In the news: supercomputing team includes CIT student
John Blaas, a computer and information technology major, is one of six members of the 2011 Cluster Challenge Team. The team built its own supercomputer this semester in preparation for competing Nov. 14-16 in the 2011 Cluster Challenge in Seattle. That's the student competition at SC11, the world's largest supercomputing conference. The team is sponsored by Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP), Purdue's central information technology organization, in partnership with Intel. Read more.
In the News: two from CoT honored at Inventors Recognition Reception
College of Technology professors Lonnie Bentley and William Hutzel will be honored at Wednesday's Inventors Recognition Reception, hosted by Purdue Research Foundation. Read more.
CoT external funding for September 2011
For the month of September 2011, the College of Technology received external funding that totaled $ $774,511. Faculty who received funding (all are principal investigators unless otherwise noted) were:
New study abroad initiatives receive funding
Six faculty members received funding from Purdue's International Programs office to help start new study abroad initiatives. The Study Abroad and International Learning (SAIL) grants will be used for a variety of endeavors. Edie Schmidt, for example, will use the funds to create a new short-term experience for graduate students. The new course, Discovering Graduate Careers in Colombia, is scheduled for the summer. Daphene Koch is collaborating with The Costa Rican Institute of Technology Construction Engineering School.