Professor Linvill and our Dean were honored to be invited to spend some time aboard active naval vessels, talking about preparing a tech-literate workforce for the military's future. Read about all the amazing work they got up to:
graduate students
Professor, Ph.D. student use ChatGPT to develop undergrads’ conflict resolution skills
Purdue Polytechnic's Alejandra Magana and Ph.D. student Sakhi Aggrawal have devised a novel way to teach students conflict resolution skills which is technologically powered with ChatGPT's language-learning model:
Andrews Fellowship, Presidential Excellence Award recipient builds skills, community ties as she heads into technology Ph.D.
Angela's work, from our own VR Lab to the Spanish and Japanese language departments, has gotten her a number of unique accolades as she heads into our Ph.D. program—go Angela
Ph.D. student’s dissertation aims to bring autonomy, competence, joy to older adults using technology
Read about a Ph.D. student who is making everyone more comfortable with technology—from older individuals to those with disabilities, Chorong Park is working on creating greater levels of tech-comfort and literacy for everyone:
Ph.D. student’s immersive VR journey brings him to new role in North Carolina
Pedro Acevedo successfully defended his dissertation, and will now have a faculty role at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Read about how he is moving the needle on immersive VR in the world of education:
PhD student uncovers ‘human values gaps’ in AI datasets
A Purdue Polytechnic PhD student has devised a technique for examining AI training data to see if systems will align with human morals and values. Read more here:
Polytechnic team visits Lake Michigan for sustainable cement research
A group of students in our Construction Management Technology discipline are doing some amazing sponsored research into sustainable alternatives to current concrete formulas:
Purdue Polytechnic researchers awarded Best Student Journal Paper at prestigious IEEE ISMAR conference
Congratulations to Mousas' team and everyone at Purdue Polytechnic's VR Lab for their recognition as serious contributors to the future of VR, AI, and beyond:
Ph.D. candidate receives Best Poster Award at engineering, operations World Congress
Congrats to Israa Azzam and her faculty mentor Dr. Breidi; Azzam’s research on immersive digital twins and extended reality just earned top honors:
Purdue aviation team wins first place award for innovative, multifunctional airport luggage cart
Two School of Aviation and Transportation Technology grad students and their faculty advisor just won an award for a convenient, practical upgrade to the system used to move luggage around airports and runways. Read about how it works here: