The new, massive electric vehicle battery producer in Kokomo means great things for Purdue Polytechnic students, both from our statewide location in Kokomo and from elsewhere, who want to get hands-on experience in the EV industry. Read more:
Future Work and Learning
IN-MaC brings hands-on learning methods to Evansville through Toyota partnership
Our Indiana Next-Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness Center continues to grow, as it expands alongside a longstanding partnership with Toyota to the University of Evansville:
Engineering technology faculty secures third NSF Award, seeks to improve engineering education strategies
Farid Breidi in our School of Engineering Technology will soon commence a research project that seeks to use an augmented-reality learning environment to create totally unique, personalized learning environments for engineering students. Learn more about how it will work here:
Purdue Polytechnic research team receives $900,000 NSF award to research engineering, technology students’ problem solving, collaboration skills
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:
Teaching K-12 teachers: Purdue workshop aims to build future workforce for the Midwest semiconductor industry
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.
Engineering Technology researchers win awards in manufacturing, industrial engineering, teaching for mixed-reality work
A mixed-reality research team which began in 2022 with Farid Breidi's NSF grant just swept several categories of the American Society for Engineering Education's annual awards.
Engineering Technology grad student wins teaching award from Purdue Teaching Academy
Congratulations to our PhD student Pragatheiswar Giri, who's celebrating both an award from the Purdue Teaching Academy and a successful election to the university's Grad Student Government. Get the details here:
Faculty win FAA grant to provide high-tech learn-by-doing programs for aviation educators
Purdue Polytechnic is extending the learn-by-doing approach even further into the classroom, thanks to a new grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. Read more:
Polytechnic faculty listed as leads on newly-granted optics patent
Congratulations to Jose Garcia Bravo and Brittany Newell for authoring a patent that will help many different areas of scientific research run experiments less expensively and with much greater efficiency.
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.