Abdul Salam, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology, has released a second edition of his book “Internet of Things for Sustainable Community Development” with publisher Springer.

The National Science Foundation awarded Purdue Polytechnic’s Wenhai Sun with a research grant for his efforts to develop machine intelligence-powered privacy protection technology.

Romila Pradhan has been awarded as an early-career innovator by the National Science Foundation. She'll be trying to fix one of the most pressing concerns with AI and machine learning: are these programs learning to reflect humans' own prejudices?

Marcus Rogers, professor of computer and Information technology, was elected to the board of directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS).

Scott Bartholomew, assistant professor in Purdue Polytechnic’s engineering-technology teacher education program, was awarded the Mike Neden STEM Champion Award by the International STEM Education Association.

Mesut Akdere, associate professor of human resource development and the director of Purdue Polytechnic Leadership Academy at Purdue University, has been reappointed to the Board of Examiners of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

More than 100 Purdue University innovators were recognized February 7, 2017, during the 12th annual Inventors Recognition Reception for having received patents in the 2015-16 fiscal year.

Six professors in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute were among those honored. They included:

Nathan Mentzer will be honored with the Distinguished Technology and Engineering Professional designation from the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA).

The Purdue University Board of Trustees approved naming Nathan Hartman the Dauch Family Endowed Professor in Advanced Manufacturing.

Sabine Brunswicker, associate professor for innovation, will be an invited speaker for the European Forum Alpbach Technology Forum in Austria in August.