Five sustainability ideas were honored this week by the College of Technology’s Project [Re]Green initiative.
From 123 submissions, a panel of judges chose winners in four categories and one honorable mention. The winning ideas, and several other submissions, will be implemented as part of a new class during Fall 2013: TECH 19900 (Applied Sustainability Principles).
Mini moguls in grades six through 12 will converge on Indiana's Madison County this year for Young Entrepreneurs Academy, a crash course in product development, strategy and marketing that culminates in an actual, student-run business.
This year is its first in Madison County. It is a partnership between the Madison County Chamber, Purdue University College of Technology-Anderson and local business leaders, who will work one-on-one with the students to develop their business plans, pitch to a team of investors and present the finished product in a trade show.
Craig Locker is one of five Purdue students named Outstanding Future Educators in Indiana for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Locker, a senior from Lafayette, Ind., is majoring in engineering/technology teacher education. He will continue his education at Purdue this summer as a graduate student in the College of Technology.
The second annual Engineering Technology Pathways summit on food security brought together faculty, staff and students from Purdue University and Ivy Tech Community College with industry and government representatives March 20.
The Engineering Technology Pathways: Food and Foodstuff Supply Chain project is the first engineering technology program in which a community college and major land grant research university offer articulated degrees with a concentration in the food and foodstuff supply chain.
To receive one-on-one, in-person interactions with a college instructor on a semi-regular basis, Anderson Preparatory Academy (APA) students will soon have to go no farther than their high school campus. Purdue University’s College of Technology in Anderson has selected the charter as a pilot school for a new dual credit course initiative — the first of its kind in Madison County.
Read the full story from the Anderson Herald-Bulletin.
New business ideas from students have received a boost from Student Entrepreneurship Prototyping Grants administered by Purdue's Innovation and Commercialization Center (now Purdue Foundry).
The student mini-grant program makes awards up to $3,600 to accelerate entrepreneurship at Purdue by helping students with entrepreneurial ideas construct a first prototype.
Isaiah Butler and Hector Mena took in something extra during their spring break trip to Germany: behind-the-scenes tours at Germany manufacturers.
They combined their undergraduate research as part of the LSAMP undergraduate research program and the course MFET 49900 (Technology Innovation and Culture in Bavaria) during the weeklong trip to Germany over the spring break.
Airline performance in 2012 was the second highest in 23 years that researchers have tracked their performance, according to the 23rd annual national Airline Quality Rating.
"Passengers are experiencing better performance by the airlines, although it might cost more to fly," said Brent Bowen, professor and head of Purdue University's aviation technology department.
Results of the 23rd annual national Airline Quality Rating (AQR) will be announced at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time Monday (April 8) in Washington, D.C., during a news conference at the National Press Club's Murrow Room.
The AQR is the most comprehensive performance and quality study of the 14 largest airlines in the United States and helps sort out differences in airline performance for the business community, media and general public.
Andrew Takami has been appointed director of the Purdue University College of Technology at New Albany, effective April 4. He will oversee operations for the location, which is headquartered at the Purdue Technology Center of Southeast Indiana.
