Polytechnic Live Q&A

Upcoming  Replays

Hello, future Techies, current Techies, and all friends of Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute! Please join us during a LIVE BROADCAST on YouTube to get answers to your questions about Purdue Polytechnic, our majors, and our unique learning environment. Each Purdue Polytechnic Live Q&A broadcast features:

  • Discussion of specific topics by our faculty, staff, and/or students … and occasionally alumni and/or industry representatives
  • Answers to questions you submit via YouTube's live chat feature or sent in advance to techrecruit@purdue.edu (or a special address, when listed for specific broadcasts)

Upcoming Broadcasts in 2024

Dates, times, topics & panelists of future broadcasts are subject to change. For earlier broadcasts, see the index of replays, sorted by topic, below.

How to ask questions while watching live: A chat function will be available on YouTube while the broadcast is live. To participate in the chat, you will have to create and log into a Google account, and then connect that account to YouTube. But don’t worry: you don’t have to submit any videos or do anything with that YouTube connection after the broadcast.

Computer Graphics Technology

March 20, 2024 • 7:00 p.m. (Eastern)

Learn about Animation and Visual Effects; Data Visualization; Game Development and Design; UX (User Experience) Design; and Web Programming and Design, which are the majors in Purdue’s Department of Computer Graphics Technology (CGT). Angus Forbes, Dan Triplett, and David Whittinghill (professors), Aimee Griggs (academic advisor), and Emma Barnett, Nadia Kimbrough, Ishani Mishra and Aashika Parekh (current students) will discuss plans of study, what “learning by doing” means in CGT, computer recommendations, and opportunities to gain real-world experience in these fields. Kelsey Spille, student affairs administrator, will serve as host.

Watch on YouTube

Computer and Information Technology

April 3, 2024 • 7:00 p.m. (Eastern)

Join us to learn more about Computer and Information Technology; Computing Infrastructure and Network Engineering Technology; Computing Systems Analysis and Design; Cybersecurity; and Data Analytics, Technologies and Applications — all of the majors in our Department of Computer and Information Technology. Paul Thomas (professor), Melody Carducci (academic advisor) and others will discuss plans of study, internships, career opportunities, and more. Cathy Pullings will serve as moderator.

Watch on YouTube

Watch this space!

Future broadcasts will be added here. Meanwhile, check out the many replays below! And click over to our replays archive page to see complete descriptions of each broadcast and the names of the students, faculty and staff who participated.

Broadcast Replays from 2023

Replays, Sorted by Topic

We’ve been broadcasting for several years! If we didn’t cover a specific topic in one broadcast, there’s a chance we talked about it previously. Here are links to archived YouTube broadcasts, sorted by topic.

Of course, the older the broadcast, the greater chance that some of the information presented might be out of date. Be sure to check for current information on our prospective students and current students pages — and contact the Polytechnic’s Office of Recruitment, Retention and Diversity with your questions.

Everyone is welcome to watch any of these broadcasts, whether you’re a high school student thinking about your future or a senior who has applied and been admitted to Purdue. Broadcasts about our six academic schools/departments and their majors were originally aired for admitted students, but all prospective students are welcome to watch and learn more about the Polytechnic’s academics.

 


Aviation and Transportation Technology

February 2024 (Aviation Management, Unmanned Aerial Systems & Aeronautical Engineering Technology)

February 2023 (Aviation Management, Unmanned Aerial Systems & Aeronautical Engineering Technology)

February 2023 (Professional Flight)

March 2022 (Aviation Management, Unmanned Aerial Systems & Aeronautical Engineering Technology)

February 2022 (Professional Flight)

March 2021

April 2020


Computer and Information Technology

March 2023

February 2022

April 2021

April 2020


Computer Graphics Technology

April 2023 (Animation and Visual Effects & Game Development and Design)

April 2022 (UX Design, Data Visualization, & others)

March 2022 (Animation and Visual Effects & Game Development and Design)

March 2021

April 2020

March 2019 (UX Design)


Technology Leadership & Innovation

March 2024 (Organizational Leadership & Human Resource Development)

February 2023 (Organizational Leadership & Human Resource Development)

March 2021

May 2020

Replays Archive

We’ve been on the air since 2017! Our replays archive page will take you on a blast through our past. See the detailed list of all our previous broadcasts, in reverse-chronological order.