Purdue University senior Miranda Lung admits to being surprised by how much she has been learning in her internship at Lafayette, Indiana-based Wabash National Corp. She is majoring in computer and information technology.
Purdue, AOPA to create aviation-related high school curriculum
Purdue University's Polytechnic Institute and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) have formed a partnership to develop aviation-related science and math curriculum for high schools across America.
Faculty with the university's School of Aviation and Transportation Technology and the AOPA developed a program that will be the first-of-its-kind, offering students comprehensive four-year aviation study options that are aligned to rigorous math and science standards used in many states.
Two graduates on Featured Young Alumni site
2011 alumni Anand Dalal and Kindra Rodgers are Featured Young Alumni on the Purdue Alumni website.
Purdue joins 3D PDF consortium
Purdue University is the first university to join the 3D PDF Consortium in the new academia member category.
Polytechnic profs, graduate part of largest ever startup class
Three companies with ties to Purdue Polytechnic Institute are part of the Purdue Startup Class of 2016, the largest group in the University’s history.
Qian helps UN increase efficiency
Lin Qian’s doctoral dissertation will focus on enterprise resource planning (ERP) and its ability to help create efficiency in a non-profit organization. She was able to see ERP in action on a global scale during her four-month internship at the United Nations Secretariat in New York City this summer.
Purdue Polytechnic High School moving forward in Indy
Purdue University on Monday (Oct. 3) announced an agreement with Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) and opened applications for Purdue Polytechnic High School Indianapolis, a new STEM-focused charter school scheduled to open in fall 2017.
Purdue faculty receive $2.5 million NSF grant for STEM project
A National Science Foundation grant will fund Purdue University research into computational thinking by children.
The NSF awarded a $2.5 million grant to principal investigator Alka Harriger, a professor of computer and information technology, for the project, "Curriculum and Assessment Design to Study the Development of Motivation and Computational Thinking for Middle School Students across Three Learning Contexts."
Summer STEM options continue college's education mission
While most of Purdue’s students head home or to internships for the summer, Purdue Polytechnic continues its focus on STEM education with camps and workshops. The events reach potential future students as well as those who can help influence their college decisions.
Summer camps
Virtual reality has potential for both dawn and doom
Many people think of virtual reality (VR) as a technology used purely for entertainment, especially in video games. But VR will soon be commonplace in our everyday lives, changing everything from the way we work to the way we connect with other human beings, says David Whittinghill, an associate professor of computer graphics technology and computer and information technology at the Purdue Polytechnic Institute.