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![Jeff Griffin, director of Purdue Polytechnic Kokomo, showcases the basement area at Inventrek Technology Park that houses some of the Kokomo location's largest pieces of machinery and student workspaces. (Kokomo Perspective photo/Alyx Arnett)](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/Kokomo-Griffin-thumb.jpg)
Purdue Polytechnic’s Kokomo location has a new, larger home at Inventrek Technology Park.
Published: September 07, 2020
![Students program the DOBOT Magician Lite, a multi-functional lightweight intelligent robotic arm, to learn how artificial intelligence and mechanics work.](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/IN-MaC-roboticscamp-thumb.jpg)
Purdue Polytechnic faculty, students participate in summer manufacturing robotics camps for children
Purdue Polytechnic faculty and students helped bring lessons in robotics and manufacturing to 150 area K-8 students during week-long summer camps.
Published: September 07, 2020
![Marcus Rogers and Umit Karabiyik](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/Rogers-Karabiyik-thumb.jpg)
Purdue Polytechnic’s Marcus Rogers and Umit Karabiyik are developing technology that could help parolees avoid recommitting crimes and better reintegrate into general society.
Published: September 02, 2020
![Purdue Polytechnic Research](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/Research-thumb_41.jpg)
Funded research awards for July 2020.
Published: August 31, 2020
![Mythra Balakuntala](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/Balakuntala-Amazon-award-thumb.jpg)
Mythra Balakuntala, a graduate research assistant in Purdue Polytechnic’s Collaborative Robotics Lab, won the Amazon Research Award in robotics.
Published: August 27, 2020
![New faculty](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/NewFaculty2020-thumb.jpg)
The Purdue Polytechnic Institute will begin the 2020-21 academic year with 19 new faculty and staff who have been hired over the past year.
Published: August 19, 2020
![Yansi Keim](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/KeimYansi-thumb.jpg)
Yansi Keim, a graduate research assistant in cyber forensics, was featured as one of the “12 women of crypto” in Women of Silicon Valley, an online magazine.
Published: August 11, 2020
![Hersh Rai Vu discusses design improvements for traditional N95 masks](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/Rai-N95mask-thumb2.jpg)
Hersh Rai, a graduate student in Purdue Polytechnic’s Dept. of Computer and Information Technology, worked with Nicholas Toan-Nang Vu, a graduate student in mechanical engineering, and Eric Dietz, director of Purdue Homeland Security Institute and professor of computer and information...
Published: August 07, 2020
![Chloe Chamberlain](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/ChamberlainChloe-thumb.jpg)
Chloe Chamberlain, a 2020 graduate of Purdue Polytechnic’s organizational leadership program, founded Balance Athletica, a Colorado apparel company, with her sister and brother-in-law.
Published: August 05, 2020
![Purdue Polytechnic Research](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/Research-thumb_40.jpg)
Funded research awards for June 2020. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
Published: July 31, 2020
![Alejandra Magana](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/MaganaAlejandra-magana4-thumb.jpg)
Purdue’s Board of Trustees approved Alejandra Magana, professor of computer and information technology, for the W.C. Furnas Professorship in Enterprise Excellence.
Published: July 15, 2020
![A Presso dry-cleaning kiosk in a costume and apparel department (Photo provided)](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/Presso-filmindustry-thumb.jpg)
Nishant Jain and Thibault Corens, graduates of Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Engineering Technology, are offering Presso, a vending machine-like device for dry cleaning garments, to television and film production companies like Disney/Marvel, HBO, CBS and FOX.
Published: July 09, 2020
![Maura Gibbons and Jared King](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/CMTstudents-Meredith-GriffinHalls-thumb.jpg)
Maura Gibbons and Jared King, students in Purdue Polytechnic’s construction management technology program, served as construction and customer service advocates for the Meredith Hall South and Griffin Hall North building projects.
Published: July 09, 2020
![Aircraft Portable Stair and Accessible Loader (CAD design / Yuwei He)](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/AirportNeedsCompetition-PortableStairSystem-thumb.jpg)
Three teams from the Purdue Polytechnic Institute won first place in three airport challenges at the Transportation Research Board’s annual University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs, a design challenge presented by the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP). Two...
Published: July 02, 2020
![Aja Biddings](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/AdvancedGlobal-BiddingsAja-thumb.jpg)
The first students who participated in Purdue Polytechnic’s advanced global technology minor praised the program for how it opened their eyes to international cultures.
Published: July 02, 2020
![Purdue Polytechnic Research](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/Research-thumb_39.jpg)
Funded research awards for May 2020. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
Published: June 30, 2020
![Nadeem Ali](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/TechiesToday011-Ali-thumb_0.jpg)
Nadeem Ali went on three internships while earning his mechanical engineering technology degree. Internships help “diversify your experience outside of your book-smarts” and make students especially attractive to future employers, he said.
Published: June 19, 2020
![Nathan Kanter](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/KanterNathan-thumb.jpg)
Nathan Kanter, a student double-majoring in data visualization and web programming and design, was awarded top abstract at a Purdue conference for his research into the connection between systematic lupus erythematosus and the progress through puberty during adolescence.
Published: June 08, 2020
![Dominic Kao, Dawn Laux and Ida Ngambeki](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/ButlerCenter-awardees-thumb.jpg)
Purdue’s Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence has selected a project by Dominic Kao, Dawn Laux and Ida Ngambeki for the 2020 Research Project Grant for Assistant Professors.
Published: June 08, 2020
![The Pipistrel Sinus aircraft at the Purdue University Airport](https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/PipistrelSkydancer-IMG_0723-thumb.jpg)
Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Aviation and Transportation Technology collaborated with aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel and the Federal Aviation Administration to convert a glider aircraft into an airplane to provide flight training to disabled, would-be pilots.
Published: June 05, 2020