McKenna Haradine
Class of 2017, Three Rivers, Michigan
Payoff: Designer with Allison Transmission in Speedway, IN
Education: Bachelor’s degree in virtual product integration with a minor in management from the Krannert School of Management
Job duties: Use NX to help design and edit parts for existing and new products, and work closely with other designers and engineers to get products produced.
Amanda Fendel
Class of 2017, New Haven, Indiana
Payoff: Training Coordinator for Fast Enterprises in Denver, CO
Education: Bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership and in the Honors College
Job duties: Documenting and observing clients to assess their needs for training, helping to create training programs, and assisting in software training.
Abhishek Balaji
Class of 2017, Singapore
Payoff: Associate Product Manager for Salesforce in San Francisco, CA
Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer and information technology with a minor in management from the Krannert School of Management.
Job duties: Leverage market analysis, competitive understanding, and customer research to define the roadmap for the product.
Maryam Bacchus
Class of 2017, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Payoff: Junior Product Manager for ZapLabs, San Francisco, CA
Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer graphics technology with a minor in computer networking and information technology
Job duties: Creating product requirements, developing wireframes/mockups, and working with design and engineering teams to manage details.
Dakota Welker, a member of the first graduating class of Purdue Polytechnic Anderson’s new building, has big things ahead of him, according to Corey Sharp, director of Purdue Polytechnic Anderson.
Purdue Polytechnic Anderson and the Anderson Township Trustee’s Girls and Boys Club have partnered to create “Boiler Bang,” an after-school science, technology, engineering, and math program for students in grades 6 through 12.
Purdue Polytechnic students John Allen and Connor Wright, juniors in computer and information technology, won the fourth annual Boiler Business Competition on April 28 with teammates Wesley Virt, Thanh Tran, Chris Palermo, and Charles Frey.
The team created an app which turns learning into a game where students complete learning-based tasks in pursuit of completing a mission. The app features augmented reality technology and is designed to foster STEM education.
Rosemary Astheimer challenges CGT 22600 (Introduction to Constraint-Based Modeling) students with a different project every semester, and Rotor Clip’s “Ring-A-Majig” contest provided the inspiration for this spring’s coursework.
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has awarded a research assistantship to Danielle Crimmins, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer and Information Technology chaired by Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, assistant professor of computer and information technology.
Purdue Polytechnic faculty members were among University faculty recognized April 25 at the Faculty Awards Convocation.
