsey Moss Construction Lab with an unmanned aerial vehicle and a robotic vehicle
Five professors in Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute received National Science Foundation (NSF) funding for research into collaboration between teams of human workers and robot...
Published: February 17, 2023
Purdue Polytechnic's Future Work and Learning research impact area
This is the second of three articles describing and updating the college’s sociotechnical research impact areas for 2021-2022. Purdue Polytechnic faculty have been collaborating to...
Published: January 07, 2022
Co-leaders of Purdue Polytechnic’s strategic research impact areas were introduced in late July to the Toolbox Dialog Initiative via an online meeting.
Faculty in Purdue’s Polytechnic Institute are learning new ways to increase the effectiveness of their cross-disciplinary research through workshops from a Michigan State University...
Published: September 13, 2021
Holistic Safety and Security
This is the first of three articles describing and updating the college’s sociotechnical research impact areas for 2021-2022. Collaborating with stakeholders in both public and private...
Published: August 06, 2021
Purdue Polytechnic in the news
Faculty and staff in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute were recognized in late April for their achievements during the 2020-2021 academic year. “I want to take this opportunity to express...
Published: May 03, 2021
Mesut Akdere
Mesut Akdere, professor of human resource development in Purdue Polytechnic’s Department of Technology Leadership & Innovation, was honored by Purdue’s Office of Global Partnerships...
Published: April 26, 2021
Mesut Akdere
Mesut Akdere, professor of human resource development in Purdue Polytechnic’s Department of Technology Leadership & Innovation, and co-author Toby Egan, associate professor in the School...
Published: April 02, 2021
A student demonstrates "Helpful Headgear," an electronic sensor that alerts sight-impaired wearers of approaching hazards.
The Design and Innovation Challenge, hosted by the Department of Technology Leadership & Innovation (TLI), has become a highlight of every semester. The twice-annual idea showcase serves as the...
Published: January 07, 2021
Mesut Akdere
A professor in Purdue Polytechnic’s Department of Technology Leadership & Innovation has been recognized for his contributions to the college’s research mission. In May 2020, Mesut...
Published: November 24, 2020
Isaiah Thomas
Isaiah Thomas (BS human resource development ’20) recently accomplished two major milestones. In addition to earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resource Development (HRD), he...
Published: October 03, 2020