The Purdue University Board of Trustees approved renaming the College of Technology to the Purdue Polytechnic Institute to better reflect its changing and expanded mission.
Class Notes - May 2015
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Bradford Sims (BCM ’90, PhD EDU’99), Ormond Beach, FL, was named chancellor of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide. He joined the university in 2013 after serving as dean of the College of Technology at Indiana State University for four years.
What now for the class of 2015: Alex Lande
Find out the future plans for 2015 building construction management graduate Alex Lande.
What now for the class of 2015: Sadia Qasim
Sadia Qasim
Class of 2015, West Lafayette, Indiana
Payoff: Technical artist for Deep Silver Volition, Champaign, Illinois
Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer graphics technology and Spanish language and literature
Job duties: Scripting and developing tools for various video games developed by Deep Silver Volition using MEL, Python, C++, and PyMel.
Clark wins two ASEE Best Paper awards
Quincy Clark, a 2014 graduate of the master’s program in computer graphics technology, has won two 2015 awards for her paper, “Hybrid Learning Styles.”
What now for the class of 2015: Claudia Smith
Find out the future plans for 2015 electrical engineering technology graduate Claudia Smith.
Wensveen provides details for new education model
John Wensveen provides some insight into Aviation Technology's plans for expansion in the next few years.
Industry-sponsored capstone projects benefit students, sponsors
Thirty-three teams of engineering technology seniors completed a yearlong industry-sponsored capstone course during finals week with a public poster session highlighting their projects.
Open house will show off renovations in two Knoy Hall labs
As a yearlong senior capstone project, students in MFET 48000 (Project Planning for Integration) collaborated with industry partners to design and build the Purdue Integrated Process Educational System (PIPES) in the Automated Manufacturing Center, Knoy 258.
Coming soon: a transformed first-year program
Starting this fall, first-year students in the college will experience stronger connections between their majors and humanities courses.