Computer and Information Technology professor BC Min continues to advance research within his SMART Lab, with a recent focus on improving human-robot teamwork by better analyzing the physical and emotional states of human operators.

At the University of Adelaide, Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar recently presented research at a conference that she also successfully co-founded and organized within the past year, all designed to bring together partner institutions charged with combatting sexual abuse of minors. Read more:

Purdue Polytechnic's Mark French has spent the equivalent of a second career consulting Hoosier businesses, making sure they succeed. He was recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Purdue for these efforts.

Purdue Polytechnic's Alejandra Magana has published a new book designed to "acquire [computing-related] skills more quickly and with greater success," as the baseline requirements for such skills only continue to increase with technological progress.

Congratulations to Purdue Polytechnic's Cheng Peng, awarded by a DC-based National Academy branch for significant contributions as a young scholar of transportation research. 

Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar has continued her relationship with the criminology unit in Spain's University of Valencia, leading to a new grant from Google that seeks to identify signs of online child grooming both in the U.S. and abroad.

Chad Laux from the Department of Computer and Information Technology is now onto the third award for his coauthored work on management and efficiency, "The Ten Commandments of Lean Six Sigma."

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).

Jin Wei-Kocsis won a Seed for Success Award from Purdue for her work on the high-earning CRAVRE project, a FEMA-sponsored simulation program teaching first responders to treat cyberattacks as seriously as natural disasters.

Purdue Polytechnic's Department of Computer and Information Technology formed its first official organization for graduate students, which will provide a support network for academic and social life, as well as helping with funding for conferences and travel related to students' work.