The Purdue College of Technology at New Albany hosted a Pumpkin Chunking competition as part of the area's Harvest Homecoming Oct. 7.
The News and Tribune covered the event, which featured several teams.
Mili article identifies competency-based program roadblocks
Fatma Mili, associate dean of educational research and development in the College of Technology, has written a two-part essay for The EvoLLLution titled "Three Roadblocks to Creating a Competency-Based program."
The Purdue Polytechnic Institute was recently awarded $500,000 from the Office of President to create the University's first competency-based degree program.
The roadblocks identified by Mili include:
Robotics researchers attend IEEE conference
Richard Voyles, associate dean for research and professor of electrical engineering technology, attended the annual IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Chicago in September.
He was joined by his graduate students from the Collaborative Robotics Lab (CRL). Ph.D. student Yanzhe Cui presented his paper titled, "ReFrESH: A Self-Adaptation Framework to Support Fault Tolerance in Field Mobile Robots."
Students build Gaga pit for local school
Glen Acres Elementary School students in Lafayette, Indiana, will have a new sport to play during recess thanks to a group from Purdue University.
Students from the Department of Building Construction Management in the College of Technology spent the afternoon Oct. 2 building a Gaga dodge ball pit.
Anderson location to help celebrate Manufacturing Day
The Purdue College of Technology at Anderson is one of several local entities who will come together to celebrate Manufacturing Day October 3. They will be joined at the Anderson Innovation Center (1735 W. 53rd St.) by officials from the City of Anderson, the Madison County Education Coalition and Anderson Innovation Center.
Video highlights student, instructor perspectives of Anderson
Hear from students and instructors about Purdue University in Anderson and the degrees offered by the College of Technology.
Offering smaller class sizes, personalized attention and competitive tuition rates, Purdue's College of Technology at Anderson is a great option for students in Madison, Marion, Hancock, Henry, Hamilton, Delaware and Grant counties.
Computer graphics student gains golden experience with commercial
It could be Tré Bennett’s big break. More than 3 million people were watching the NBC broadcast of Purdue’s football game against Notre Dame Sept. 13, when the Purdue University commercial that Bennett worked on aired.