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January 22, 2007

Volume II, Issue 10

Message from Toni Munguia, director
Technology Diversity Program

Toni Munguia

Toni Munguia, CoT Diversity director, congratulates Danielle Bell on completion
of last year's VISION program.

The Technology Diversity program provides mentoring and retention activities for multicultural and female students who are pursuing degrees in the college. Through the program, we also coordinate a variety of outreach and recruitment programs to inform under-represented students about the career opportunities available in technology. But these programs are not possible without the help and assistance of our faculty, staff, and students.

Our efforts are paying off; this fall our student body was more diverse than it has been in many years. About 15 percent of our college is multicultural and 12 percent are female students. Our freshman class is 17 percent multicultural and 11 percent female.

Both University initiatives and your support of our diversity programs have made this happen. High school students that once attended our recruitment programs are now attending classes as Purdue students. Even with this progress, there is still much more that we can do.

A series of camps and student organizations serve as recruitment and retention initiatives for our college. Spring and summer 2007 events to recruit diverse populations include:

Spring programs
• March 1 to 3 – Discovering Opportunities in Technology (DO iT) for eleventh-grade female students
• March 29 to 31– High School Visions program for eleventh-grade multicultural students

These two programs are organized in collaboration with the Minority Technology Association and Women in Technology student groups. The guests come to campus for three days and are immersed in technology and college life. The students who will attend this spring are all juniors and eligible this fall to apply to Purdue for admission.

Summer Programs
• June 10 to 14 – Turned On to Technology And Leadership (TOTAL ) Summer camp for seventh- and eighth-grade multi-cultural students

• June 24 to 28 -Technology Expanding All Minds (TEAM) summer camp for eighth- and ninth-grade females

• July 9 to 13 – Technology Advances Girl Scouts (TAGS) in collaboration with the Girls Scouts of America for fifth- to seventh-grade students.

• June 30 to August 3 -- Academic Boot Camp (ABC) for incoming multicultural freshman students in STEM.

Letters and sign-up sheets have been sent to all the departments requesting your assistance with the upcoming programs. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Student Organizations
As the advisor to the Minority Technology Association and the Women in Technology student organizations, I have seen increased growth, collaboration, and unity. Members genuinely want to see more students like themselves succeed and are willing to work hard to make it happen. They have been instrumental to help make sure the programs are staffed and run smoothly.

University Commitment
Purdue values diversity of all kinds. It is at the heart of the strategic plan. A diverse community creates a vibrant atmosphere for innovation and discovering new ideas. During her last visit to the college, Provost Mason mentioned Purdue’s campus initiatives towards a multicultural and inclusive educational community, including MOSAIC. For more information on MOSAIC, visit the Provost Web site.

We are making great progress thanks to the efforts of the University and our college. For more information on Technology Diversity, visit the Web site.

Faculty Honors

Michael Menefee, professor of OLS, won the best paper award at the Southern Industrial Relations and Human Resources Conference. Menefee was a co-author of "The Role of Critical Success Factors in Human Resources in the Success of New Business Ventures." Menefee also is co-author of the book "Human Behavior in Organizations." In addition, he was a co-author of "Re-evaluating the Impact of the Internet: A Critical Assessment and Thoughts on the Future," presented at the British Academy of Management in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in September. Also in Belfast, he presented a paper he co-authored, "Performance Satisfaction in Organizational Lifecycle Stages: Generic Strategies for High and Low Performers."

Kathryne A. Newton, associate professor of IT, is the co-author of "A Survey on the Shifting Channel Expectation Among Distributors and Manufacturers," published in the Review of the Electronic and Industrial Distribution Industries. Newton was also a co-author of "Improving the Product Introduction Processes of Mid-Capital Projects, published in the same journal. In addition, she gave a presentation, "Principles of Planning and Design for Supply Chains" at the Designing Supply Chains in Times of Uncertainty Logistics Retreat in Melbourne, Australia.

Newton also gave the keynote addresses at the following national trade conventions:
— "Employee Retention a Problem? How to Keep Your Best People and How to Find the Right Employees for Your Business — Without Raiding the Competition," given at the Electrical Apparatus and Service Association national convention in Las Vegas in June.
— "How to Find and Keep the Right Employees," given at the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association national convention in Marco Island, Fla., in May.
— "Designing Compensation Systems," given at the Food service Equipment Distributors Association national convention in Phoenix in March.

Newton also led two seminars for national trade associations. She led "High-Performance Personnel," at the Southern Wholesalers Association Profit Enhancement Institute in Atlanta in February, and "Personnel Productivity" at the University of Industrial Distribution at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in March.

