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Funded research awards for December 2020.
Published: January 27, 2021
Nathalie Duval-Couetil, professor of technology leadership and innovation, was honored with two awards from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, including their highest accolade.
Published: January 19, 2021
Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute is receiving support from major technology companies for the college's Smart Manufacturing program and facilities. Microsoft, Rockwell Automation, PTC, Endress+Hauser, Foundry Educational Foundation, International Society of Automation, and the...
Published: January 14, 2021
A $5 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc., will help establish a centralized, virtual hub called “Innovation College” to encourage innovative teaching methods that reach across disciplines.
Published: January 12, 2021
Wayne Ripberger (BS mechanical engineering technology ’73) had an exemplary career in the manufacturing industry. Ripberger’s Purdue degree sparked a 50-year career as a manufacturing engineer, working around the world for companies including Cummins, Toyota and John Deere.
Published: January 09, 2021
During summer 2020, Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute took over delivery of all coursework for the college’s locations outside of West Lafayette. For a few of our locations, this is an important change, as they previously had depended on other university regional campuses to...
Published: January 08, 2021
Purdue Polytechnic High School, a STEM- focused, tuition-free charter school designed to provide education, experience, and a potential path to college for urban and minority students, reinvented high school education. In fall 2020, Purdue University announced that the high school’s...
Published: January 08, 2021
Purdue Polytechnic’s Kokomo location now resides inside the newly renovated Inventrek Technology Park, which features expansive lab space for mechanical engineering technology and electrical engineering technology coursework and numerous other learning spaces. Students take advantage of...
Published: January 07, 2021
Purdue Polytechnic’s Design and Innovation Challenge, a showcase for students to incorporate human-centered design during the creation of working prototypes of new products, went virtual in 2020.
Published: January 07, 2021
When COVID-19 made on-campus summer STEM camps impossible for middle-school students to attend in 2020, Purdue Polytechnic’s Anne Lucietto and Nancy Denton teamed with graduate students Brian Tedeschi and Julia Miller to devise “Techie Time,” a virtual five-day STEM camp.
Published: January 06, 2021
Purdue Polytechnic achieved an all-time high enrollment for the fourth consecutive year.
Published: January 06, 2021
Colin Gray, assistant professor of computer graphics technology and director of Purdue’s UX Pedagogy and Practice Lab, and a team of researchers including Shruthi Chivukula, a doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant, are studying practitioners’ experiences and attitudes...
Published: January 05, 2021
Gianna Lint, a student in Purdue Polytechnic’s Doctorate of Technology program, is applying her expertise in process improvement towards human trafficking research.
Published: January 05, 2021
A team of students from Purdue’s Polytechnic Institute, College of Engineering, College of Science and other academic units are developing software, electrical, navigation and mechanical systems to race autonomous cars at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Published: January 04, 2021
Funded research awards for November 2020.
Published: December 31, 2020
Polytechnic students majoring in engineering/technology teacher education to become K-12 STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) instructors learned “Engineering by Design,” a new STEM-focused teaching model.
Published: December 08, 2020
Greg Strimel, assistant professor of technology leadership and innovation, chaired the team that produced the “Framework for P-12 Engineering Learning,” a newly released report to provide practical guidance for engineering learning that can begin for students as young as pre...
Published: December 03, 2020
Ashwin Sivakumar, a Purdue ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) cadet, will become the University’s first Space Force officer.
Published: December 03, 2020
Four Polytechnic student teams won first or second place at the Technology and Engineering Education Collegiate Association’s November 2020 regional competition.
Published: December 03, 2020
A variety of Purdue Polytechnic students participated in Purdue’s 2020 Spring Undergraduate Research Conference.
Published: November 30, 2020