Purdue aviation technology students receive iPads, Apple Pencils
Students in Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Aviation and Transportation Technology are each receiving a new Electronic Purdue Bag with an iPad, Apple Pencil and Logitech keyboard.
“Terminator 2” inspires collaborative research on “smart product printer”
The liquid metal cyborg in ”Terminator 2” inspired Richard Voyles and a team of researchers to work toward developing a ”smart product printer” that combines the printing of a structure with the printing of electronics, sensing and other functions.
Polytechnic’s “pet project” gives adopted dog “a leg up”
Student teams in CGT 22600 (Introduction to Constraint Based Modeling) designed and built 3D-printed prosthetics for a dog born with a malformed front leg and paw.
Polytechnic student teams compete for $10,000 in prize money, scholarship funds in technical design contest
Eight teams of students showcased their technological solutions to today’s challenges at the Purdue Polytechnic Design & Innovation Challenge.
Three Polytechnic faculty receive awards for most outstanding teachers at Purdue
Mark French, James Jenkins and Linda Naimi were inducted into Purdue’s Book of Great Teachers.
Custom technology by Polytechnic alum transforms Peter Jackson’s WW I film to full color
Andrew Kennedy, technical director at Stereo D and a graduate of Purdue Polytechnic’s computer graphics technology program (BS ’12, MS ’14), developed custom software that allowed artists to specify colorization data in a black-and-white movie clips and then intelligently apply that data to subsequent clips.
Cybersecurity student receives AFCEA scholarship
Nigel Wilson, a senior in cybersecurity, has been awarded the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Major Scholarships for Undergraduate Students from the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA).
City of Columbus launches online train status page
The City of Columbus announced the launch of a web-based train status page that will allow residents to determine if a train is approaching the intersection of Indiana State Roads 11 and 46. The technology behind the page was designed by Isaiah Bowman, a senior in computer and information technology at Purdue Polytechnic Columbus.