Thank you to the 114 companies that attended the Fall 2013 Building Construction Management Career Fair Sept. 27 in Mackey Arena. Over 500 students had the opportunity to interact with nearly 350 recruiters from the construction industry.
You can view the Fall Career Fair guide here.
It’s eight months before summer internship season, and Derrek Staley already has at least four offers. He’s not alone.
The recent Building Construction Management Career Fair — one of two during the academic year — is where most BCM students make their connections for internships and jobs after graduation.
Jack Calhoun, global president of Banana Republic and 1987 College of Technology graduate, was featured in The New York Times this fall in a piece titled "Banana Republic’s President, From Choir to C-Suite".
Buy your "I'm A Techie" T-shirt Friday, Oct. 25 or Monday, Oct. 28, in the Knoy Hall lobby.
Members of Women in Technology (WIT) and the Minority Technology Association (MTA) will be selling the T-shirts to benefit a scholarship fund. Cost is $10
The shirts will be available:
Esteban Garcia, visiting assistant professor of computer graphics technology, has helped make the works of computer art pioneer Aldo Giorgini more well known on and off campus.
The co-founder of Pixar and a panel on healthcare technologies will headline a week of events highlighting two College of Technology departments Nov. 4-9.
A new project by Purdue professors Brad Harriger and Alka Harriger combines two of the nation’s grand challenges: increasing interest in STEM programs and fighting childhood obesity.
Max Andreychuk, a senior aviation management major in the College of Technology, participated in Habitat for Humanity’s Bike to Build event this past summer.
The national cycling trip raises funds and awareness for the affordable housing crisis in the United States. The program targets the increasing value of housing costs and donates money earned to housing programs.
Only five students each semester are accepted into the Aviation Maintenance Practicum course offered by the Department of Aviation Technology.
The class involves Purdue students working on all 26 operating planes at the Purdue University Airport. They practice under the direction of a licensed technician.
The Purdue Exponent featured the class earlier this semester, talking to the course instructor, John Davis; the director of maintenance, Michael Davis; and student Garrett Lemanski.
Mark French had a big dream in January of 2013. With a subsonic pingpong gun already built, French wanted to take the idea to a whole new level. So French and his team created a supersonic pingpong gun, which can shoot a pingpong ball faster than the speed of sound.
His team consisted of Ph.D. students Craig Zehrung and Jim Stratton. Davin Huston, a continuing lecturer of electrical and computer engineering technology, watched over the tests as they were performed.
