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A new endowed scholarship at Purdue Polytechnic Columbus honors the late Helen and Adrian Minnick, who were active in promoting both educational and community initiatives.
Published: August 10, 2017
Active learning has long been a hallmark of Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Aviation and Transportation Technology, where hands-on activities include printing 3-D objects, fabricating parts in CNC machines, and, of course, training in flight simulators and piloting actual aircraft. But there...
Published: August 08, 2017
Purdue Polytechnic High School welcomed 159 students to its first-ever ninth grade class on Monday (July 31) in Indianapolis. The new school will focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and will feature hands-on project-based learning.
Published: August 01, 2017
Becca Lax, the 59th Indiana State Fair Queen, boarded a Purdue aircraft Wednesday (July 26) for a flight to an appearance at a county fair. What made this flight unique is that Lax was the flight's copilot, not just a passenger.
Published: July 27, 2017
Published: July 25, 2017
Funding proposals for May 2017. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
Published: July 25, 2017
Funded research awards for May 2017. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
Published: July 25, 2017
Law enforcement agencies have been relying on forensics tools not well suited to today’s digital world. To provide a modern, cost-effective solution, a research team led by Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, assistant professor of computer and information technology, is building File Toolkit for...
Published: July 24, 2017
Jordan McGraw, a first-year graduate student in computer graphics technology, helped design a virtual reality video game which allows a player to potentially discover a new treatment for diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's
Published: July 14, 2017
A group of 30 students attending an annual Purdue Polytechnic Columbus summer camp were immersed in robotics for 15 hours over the course of a week.
Published: July 10, 2017
Robert Cox, senior associate dean for globalization and professor of construction management, has been named a 2017 Global Faculty Fellow by Purdue’s Office of Corporate and Global Partnerships (OCGP).
Published: July 07, 2017
Manoj Patankar has been appointed head of the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology. Patankar was previously a professor of aviation science at Saint Louis University.
Published: July 06, 2017
The Purdue Polytechnic Institute plans to provide courses, seminars, and workshops at the WestGate @ Crane Technology Park as part of a collaboration between Purdue University, the Purdue Research Foundation, and WestGate Authority, Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC...
Published: July 03, 2017
Thomas Carney, a professor of aviation technology, appeared in a United Airlines video series to explain what turbulence is and how it affects air travel.
Published: June 29, 2017
The 2017 Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Core Training, now underway at Purdue’s West Lafayette campus, is offering K-12 teachers professional development in numerous topics in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math).
Published: June 20, 2017
Mary McCarty, a senior in professional flight, and Alyssa Harvey, a junior in professional flight, will compete in the 41st annual Air Race Classic, a women's cross-country competition.
Published: June 19, 2017