Nicoletta Adamo and Bedrich Benes are researching the ways in which emotional computer-animated instructors affect student learning. Their research also aims to guide the design of affective (that is, emotion-generating) on-screen agents that work well for different types of learners.
Idea challenge: Student teams devise high-tech methods to fight human trafficking
Purdue Polytechnic Institute hosted a design innovation event to fight the modern-day kidnapping and slavery epidemic known as “human trafficking.”
CIT graduate researchers develop cybersecurity scorecard for Indiana government, businesses
Jim Lerums and Katherine Reichart developed the Indiana Cybersecurity Scorecard, a tool for non-experts to confidently self-assess the state of their organization’s cyberinfrastructure.
School of Construction Management hosts Indiana Building Academy
The School of Construction Management Technology held the Indiana Building Academy, a one-day conference for building industry professionals in the public, private and nonprofit sectors.
Torbica appointed new head of School of Construction Management Technology
Željko Torbica has been appointed to the position of professor and head of Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Construction Management Technology.
Intelligent Learning Factory prepares Polytechnic graduates for Industry 4.0
Ragu Athinarayanan and Grant Richards are organizing Purdue Polytechnic’s Intelligent Manufacturing Initiative to prepare graduates equipped to make decisions and solve problems based on data from artificial intelligence, robotics, cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things, cloud computing and other advanced technologies in automation and data exchange.
Engineering Technology adds two majors
In fall 2019, Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Engineering Technology introduced two new majors that are now available as part of the electrical engineering technology program.
Student teams share $10,000 in prize money, scholarship funds
Student teams competed for a share of $10,000 in prize money and an additional $10,000 in scholarships at Purdue Polytechnic’s Design and Innovation Challenge.
New “distance doctorate” program the first of its kind
Purdue Polytechnic launched a new Doctorate of Technology distance-learning program tailored to actively employed, working professionals. The new graduate degree program is the first Doctorate of Technology degree offered completely online by a Tier 1 research university.
Collaborative research on the rise thanks to Research Impact Areas
Interdisciplinary research in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute uses a socio-technical approach to pursue one goal from many angles and create significant impact on global grand challenges. A unique, collaborative research style within Purdue Polytechnic is on the rise, with Research Impact Areas leading the way.