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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...
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...
Published: August 01, 2017
Go Electric Inc., an energy technology startup company located in Purdue Polytechnic Anderson's new facility, has signed a new contract to provide the Tooele Army Depot in Utah with a battery...
Published: July 28, 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...
Published: July 27, 2017
Mochen Li
Mochen Li, a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Technology, wants to combine analysis of big data with new wireless sensor networks to prevent lung cancer or increase the likelihood of...
Published: July 25, 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-...
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...
Published: July 14, 2017
In The News
A group of 30 students attending an annual Purdue Polytechnic Columbus summer camp were immersed in robotics for 15 hours over the course of a week.
Published: July 10, 2017
Robert Cox
Robert Cox, senior associate dean for globalization and professor of construction management, has been named a 2017 Global Faculty Fellow by Purdue’s Office of Corporate and Global...
Published: July 07, 2017
Manoj Patankar
Manoj Patankar has been appointed head of the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology. Patankar was previously a professor of aviation science at Saint Louis University.
Published: July 06, 2017
The WestGate Academy Conference and Training Center in Odon, Indiana.
The Purdue Polytechnic Institute plans to provide courses, seminars, and workshops at the WestGate @ Crane Technology Park as part of a collaboration between Purdue University, the Purdue...
Published: July 03, 2017
Thomas Carney
Thomas Carney, a professor of aviation technology, appeared in a United Airlines video series to explain what turbulence is and how it affects air travel.
Published: June 29, 2017

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