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Purdue Aviation Day 2022
Purdue Aviation Day will be held April 9, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Purdue University Airport. The event, which is free and open to the public, offers families the opportunity to explore aircraft from different eras, hear guest speakers and view exhibits from the aviation industry. No...
Published: April 01, 2022
Purdue Polytechnic Research
Funded research awards for February 2022.
Published: March 31, 2022
Paul Parsons
Paul Parsons, assistant professor of computer graphics technology, earned the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award. He is the first CAREER awardee in Purdue Polytechnic's Department of Computer Graphics Technology.
Published: March 29, 2022
The BoilerBuilt Construction channel on YouTube
Purdue Polytechnic’s Mark Zimpfer and Luciana Debs developed a new YouTube channel dedicated to residential construction, bringing real-world lessons to classrooms in middle school, high school and college. The project is supported by a grant from the National Housing Endowment.
Published: March 28, 2022
United Airlines Capt. Pete Zabel (BS professional flight 2005) visits with current students during a presentation announcing the United Aviate program’s partnership with Purdue.
United Airlines and Purdue University announced a new partnership between Aviate, United’s career development program for pilots, and the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology in Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute. The partnership will provide a direct pathway for...
Published: March 28, 2022
John Sheffield
Lower total costs of ownership could make hydrogen fuel cell electric buses the right choice to replace diesel-powered public transportation, according to Purdue Polytechnic’s John Sheffield.
Published: March 11, 2022
Gozdem Kilaz
Gozdem Kilaz, associate professor of engineering technology, received Purdue Polytechnic’s Outstanding Faculty in Discovery Award. Much of Kilaz’ research has focused on alternative liquid transportation fuels, including development, testing and approval of biofuels.
Published: March 07, 2022
Comparison of originally applied strategy vs. potential changed strategy by the conditions in fall 2020 suggests an overall increase in the number of HyFlex students who adopted collaborating and compromising conflict resolution modes.
Alejandra J. Magana, the W.C. Furnas Professor in Enterprise Excellence, and a multidisciplinary team of researchers evaluated the effectiveness of multiple teaching strategies used during the pandemic.
Published: March 02, 2022
Purdue Polytechnic Research
Funded research awards for January 2022.
Published: February 28, 2022
Kiewit Scholarships
Through a generous gift from Kiewit, a construction and engineering company, the Purdue College of Engineering and the Purdue Polytechnic Institute will offer the Kiewit Scholars Program at Purdue. Eligible Polytechnic students are rising sophomores, juniors and seniors that demonstrate academic...
Published: February 21, 2022
Four Purdue Polytechnic students presented proposals for the Passthrough Park that runs between East Main Street and Jack Elstro Plaza. Those attending the presentations included Sarah George (back row, from left), an associate professor of practice; student Addie Rose; Mayor Dave Snow; student Ethan Clark; student Matthew Wair; Ian Vanness (front, from left), city director of infrastructure and development; student Kaitlyn Jurgens; and Denise Retz, park superintendent. (Photo/Richmond Parks and Recreation)
Addie Rose, Ethan Clark, Matthew Wair and Kaitlyn Jurgens, students at Purdue Polytechnic Richmond, redesigned a municipal park for a computer graphics technology capstone project.
Published: February 11, 2022
Nathan Hartman
Workers with specialized skills in additive manufacturing, robotics programming, artificial intelligence and data science will work together to reshape the future of manufacturing, according to Purdue Polytechnic’s Nathan Hartman.
Published: February 09, 2022
Office of Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate students in Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute presented research projects at the 2021 Purdue Fall Undergraduate Research Exposition in November.
Published: February 09, 2022
Schematic and photo images of oCVD PEDOT sensor fabricated on a disposable face mask
Sunghwan Lee, assistant professor of engineering technology, Michael Clevenger, engineering technology graduate student, Hyeonghun Kim, postdoctoral research assistant, and colleagues at the Korea Research Institute of Standard and Science identified a better way to directly fabricate sensors...
Published: February 08, 2022
Purdue University Board of Trustees (Apr. 2021)
Purdue’s Board of Trustees approved a new online Master of Science degree in geospatial analytics and a new PhD in computer and information technology program. The two new degrees will be offered beginning Fall 2022.
Published: February 07, 2022
Purdue Polytechnic Research
Funded research awards for December 2021.
Published: January 31, 2022
​Daniel Castro-Lacouture
Daniel Castro-Lacouture, a professor and administrator at Georgia Institute of Technology, will be the new dean of the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, effective June 1.
Published: January 14, 2022
Purdue Polytechnic's Future Work and Learning research impact area
Since 2018, Purdue Polytechnic faculty have been collaborating to explore the intersection between learning and work within the context of technology. Through new approaches to education and workforce training and development, their ongoing “Future Work and Learning” research aims to...
Published: January 07, 2022
Daniel Leon-Salas
A delegation from the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín (UNSA) in Arequipa, Peru, visited Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus in October to prepare for the third phase of a major multidisciplinary research partnership. Purdue Polytechnic’s Daniel Leon-Salas, who served...
Published: January 04, 2022
Purdue Polytechnic Research
Funded research awards for November 2021.
Published: December 31, 2021

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