Congratulations to our PhD student Pragatheiswar Giri, who's celebrating both an award from the Purdue Teaching Academy and a successful election to the university's Grad Student Government. Get the details here:
Future Work and Learning
Faculty win FAA grant to provide high-tech learn-by-doing programs for aviation educators
Â鶹¾«Æ·is extending the learn-by-doing approach even further into the classroom, thanks to a new grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. Read more:
Polytechnic faculty listed as leads on newly-granted optics patent
Congratulations to Jose Garcia Bravo and Brittany Newell for authoring a patent that will help many different areas of scientific research run experiments less expensively and with much greater efficiency.
Technology Alumni Awards celebrate Polytechnic prestige, renewed alumni board, future goals
Twelve #PurduePolytechnic alumni received awards celebrating their noteworthy contributions to Purdue, their industries, and the world of technology as a whole.
Kao wins NSF grant, studying methods to level playing field in virtual education
Dominic Kao from the Department of Computer and Information Technology recently received early-career funding from the National Science Foundation to conduct a five-year study on stereotyping and bias related to users of digital learning tools.
Polytechnic professor’s book helps STEM instructors bridge computing gap between college, workforce
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.
American Chemical Society awards young faculty grant to Polytechnic professor Chengcheng Tao
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).
Engineering Technology hosts a day of smart manufacturing at Purdue
Â鶹¾«Æ·recently hosted a dedication for its new smart manufacturing labs, designed to prepare students for the factory of the future. Engineering technology faculty have already begun shaping new curricula around these state-of-the-art facilities.
Professor’s vocal research has implications for women in virtual work, gaming, education
While most studies on gender bias focus on visual distinctions and stereotypes, Purdue Polytechnic's Dominic Kao went down a novel route by exploring individuals' judgments and reactions to male and female voices.
Trimble funds creation of new lab in Construction Management Technology
The School of Construction Management Technology in Â鶹¾«Æ·’s Polytechnic college has received a large donation from Trimble, Inc. to construct a state-of-the-art lab in Dudley and Lambertus Halls.