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.

Jeffrey Evans attended the 63rd annual National Security Forum at the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, at the personal invitation of the secretary of the Air Force.

Two Purdue Polytechnic staff members were honored at the 2016 Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff Academic and Service Awards at Purdue University.

Jessica Cabral, assistant clinical professor of construction management, has received the 2016 Exceptional Early Career Award.

James Jenkins, associate professor of construction management, has been named the recipient of a 2016 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Memory of Charles B. Murphy.

Ray Hansen received the 2016 Distinguished Service Award from the Information and Telecommunications Education and Research Association (ITERA).

Purdue University’s online master of science degree focused on information technology project management has been named a Best Value Online Project Management Graduate Program by Value Colleges for 2016. Purdue is ranked fourth on the top 50 list.

Mesut Akdere, associate professor of organizational leadership at Purdue University, has been appointed to the Board of Examiners of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Rosemary Astheimer, continuing lecturer in Purdue University’s Department of Computer Graphics Technology, has been certified as a Technologist Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professional by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).