Two aviation professors who have been modernizing curriculum have unveiled their plan for a new avionics lab. This will put students in an experiential lab space, teaching them to work on critical flight control systems in the aviation industry.

Join thousands of other fans for Purdue Aviation Day's massive yearly celebration, presented by Envoy Air, on Saturday, April 13 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Congratulations to Allison Boyd, an aeronautical engineering technology student who just became a 2024 Truman Scholar. Boyd joins a list of worldwide leaders who have been recipients, including Supreme Court justices, policy experts and public service heroes. 

Twelve #PurduePolytechnic alumni received awards celebrating their noteworthy contributions to Purdue, their industries, and the world of technology as a whole.

Yi Gao has dug into the details of airport "catchment areas," or the distances from the facility where customers will choose one airport even if another is available to them.

The Persistent Pursuit reported on our outstanding alumna, Brittany Gallarneau. “I decided I wanted to fly when I was about 17,” she says. “My dad was my first flight instructor; he taught me while I earned my private pilot’s license.”

Uniform Sierra Aerospace, a drone manufacturer co-founded with Polytechnic alumni, has created the new Panther drone model, made in United States and designed for “first responders [in] search-and-rescue cases in outdoor settings.”

Purdue University's Undergraduate Research Expo for fall 2023 highlighted substantial efforts in Purdue Polytechnic, with participation from 31 undergraduate students and 24 faculty and graduate mentors.

On November 1, Purdue honored Polytechnic professors Jin Wei-Kocsis, Nathan Mentzer, Alejandra Magana, Vetria Byrd, Joseph Hupy and Baijian “Justin” Yang with Seed for Success Acorn Awards. The award recognizes Purdue researchers who have obtained their first grant of $1 million or more in funding.

The National Science Foundation has just issued its first-ever grant to Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Aviation and Transportation Technology, funding the school’s large-scale AI and mixed-reality research project. Included are over a dozen industry partners and higher ed institutions.