Winston Sealy and Bryan Hubbard, two faculty members from Purdue Polytechnic, the college for technology at Purdue, have been named 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Scholars.
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is a government-sponsored international educational exchange program designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those in other countries. Fulbright scholars travel abroad to conduct research or lecture for up to a year.
Winston Sealy
Winston Sealy from the School of Engineering Technology received a teaching award that will send him to the University of the West Indies-Mona (UWI-Mona) in Jamaica.
Sealy’s work at UWI-Mona will revamp a year-long capstone course to reflect the dynamic landscape of Jamaica’s industrial sector. Sealy will also lead the creation and instruction of two courses, Product Development and Advanced Industrial Automation, within the undergraduate Electronics, Electrical Power, and Biomedical Engineering programs. The University of the West Indies serves 16 countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean and offers more than 800 academic programs.
Sealy has previous experience in the printed circuit board and semiconductor industries. In recent years, Sealy has been a contributing author on papers exploring enhanced autonomous robotics, reconfigurable programmable logic controllers, the Internet of Things in the energy sector, and collaborative industrial and intelligent robotics.
Bryan Hubbard
Bryan Hubbard from the School of Construction Management Technology (CMT) received a teaching (40%) and research (60%) award for work he will conduct at the Universidad de Málaga (UMA) in Spain.
Hubbard will conduct an energy assessment of modular educational and apartment facilities in collaboration with the Energy Research Group in Industrial Engineering. The findings will validate assumptions used in design decisions and inform future resource allocation. Industrialized construction methods support affordable housing, increase worker safety and promote sustainable solutions. Energy assessment research has broad impacts, including carbon reduction, mitigation of global climate change and reduction of waste.
Hubbard’s students recognized him in 2023 with the Charles B. Murphy Award, Purdue’s highest undergraduate teaching honor. His research interests include workforce development, construction supply chain management, modularization, construction safety, sustainability and industrial construction.
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