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A new hands-on lab focused on simulated avionics upgrades could soon be available to students in the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology (SATT). Avionics are the electronics...
Published: April 11, 2024
Yi Gao, an associate professor in Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Aviation and Transportation Technology, recently completed a project sponsored by the National Academies of Science,...
Published: March 14, 2024
The Persistent Pursuit recently told the story of Purdue Polytechnic's 2021 professional flight alumna, Brittany Gallarneau. “I decided I wanted to fly when I was about 17,”...
Published: March 08, 2024
As reported by the Purdue Research Foundation (PRF), the Purdue alumni-founded drone company Uniform Sierra Aerospace has launched its Panther drone for the marketplace. Uniform Sierra...
Published: January 26, 2024
UPDATE 12/12/23, 11:30 a.m. EST—The Office of Undergraduate Research at Purdue has announced the winning research talks and posters from each academic unit within the university. Purdue...
Published: December 12, 2023
Vetria Byrd, the Department of Computer Graphics Technology's first-ever award winner, with Karen Plaut, executive vice president for research. (Photo provided)
On November 1, Purdue honored six professors from Purdue Polytechnic, the university’s college for technology, with Seed for Success Acorn Awards. The award recognizes Purdue...
Published: November 20, 2023
Manoj Patankar (right), head of Purdue Polytechnic's CREATE lab, arrives to meet Flexjet partners at their headquarters in Richmond Heights, Ohio. (Photo provided: Flexjet)
Purdue Polytechnic's CREATE lab has partnered with Flexjet, Inc. to create AeroSphere—an aviation facility providing students with a world-class education in...
Published: November 16, 2023
On October 5, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) announced eleven winners in its annual Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) graduate research awards. Luigi Raphael Dy, a doctoral...
Published: October 19, 2023
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has just issued its first-ever grant to Purdue Polytechnic’s Center for Research and Education in Advanced Transportation Ecosystems (CREATE), housed...
Published: October 10, 2023
Uniform Sierra Aerospace participated in the biannual Black and Gold Awards pitch competition. Purdue Innovates Startup Foundry, led by Tyler Mantel (far right), awarded $100,000 to the company founded by Jeremy Fredrick (far left), Trevor Redpath (center left) and Duncan Mulgrew (center right). (Photo credit: Vincent Walter)
As reported by the Purdue Research Foundation, Purdue Innovates Startup Foundry awarded $100,000 to Uniform Sierra Aerospace, a startup founded in part by alumni of Purdue Polytechnic. The...
Published: August 03, 2023