Effective July 1, 2015, the Department of Building Construction Management in the College of Technology will be renamed School of Construction Management Technology.
Board of Trustees approves new transdisciplinary studies degree
The Bachelor of Science in Transdisciplinary Studies in Technology was approved by the Purdue University Board of Trustees April 10. It is aimed at preparing students both for their first jobs and for new tasks they’ll perform decades later.
Student to bike across country for affordable housing
Evan Axthelm, a junior in mechanical engineering technology, will bike across the country this summer as part of a program to build affordable housing. He will bike around 3,600 miles over the 15-day trip.
Student team shares national Boeing competition win
Aviation Technology’s Hangar of the Future team has been selected as a co-winner of Boeing Corporation’s inaugural Information Technology Case Competition for developing a software application design for use in object recognition.
Purdue Polytechnic Institute General Information
The Purdue Polytechnic Institute is one of 10 academic colleges at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Alumni work on Oscar, Golden Globe winning films
The 2015 Oscar and Golden Globe award winners for best animated feature film each included Purdue computer graphics technology graduates as part of their crews.
AMET takes second at national Rube Goldberg contest
Purdue University took the top two places at the 2015 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest national championship, a first for the competition.
AITP wins 17 awards at national conference
Members of the Purdue chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) won several awards at the 2015 National Collegiate Conference in Omaha March 26-29.
Purdue researchers help measure benefits of TSA pre-check
A study at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) has found that new Pre-Check procedures may shave more than 11 minutes off a passenger's security screening.
Virtual nose may reduce simulator sickness in video games
Virtual reality games often cause simulator sickness – inducing vertigo and sometimes nausea - but new research findings point to a potential strategy to ease the affliction.