The College of Technology will honor Distinguished Technology Alumni, Outstanding Technology Alumni, and Early Career Awardees. The awards recognize Technology alumni who have accomplished great professional, philanthropic, and personal success.
With expertise and experience in entrepreneurial endeavors, Pete Bitar has been appointed entrepreneur in residence for Purdue University’s College of Technology at Anderson.
The Purdue University College of Technology continued its standing as the leader in engineering technology disciplines in the United States.
The college leads the nation in several categories of the 2013 Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges, published by ASEE. Among approximately 100 institutions that offer engineering technology programs, the College of Technology topped five categories during 2012-13:
The Purdue College of Technology in New Albany hosted students from the local YMCA summer camp this week, and southern Indiana's News and Tribune followed them on their tour.
The publication published photos of the students during demonstrations of robotics and a laser machine. View the photos and brief write-up on the News and Tribune web site.
The Purdue College of Technology in New Albany and the YMCA of Southern Indiana have begun a partnership to incorporate STEM subjects into summer programs and other youth programs.
Andrew Takami, director of the Purdue location off Charlestown Road, said while he’s trying to give the college more exposure in the community, he’s also trying to find ways to meet the needs of other organizations in the area.
The Purdue University Board of Trustees has approved the creation of a new Division of Military Science and Technology to be housed in the College of Technology. The division will be the administrative home of the three campus ROTC programs. Mat Sutton, associate department head and professor of technology leadership & innovation, will lead the division, serving as liaison between the ROTC branch leaders and the college.
The Department of Aviation Technology is set to begin offering aviation-related bachelor's degrees in Qatar by Fall 2017 after the Purdue University Board of Trustees approved the proposal July 18.
Two Purdue University undergraduate research teams won awards at the 2014 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Region III Student Conference this spring.
In the team division, a four-person team placed first with their paper on "Estimating Landing and Take-off Cycle Parameters Using MATLAB." Team members were Pedram Motevalli, aviation technology; Demetrios Katsaduros, electrical engineering; Matthew Prall, mechanical engineering; and Jacob Varney, mathematics.
The Research Center for Open Digital Innovation strives to engage in a revolution of innovation, researching the best way digital technologies can shape the process of open innovation. Open innovation combines an organization’s own research with additional information from external sources to solve problems and develop new products or services.
The next round of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) certificate courses at Purdue begins August 11, 2014.
