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A student research team proposed adapting remote sensing technologies to measure snow and ice on airport runways
Airport runways become unpredictable with winter precipitation. Mary Johnson, associate professor of aviation and transportation technology, worked with a student team to propose the adaptation of remote sensing technologies used for glaciers and ski resorts to measure snow and ice. Over 10 years...
Published: August 30, 2017
Yubo Kou
Professionalization, the process of achieving widespread recognition and higher socioeconomic status for emerging occupations, used to take decades. Yubo Kou, a postdoctoral research associate in computer graphics technology, is researching how social media and online communities are changing the...
Published: August 30, 2017
Gary Bertoline at Purdue Polytechnic Anderson dedication
Several hundred community members and business leaders celebrated the dedication of Flagship East, Purdue Polytechnic Anderson’s new 94,000-square-foot, $14.5 million facility Friday (August 25). Gary Bertoline, dean of Purdue Polytechnic, said that the college’s innovative...
Published: August 29, 2017
Funding proposals for June 2017. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
Published: August 24, 2017
Funded research awards for June 2017. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
Published: August 24, 2017
In The News
The Purdue Polytechnic Institute will begin the 2017-18 academic year with 15 new faculty and staff who have been hired over the past year. They include:
Published: August 15, 2017
Tom and Judy Sheehan
Two scholarships established by Thomas J. (HDR ’08 TECH; MS ’65 ECE; BS ’64 ECE) and M. Judith Sheehan are benefitting Purdue Polytechnic students.
Published: August 10, 2017
Scott A. Notary Memorial Scholarship
The family and friends of Scott A Notary, a construction management technology student who died weeks before his 2013 graduation, have created a scholarship in his memory.
Published: August 10, 2017
Julie Phillips, associate professor of organizational leadership; Phil Waclawik, Purdue Polytechnic director of development; Whitney Ramer, student services coordinator; Sandy Oliverio; Anji McKinney, student services coordinator; and Joe Fuehne, director of Purdue Polytechnic Columbus.
A new endowed scholarship at Purdue Polytechnic Columbus honors the late Helen and Adrian Minnick, who were active in promoting both educational and community initiatives.
Published: August 10, 2017
Wilmeth Active Learning Center
Active learning has long been a hallmark of Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Aviation and Transportation Technology, where hands-on activities include printing 3-D objects, fabricating parts in CNC machines, and, of course, training in flight simulators and piloting actual aircraft. But there...
Published: August 08, 2017
Purdue Polytechnic High School students
Purdue Polytechnic High School welcomed 159 students to its first-ever ninth grade class on Monday (July 31) in Indianapolis. The new school will focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and will feature hands-on project-based learning.
Published: August 01, 2017
Austin Decker & Becca Lax
Becca Lax, the 59th Indiana State Fair Queen, boarded a Purdue aircraft Wednesday (July 26) for a flight to an appearance at a county fair. What made this flight unique is that Lax was the flight's copilot, not just a passenger.
Published: July 27, 2017
Funding proposals for May 2017. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
Published: July 25, 2017
Funded research awards for May 2017. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
Published: July 25, 2017
Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar
Law enforcement agencies have been relying on forensics tools not well suited to today’s digital world. To provide a modern, cost-effective solution, a research team led by Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, assistant professor of computer and information technology, is building File Toolkit for...
Published: July 24, 2017
Jordan McGraw
Jordan McGraw, a first-year graduate student in computer graphics technology, helped design a virtual reality video game which allows a player to potentially discover a new treatment for diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's
Published: July 14, 2017

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