Purdue Polytechnic Institute, the university’s college for technology disciplines, will launch 10 majors at the newley-established Purdue University Indianapolis in fall 2024.
Animation and Visual Effects
Polytechnic grad students design the future of Purdue sports in the metaverse
Purdue Polytechnic’s Department of Computer Graphics Technology hosted a course taught by Nandhini Giri in which graduate students designed innovative new content for Purdue sports in the metaverse. Students generated fully-outfitted augmented-reality versions of Ross-Ade Stadium and Mackey Arena.
CGT professors curate Ringel Gallery exhibition
Purdue Polytechnic’s Andrew Buchanan and Esteban Garcia are curating an exhibition at Purdue University Galleries this month, featuring non-narrative animation that explores motion. A reception and awards ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 23.
CGT’s Garcia Bravo receives Purdue’s top undergraduate teaching award
Purdue Polytechnic’s Esteban Garcia Bravo, associate professor of computer graphics technology, earned a 2021 Charles B. Murphy Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching. It’s Purdue’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.
Custom technology by Polytechnic alum transforms Peter Jackson’s WW I film to full color
Andrew Kennedy, technical director at Stereo D and a graduate of Purdue Polytechnic’s computer graphics technology program (BS ’12, MS ’14), developed custom software that allowed artists to specify colorization data in a black-and-white movie clips and then intelligently apply that data to subsequent clips.
CGT graduate leverages multidisciplinary skillset while working on Hollywood blockbusters
Getting one’s foot in the door in the highly competitive film industry requires the acquisition of skills which are multidisciplinary in nature, gaining experience by working with classmates and student organizations, and networking with industry professionals, says Andrew Kennedy, a Purdue computer graphics technology graduate (BS ’12, MS ’14).
Computer graphics seniors create interactive 3-D rendering of Fort Ouiatenon
A new 3-D version of Fort Ouiatenon created by students in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology (CGT) provides the most accurate representation ever created of what the historical site may have looked like, and the project could be the first of several collaborations between CGT and the Tippecanoe County Historical Association.
Automatically-generated lifelike teaching avatars may improve access to high-quality education
To improve educational materials and e-learning, Nicoletta Adamo-Villani, professor of computer graphics technology, and her colleagues want to automate the process of creating movie-quality computer-animated instructors that are able to speak, gesture, and write on an animated whiteboard without sacrificing delivery eloquence.
Badges reward mastery of animation skills
After attending a presentation on competency-based learning, Ray Hassan, a clinical assistant professor of computer graphics technology, decided to try Purdue’s Passport application.
Alumni work on Oscar, Golden Globe winning films
The 2015 Oscar and Golden Globe award winners for best animated feature film each included Purdue computer graphics technology graduates as part of their crews.