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Jiansong “Jason” Zhang
Inspectors check for compliance with building codes during construction projects. Purdue Polytechnic’s Jiansong “Jason” Zhang is researching how to automate code compliance-...
Published: March 18, 2021
Students at work building guitars in Purdue Polytechnic's Fabrication Lab.
STEM Guitar, a project led in part by Purdue Polytechnic’s Mark French, was honored with the Gerhard Salinger award by the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association.
Published: March 16, 2021
Noah Jackson
Noah Jackson, senior in construction management technology, won first place in an essay competition that focused on innovation.
Published: March 15, 2021
Randy Rapp
Randy Rapp, associate professor of construction management technology, has been appointed the Professor of Restoration and Reconstruction.
Published: March 12, 2021
Rosemary Astheimer
Purdue Polytechnic’s Rosemary Astheimer has published a new book. “Model-Based Definition in the Product Lifecycle” explores how industry benefits from using 3D CAD (computer-...
Published: March 01, 2021
Elementary school students learn to execute tasks with a robotic arm much like those found in advanced manufacturing facilities.
Sascha Harrell, director of workforce development and education for Purdue’s Indiana Next Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness Center (IN-MaC), and Purdue Polytechnic’s Greg Strimel...
Published: February 26, 2021
Byung-Cheol Min's SMARTBoat 5, removing an algae bloom from a public waterway
Purdue Polytechnic’s Byung-Cheol “B.C.” Min is leading a team designing SMARTBoat 5, an unmanned surface vehicle that removes harmful algae blooms from shorelines and waterways....
Published: February 26, 2021
Purdue Polytechnic Research
Funded research awards for January 2021.
Published: February 25, 2021
Jiansong Zhang developed and is testing a novel construction robotic system for work in construction settings.
Purdue Polytechnic’s Jiansong Zhang, assistant professor of construction management technology, and his team developed and are testing a novel construction robotic system that uses an...
Published: February 22, 2021
The GroPod under-counter appliance (Image provided)
Purdue Polytechnic graduates Ivan Ball and Scott Massey received the Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation to advance their GroPod in-home greenhouse...
Published: February 21, 2021
A CAD (computer aided design) model (left) can be optimized (right) to reduce weight while still meeting strength design criteria.
Computer graphics technology students in Purdue Polytechnic who are learning about model-based design now have access to software that optimizes their designs for manufacturing, just as many of...
Published: February 19, 2021
Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar
Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, associate professor of computer and information technology, fights crime using cyberforensics, a branch of digital forensic science pertaining to evidence found in...
Published: February 16, 2021
Design & Innovation students awarded grant to advance invention for Parkinson’s patients
Purdue Polytechnic students Zackary Roth, Brock Langley and Jack Williams have received grant funding from an organization that supports student inventors to help market the Seal Spoon, a spoon...
Published: February 11, 2021
Hyun Gun Song, superintendent of South Korean police
Eric Dietz, professor of computer and information technology, was working to provide new opportunities for graduate students when he hosted Hyun Gun Song, the superintendent of South Korean police...
Published: February 03, 2021
Cory Clay
Racecar driver Cory Clay, a mechanical engineering technology student at the Columbus, Indiana, location of Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute, got a chance to compete against...
Published: February 02, 2021
Danielle Render
While sidelined by an automobile accident for a few months, Danielle Render, a Purdue graduate who double-majored in organizational leadership and multidisciplinary engineering, transformed her...
Published: February 01, 2021
Toni Munguia
Toni Munguia, Purdue Polytechnic’s director of recruitment, retention and diversity, is serving on the steering committee for the Purdue Equity Task Force, which is focusing on structural and...
Published: February 01, 2021
Proposed methodology using BIM and a generative design approach by Soowon Chang and Malav Haresh Doshi.
Purdue Polytechnic’s Sabine Brunswicker, Soowon Chang, Dominic Kao and Alejandra Magana participated in short-term research projects related to how universities adapted to the pandemic.
Published: January 29, 2021
Luis Maldonado and Jason Ostanek
A utility company turned to Purdue Polytechnic’s Jason Ostanek and Luis Maldonado to deal with the potential of foul-smelling air near ground-level ventilation shafts for the DigIndy Tunnel...
Published: January 27, 2021
Purdue Polytechnic Research
Funded research awards for December 2020.
Published: January 27, 2021

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