Hilti joined our School of Construction Management Technology on April 18 to give a sizeable gift to the construction lab in Dudley Hall, and to announce a long-lasting educational partnership to help innovate and evolve the construction industry alongside our students.

A primary partner in our Smart Learning ecosystem, PTC, joined us in late March to hold one of their major events for employees and their clients. Learn more here:

Purdue Polytechnic's Air Force ROTC hosted a unique group of leaders from the Space Force, the Air Force, and defense technology firms in addition to Purdue President Mung Chiang for the Giant Leaps Summit, a one-of-a-kind gathering seeking to advance national defense efforts in space.

Gryphon Mawhorter from Purdue Polytechnic's guitar lab returns with his latest creation: a guitar made of the old basketball court from Mackey Arena. An auction for the item will begin at the Purdue vs. IU men's basketball game, and will support the guitar lab's continued success.

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.

Congratulations are in order to Marcus Rogers, who just achieved a Board position in the AAFS, the leading forensic science institution in the U.S.:

Adriana Sanchez, a soon-to-be senior in mechanical engineering technology, recently got back from doing some amazing things at the Mars Desert Research Facility in Utah. Read about her two weeks in a simulated spacefaring environment here:

Whether its organizing outreach events as a team or supporting one another over the holidays, Purdue Polytechnic's statewide sites like Columbus are profound example of the Boilermaker spirit across all of Indiana:

On December 6, Purdue Polytechnic in Columbus hosted its highly anticipated GoBabyGo cars event, a heartwarming initiative that showcased novel assistive technology for young children with disabilities.

Congratulations to Purdue Polytechnic's students Oluwatobi, Elena, Michael, and Sam for their impressive accomplishments across disciplines in the liberal arts!