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:
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Supply Chain student recognized for undergrad research accomplishments
Joon Kang, an undergraduate student studying Supply Chain and Sales Engineering Technology, won awards for posters in two research competitions. As a Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship participant, Kang worked on research about ammonia emissions in North Carolina tobacco production. Both papers he worked on during the DUIRI program have been accepted for publication in global academic journals.
Giant leaps on ‘Mars’ outpost for Polytechnic student
Adriana Sanchez, a soon-to-be senior in mechanical engineering technology, recently got back from doing some amazing things at the Mars Desert Research Facility in Utah. Read about her two weeks in a simulated spacefaring environment here:
New patent by Polytechnic faculty to ‘help automate building construction’
Professor Zhang's new patent provides “instructions to a robotic arm that places and fastens construction materials” directly onto buildings, which should massively speed up the construction process on residential buildings. Read more here:
Engineering technology faculty lead on Purdue's semiconductor, CHIPS Act goals
The CHIPS Act is motivating professors and students in Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Engineering Technology to discover how America can re-shore its semiconductor industry.
Purdue student research team competing in Amazon’s Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge
Purdue Polytechnic graduate research assistants Rey (Alex) Gonzalez, Yifei Hu and Damin Zhang are members of a student research team competing in Amazon’s international Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge, developing multimodal (voice and vision) conversational agents that assist customers in completing tasks requiring multiple steps and decisions. Julia Rayz, professor of computer and information technology, is their advisor.
Student researchers present Holistic Safety and Security projects at spring poster session
Undergraduate and graduate students in Purdue Polytechnic presented posters summarizing their 2021-2022 research projects. Student research projects affiliated with the Polytechnic’s Holistic Safety and Security research impact area are summarized here.
Student researchers present Realizing the Digital Enterprise projects at spring poster session (2 of 2)
Undergraduate and graduate students in Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute presented posters summarizing their 2021-2022 research projects. Student research projects affiliated with the Polytechnic’s Realizing the Digital Enterprise research impact area are summarized here. (Part 2 of 2.)
Student researchers present Realizing the Digital Enterprise projects at spring poster session (1 of 2)
Undergraduate and graduate students in Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute presented posters summarizing their 2021-2022 research projects. Student research projects affiliated with the Polytechnic’s Realizing the Digital Enterprise research impact area are summarized here. (Part 1 of 2.)
Student researchers present Future Work and Learning projects at spring poster session
Undergraduate and graduate students in Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute presented posters summarizing their 2021-2022 research projects. Student research projects affiliated with the Polytechnic’s Future Work and Learning research impact area are summarized here.