See all of the 2024 Teaching Excellence winners among Purdue Polytechnic's faculty:
Construction Management Technology
Two Polytechnic professors receive 2024-25 Fulbright awards
Congratulations to Winston Sealy and Bryan Hubbard on their Fulbright 2024-25 Scholar programs. Read about the great work they'll be doing abroad:
Maha Fluid Power 2024 tracks ‘research trends,’ provides support network across industry
“There is so much technology available to the modern workforce,” Purdue Polytechnic's Dean Castro said. “We give [students] the opportunity to use it all first-hand without ever having to leave the teaching environment.”
New patent by Polytechnic faculty to ‘help automate building construction’
Professor Zhang's new patent provides “instructions to a robotic arm that places and fastens construction materials” directly onto buildings, which should massively speed up the construction process on residential buildings. Read more here:
Year-in-review for Polytechnic research: over $16 million for 2023-24
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.
Polytechnic alumni take lead on Olympic pool installation in Lucas Oil Stadium
Purdue Polytechnic alumni are out there doing amazing things, like installing 50-meter swimming pools in Lucas Oil Stadium for the Olympic team trials. Read on:
Construction Management professor selected as Illinois-Indiana outstanding teacher
Purdue Polytechnic’s Matt Ray has been selected as the 2024 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Outstanding Teacher.
Tao made fellow in National Academies’ Offshore Energy Safety unit
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.
Technology Alumni Awards celebrate Polytechnic prestige, renewed alumni board, future goals
Twelve #PurduePolytechnic alumni received awards celebrating their noteworthy contributions to Purdue, their industries, and the world of technology as a whole.
PhD fellow earns Purdue Efficiency Award for organizational reforms in construction
Candice Sexton was awarded Purdue University's Efficiency Improvement awards for her systemic efforts in recruiting young women and girls in construction, and for immense support of an NSF entrepreneurial grant project.