The faculty and staff of Purdue’s School of Aviation Technology unveiled the newly dedicated William "Will" T. Goshorn bench in the Niswonger Aviation Technology Building at the Purdue University Airport on April 22.
Two professors approved for promotion
Purdue University's Board of Trustees approved two Purdue Polytechnic faculty promotions during their April 21, 2017, meeting. The promotions are effective with the 2017-18 academic year.
Distinguished Technology alumni honored
Distinguished alumni of the Purdue Polytechnic Institute and College of Technology will be honored in ceremonies today (April 21).
Polytechnic research proposals submitted - February 2017
Funding proposals for February 2017. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
Polytechnic research awards - February 2017
Funded research awards for February 2017.
Rogers: Spam has advanced from individual scams to geopolitical concern
Spam has advanced from being a recurring annoyance to a significant geopolitical concern, according to Marcus Rogers, professor and head of the Department of Computer and Information Technology and director of the Cyber Forensics Lab.
Congresswoman visits Purdue Polytechnic Anderson
Susan W. Brooks, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana’s 5th district, visited Purdue Polytechnic Anderson’s new facility Monday (April 17). The congresswoman toured academic areas as well as the Maker Space, an area for fostering start-up companies.
Brooks noted the facility’s 3-D printing lab, CNC (computer numerical control) machines, metalworking equipment, and other tools available to students and entrepreneurs.
“Dark patterns” in user experience design manipulates consumers, says CGT research
The National Science Foundation has awarded research grants to Colin Gray, assistant professor of computer graphics technology, to study “dark patterns,” the name given to user experience (UX) design practices in which the designer uses knowledge of human behavior and the desires of end users to intentionally manipulate them into actions not in their best interest.
Engineering Technology students to display industry-sponsored senior capstone projects
Student teams in Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Engineering Technology will present the results of nearly 40 industry-sponsored senior capstone projects on Friday, April 28, in the Ross Enterprise Center at the Purdue Research Park. Students worked to design and build their projects throughout the fall and spring semesters.
Smart Tupperware aims to extend food life
Use high tech to create new solutions
Undergraduate researchers do high-tech design in the Collaborative Robotics Lab
Sangjun Eom, a senior in Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Engineering Technology, learned about the possibility of creating wirelessly connected food storage products when he attended Purdue’s Research Roundtable as a new student. With graduate school as his eventual goal, Eom recognized that having experience with research would benefit him.