Purdue Polytechnic faculty in multiple disciplines have been granted nearly $150,000 to generate new teaching modules for engineering technology students.
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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:
American Chemical Society awards young faculty grant to Polytechnic professor Chengcheng Tao
Chengcheng Tao, an assistant professor in Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Construction Management Technology, is among a group of nearly 80 researchers to receive a grant in 2023 from the American Chemical Society’s Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF).
NSF funds AI, augmented reality research in Purdue Polytechnic’s aviation programs
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.
NSF grant will address disparities among Black engineering technology students
Anne Lucietto from Purdue Polytechnic's School of Engineering Technology has teamed up with a wide range of researchers to investigate disparities between African American student enrollment in engineering technology compared to other demographic groups. Lucietto was awarded nearly $300,000 by the National Science Foundation to undertake the project.
Paul Asunda named as 2023-2024 Fulbright Scholar to Kenya
Purdue Polytechnic's Paul Asunda has been named a 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar. He will partner on a project in Kenya designed to help Kenyan schools evaluate and modify how they teach STEM subjects to their students.
Polytechnic’s SMART Lab introduces area high schoolers to the wide world of robotics
Area high school students got to learn about the latest and greatest innovations in robotics from Purdue Polytechnic's very own SMART Lab. As part of the week-long program, they got to pick the brains of faculty and research staff, even learning how Purdue's familiar delivery robots manage to stay on target and not get lost around campus.
Polytechnic Anderson receives college readiness grant
Purdue Polytechnic Anderson received a $10,000 Bridge to College Day grant to expose high school juniors and seniors to postsecondary opportunities.
Nawrocki’s nervous system treatment research awarded Purdue Polytechnic’s first Showalter grant
Purdue Polytechnic’s Robert Nawrocki and his research colleagues are designing a soft, flexible electrode that can be comfortably placed on the skin, enabling a treatment called deep nerve stimulation. The new technology could potentially provide relief for medical disorders including migraine, rheumatoid arthritis and many gastrointestinal illnesses without the side effects of traditional pharmaceutical treatments.
Lilly Endowment grant to support “Innovation College” hub for transforming learning
A $5 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc., will help establish a centralized, virtual hub called “Innovation College” to encourage innovative teaching methods that reach across disciplines.