Purdue Polytechnic faculty and executives gathered with representatives from Capture 3D/Zeiss, Howmet Aerospace and with peers in the industrial engineering program at Purdue to celebrate the recent installation of a Zeiss ScanBox 5120, a large machine that allows facilities to scan manufactured parts for comparison with their “perfect’’ digital versions. The ScanBox resides within the “Build @ Scale” lab, marking the first instance of cross-pollination in a physical teaching space between Purdue Polytechnic and the College of Engineering since Dudley and Lambertus Halls were dedicated.

Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar is a coauthor on a new study that shows how trafficking victims could turn the odds in their favor with the help of salon workers—their rare point of contact with the outside world. Read more about what Seigfried-Spellar and the team recommend:

Congratulations to Jin Wei-Kocsis for a truly sizeable grant from the National Science Foundation. Read more about her team's research topics, and what they hope to achieve:

Purdue Polytechnic's Thomas Hacker and graduate student Zhiwei Chu are part of a wider group of Purdue experts helping the National Science Foundation create a new center for AI-powered imaging, which will help identify weaknesses in buildings located in or around natural disaster zones.

Purdue’s SCalable Asymmetric Lifecycle Engagement in K-12 (SCALE K-12) program welcomed K-12 teachers to West Lafayette for week-long programs to train them how to include microelectronics content in their curricula. It’s part of an initiative by the U.S. Department of Defense to build a domestic semiconductor industry. Professors from three Purdue colleges, including the Polytechnic’s Greg Strimel, are collaborating with faculty at several Midwestern universities to expand SCALE K-12’s reach to 19,000 students in 12 school districts across Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan.

Congratulations to Kevin Dittman and Paul Thomas—and especially to our recent PhD graduate Sakhi Aggrawal for a successful presentation:

Purdue Polytechnic faculty member James Tanoos presented several hands-on case studies to graduate-level students in Germany at the beginning of the summer, as part of an ongoing set of journey's across Europe during the summer semester. Find out more:

For the 2023-24 academic year, 108 research projects were either initiated or received continuing funding within Purdue Polytechnic, altogether totaling over $16 million. Research grants represent a wide range of Purdue Polytechnic, including faculty across all academic departments as well as contributions from many graduate students listed as co-authors on many projects.

Our Purdue Indy students are saving lives; mechanical engineering technology undergrads collaborated with faculty and Riley Children's Hospital to build a new kind of incubator that can be used in lower-income nations around the world. Read all about it here:

Chengcheng Tao, a member of our Construction Management faculty, will be part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine as a new Fellow, researching offshore energy safety.