What started as a class project in 2011 to race an electric powered go kart has developed into a club at the Purdue College of Technology in Kokomo. The team of students competed at the evGrandPrix on the Purdue University campus in April and finished fourth out of 19 teams. The team competed at the in the International Collegiate evGrandPrix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 12 and placed eighth.
In the news: South Bend location to host electric go-kart camp
This is the first year the Purdue College of Technology at South Bend is offering high school students a summer camp focused on engineering and building electric go-karts.
Sophomores, juniors and seniors are encouraged to register online for the three-day camp.
General Motors is the lead sponsor for the event.
50 years of transformation
Next year, we will celebrate the College of Technology’s 50th year of existence. The yearlong celebration will be more than an anniversary observance, however. It will be a chance to remember the foundations of the college, which stretch to the beginning of Purdue’s existence. And it will be a chance for us to look forward and imagine where the college will be after its next 50 years.
Moore acts as fighter pilot advocate
Heidi Moore, as she describes it, is an advocate for pilots who will fly one of Lockheed Martin’s flagship aircraft. Since she graduated from Purdue’s flight program in 2004, she has worked on Lockheed’s F-16 Pilot-Vehicle Interface (PVI) team as a systems engineer.
“My job is to listen to our customers, hear about their needs in the field and figure out what they need in order to do combat better in defense of freedom,” Moore said.
She uses that information to configure the cockpit to help achieve the pilot community’s goals.
Alum helps plan for extremes
Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc not only on homes and businesses but also on area communications networks. It especially highlighted the vulnerabilities of the emergency communications system.
Alex Coleman, as vice president, public sector markets for Verizon Enterprise Solutions, has been charged to help find ways for Public Safety customers to modernize their emergency communications infrastructure.
Greening Technology
Through a new initiative dubbed Project [Re]Green, College of Technology students are working to make sustainability an everyday reality within the college.
Holly Chan, a graduate student in the Department of Technology Leadership & Innovation, is working with the college administration to research sustainability and how to incorporate its ideals into the college’s culture.
Accepting the challenge
Customers don’t think much about how their wireless connections happen until they lose the connection or it slows down. Constant wireless coverage and connectivity is a challenge, which is one reason why the wireless offloading company formed by three Technology students is called Challenge Systems.
Expanding Technology's reach beyond campus
With technology advancing by the minute, today’s student demands more than ever before. And that means professors need to be able to use technology to keep the attention of students in the classroom, as well as meet their expectations of educational availability from anywhere.
Space for student teams
The planned Innovation Design Center (IDC) at Purdue will provide dedicated work space for student projects such as the EcoCAR 2, Solar Decathlon or Rube Goldberg competitions.
The first phase of the IDC, which will be located at Third and Russell Streets, will be coordinated by the colleges of Technology and Engineering.
Exploring 3-D potential
By Linda Terhune
Technology analysts are predicting a 3-D printing revolution in the near future that could rival the Internet revolution in its impact. College of Technology researchers in two departments are taking part in that revolution with efforts to make the printers and their products better.