Faculty, staff and students were recognized for their achievements during the 2013-2014 academic year.
Faculty perspective: Nathan Mentzer
Nathan Mentzer, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Technology Leadership & Innovation. In 2013, in only his fourth year in the college, he won two college-level teaching awards: Outstanding Faculty in Learning and the Dwyer Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. The Dwyer Award is chosen by students.
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Kokomo team places 6th in evGrandPrix
The Purdue Kokomo GigaWatts team competed in the fourth annual International eVGrandPrix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) May 15. Twenty-three electric go-karts entered from as far away as Oklahoma, Georgia, Canada and China.
Purdue students improve Indy 500 security checkpoints
A group of Purdue students figured out a way to shorten the amount of time race fans will wait at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway entrance gates on race day.
The new process will get crowds through the gates and into the grandstands 25 seconds faster.
It doesn’t seem like much, but that time adds up. Eric Dietz, the director at the Purdue Homeland Security Institute and professor of computer and information technology, said taking saving 25 seconds on more than 100,000 people will save security personnel 2,000 man hours.
Worry about personal data beyond eBay, Rogers says
Marcus Rogers, professor of computer and information technology, talked with WISH-TV in Indianapolis about the May 21 announcement by eBay about its data breach.
eBay says the cyber-attack compromised a company database that contains names, passwords, email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, even dates of birth.
“Any type of a breach, especially when companies start telling the media, is not trivial,” Rogers said.
Flight program gives students with disabilities new opportunities
The fifth annual Able Flight program at Purdue University, for aspiring pilots with disabilities, will welcome six recruits for its six-week course May 20.
Able Flight, a non-profit organization based in Chapel Hill, N.C., provides men and women with disabilities an opportunity to attain a pilot license.
Purdue has a 100 percent success rate of its students earning pilot certifications, and a number of Able Flight participants have continued their education in Purdue’s Department of Aviation Technology.
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What now for the class of 2014: Tim Gleeson
As the College of Technology’s May 2014 graduates complete their time at Purdue, we are profiling a few and finding out their future plans and how they arrived at this point in their lives.
What now for the class of 2014: Reilly Meehan
As the College of Technology’s May 2014 graduates complete their time at Purdue, we are profiling a few and finding out their future plans and how they arrived at this point in their lives.
Reilly Meehan, Indianapolis, Ind.
Maintenance (MX) Planner for Republic Airways in Indianapolis
15 earn technology degrees from Purdue program in Richmond
The Purdue University College of Technology, Richmond conferred degrees upon 15 students during commencement Friday evening (May 16) in Vivian Auditorium in Whitewater Hall on the Indiana University East campus in Richmond.
The Richmond Palladium-Item covered the event with videos and a story.
Purdue College of Technology equips graduates for workforce
The day after walking across the stage to accept her degree, Purdue University College of Technology graduate Erica Norris already is putting to use her bachelor's degree in computer and information technology.
Norris was part of a small but proud group that earned their degrees from the Purdue College of Technology, Kokomo, Wednesday evening. Fourteen students in the 25-person graduating class accepted bachelor’s degrees or certificates in five technology-related areas at the Indiana University Kokomo campus.