One of the newest games for your iPhone or iPad was created by six people who all have ties to Purdue’s Department of Computer Graphics Technology (CGT).
The game, Pak Attack, was created by Morvid Interactive LLC, a company in Purdue Research Park, which was co-founded by Carlos Morales, associate professor of computer graphics technology, and his student David Nelson, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the program.
by Mark Thom, associate professor of aviation technology
At the end of July, 14 students and I traveled to the annual EAA Oshkosh AirVenture exposition and air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The weeklong international event is considered to be one of the premier gathering spots for aviators, aerospace companies, and industry enthusiasts from around the world, where over 200,000 people and thousands of aircraft typically visit each year.
Christy Tollett has been named the student services coordinator for Purdue University College of Technology at Richmond.
Purdue University's College of Technology will offer a free workshop Aug. 11 on making homes more energy efficient, and two energy-efficient homes will be open for tours.
Workshop participants will learn about simple improvements they can make to their homes to save energy, said Eric Holt, a graduate teaching assistant in the building construction management program.
They'll also hear about more involved options with renewable energies such as solar and wind.
(Photo: Student researchers created the Dual Image Grooved Sign to improve safety on airport runways. This prototype illustrates how it would be seen from three sides.)
Two aviation students have shown their continued ingenuity by placing in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Design Competition for Universities for the second time in three years.
Purdue University's summer commencement ceremony is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Aug. 4 at the Elliott Hall of Music.
Brittany Allensworth, an organizational leadership and supervision major from Indianapolis, who is completing her bachelor's degree in the College of Technology, will provide the student response.
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Photo: Jeff Ackerman and Justin Siepel (far right) meet with client prospects as part of their NSF i-Corps project.)
Musculoskeletal injuries are the second most common reason to go to the doctor and cost $850 billion a year in the United States alone. Through their National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research on robotics, a Purdue graduate student and his advisor have created a device to help alleviate such injuries for people who carry heavy luggage, briefcases and even medical stretchers.
Purdue's College of Technology at Columbus is giving students an opportunity to fill a major void in the manufacturing industry by offering classes specializing in measurement.
The classes are possible because of a new metrology lab at the Community Education Coalition (CEC) Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AMCE) in Columbus. It has the most extensive resources of any metrology lab in the Midwest.
The 9th Annual TechPride Golf Scramble will take place September 14, 2012, on one of Purdue University’s award-winning golf courses.
The event, planned for the Pete-Dye-designed Kampen Course, raises money for scholarships for College of Technology students. It attracts alumni, faculty and staff, friends of the college and even a few students to play the 18-hole course.
Highlights of the event include:
Indiana high school students recently tackled the business plans necessary to move alternative energy companies from idea to successful realities.
As part of the Purdue Research Park Entrepreneurship Academy at Purdue University’s College of Technology at South Bend, three teams of high school students worked for a week on ideas to commercialize projects based on wind power, alternative aviation fuel, and fuel made from algae.
