Eleven undergraduate and graduate students, including two from Purdue Polytechnic Institute, have been selected for the first cohort of the Burton D. Morgan Fellowship Program, a student-driven initiative focused on thought leadership, mentorship and community building.
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Students represent Purdue at EAA AirVenture
Six Purdue aviation technology student ambassadors and three recruitment staff members have been representing the department at the weeklong EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The group has a booth in the exhibit hall and is talking with thousands of guests about Purdue aviation programs as well as recruiting prospective students.
Air venture attracts nearly half a million enthusiasts every year.
Students intern before their first semester on campus
Two construction management students who will start their Purdue careers this fall started racking up industry experience this summer as part of a new pre-freshmen internship experience.
Flight team readies for annual women's air race
Aviation students prepare for the 2015 Air Race Classic.
CIT team wins Boiler Mini-Accelerator Competition
Spotter, a startup founded by two students in the Department of Computer and Information Technology, took top honors and $5,000 during "Demo Day" at the second annual Boiler Mini-Accelerator Competition.
Student to bike across country for affordable housing
Evan Axthelm, a junior in mechanical engineering technology, will bike across the country this summer as part of a program to build affordable housing. He will bike around 3,600 miles over the 15-day trip.
Student team shares national Boeing competition win
Aviation Technology’s Hangar of the Future team has been selected as a co-winner of Boeing Corporation’s inaugural Information Technology Case Competition for developing a software application design for use in object recognition.
AMET takes second at national Rube Goldberg contest
Purdue University took the top two places at the 2015 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest national championship, a first for the competition.
AITP wins 17 awards at national conference
Members of the Purdue chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) won several awards at the 2015 National Collegiate Conference in Omaha March 26-29.
Virtual nose may reduce simulator sickness in video games
Virtual reality games often cause simulator sickness – inducing vertigo and sometimes nausea - but new research findings point to a potential strategy to ease the affliction.