Mark Jackson, associate professor of MET, has published the following journal articles in the last several months:
— "Liquid Impact Erosion of Single-Crystal and Coated Materials," co-authored with R.H. Telling and J.E. Field, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, April 2006.
— "Liquid Impact of Chemical Vapor-Deposited Diamond-Coated Germanium and Zinc Sulfide Infrared Transmitting Materials," co-authored with J.E. Field, E.J. Coad, and R.H. Telling, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, April 2006.
— "Femtosecond Laser Micro-machining of Aluminum Surfaces Under Controlled Gas Atmospheres," co-authored with G.M. Robinson, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, April 2006.
— "Machining of Depleted Uranium Using Coated Cutting Tools," co-authored with G.M. Robinson, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, April 2006.
— "The Measurement of Ultra fine Particles: A Pilot Study Using a Portable Particle Counting Technique to Measure Generated Particles During a Micro machining Process,” co-authored with R.G. Handy, G.M. Robinson and M.D. Lafreniere, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, April 2006.
— "Laser Dressing of Alumina Grinding Wheels," co-authored with A. Khangar, N.B. Dahotre and G.M. Robinson, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, April 2006.
— "Chemically Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes and Their Characterization Using Thermogravimetric Analysis, Fourier Transform Infrared, and Raman Spectroscopy," co-authored with E. Titus, N. Ali, G. Cabral, J. Gracio and P. Ramesh Babu, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, April 2006.
— "Hot-Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition of Polycrystalline Diamond Coatings to Interlayered Steel," co-authored with M. Amar, W. Ahmed, H. Taylor and I. Hassan, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, April 2006.
— "Comparative Investigation of Smooth Polycrystalline Diamond Films on Dental Burs by Chemical Vapor Deposition," co-authored with H. Sein, W. Ahmed, C. Rego, and R. Polini, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, April 2006.
— "Nucleation Studies of Pulsed Bias Enhanced CVD of Diamond on Biomaterials," co-authored with A. Jones, W. Ahmed, C. Rego and R. Hall, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, April 2006.
— "Microgrinding Hypereutectoid Steels Using Laser-modified Corundum Abrasive Materials," co-authored with G. Robinson, A. Khangar, E. Kenik and N. Dahotre, International Journal of Machining and Machinabiity of Material, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2006.

AT Student Still Missing

The location of a cell phone belonging to missing AT student Wade Steffey has been narrowed down to a section of campus. A search for the phone was launched Saturday (Jan. 20) in hopes that it will provide clues to the student's whereabouts when found. Visit the Purdue home page for any breaking news. An anonymous tip line and reward has been established. A flyer with details is available online to post on campus and in the community.

CoT Career Fair set for February 7

The college's seventh annual career fair is scheduled for Wednesday, February 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.in the Purdue Memorial Union North and South ballrooms. Company representatives will have the chance to meet with a diverse group of students from a variety of majors and specializations.

Students of all majors campuswide are invited to attend. Space is limited and will be offered on a first-come basis.

To register visit Purdue Conferences Web site or contact one of the department representatives:

• CGT — Shirley Church
• IT — Betty Cottrell,
• MFET— Susanne Kelley,
• MET — Susanne Kelley
• CIT — Angela Murphy
• OLS— Jill S. Albrecht
• ECET — Nancy Tucker

For more information,visit the job fair Web site.

SIGGRAPH spring call out January 23

Purdue's chapter of the Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques, known as SIGGRAPH, will hold a call out for students at 6 p.m. Jan. 23 in the Electrical Engineering Building, Room 117.

SIGGRAPH is comprised of students in various colleges and schools at Purdue, including technology, engineering, science and liberal arts who are interested in computer graphics. The chapter meets several times a month to discuss and take part in computer graphics-related activities.

Purdue's group is part of the national group, the Association for Computing Machinery's SIGGRAPH. Visit the Purdue chapter Web site for more information.

Lear Corp. CIO Speaks January 25

John Crary, CIO of Lear Corp., will speak at the 2007 Product Lifecycle Management Speaker Series scheduled for 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 25 in Stewart Center, Room 218 A and B. Faculty, staff and students are invited to hear Crary's presentation, which is titled "PLM Issues for Tier 1 Automotive Suppliers."

Lear Corp. is a Tier 1 supplier of interiors to the world's automotive original equipment manufacturers and is heavily involved in the advancement of product lifecycle management tools.

Additional information:
Lear Corp. Web site
Article featuring Crary discussing implementation of product lifecycle management

RSVP to either Richard Couch, (765) 494-3361 or Leza Dellinger, (765) 494-1279).

Crary's talk is sponsored by the Center for Advanced Manufacturing and the Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence.

CoT News Submissions

Report your CoT news through the online reporting form. The next e-newsletter is scheduled for distribution on Monday, February 5. The deadline to submit items for consideration for the Feb. 5 edition is Jan. 30.

In the News

Technology teacher education program honored as nation's best

A Purdue University program that prepares educators to teach engineering and technology teacher education to middle and high school students was recently selected as the best in the country by a national association.

Purdue's program was chosen as the outstanding engineering and technology teacher education program by the Association for Career and Technical Education's Engineering and Technology Education Division. The award was given at the association's national conference.

"This is an especially significant award because it signifies that of all the technology education programs in the country, Purdue was considered the best," said George Rogers, the associate professor of industrial technology who coordinates the program. "That is quite an honor and a real testament to the outstanding faculty and students involved."

Purdue also received the award in 2004. More Info.

Program receives nation's first PLTW certification for engineering, technology teacher education

Purdue's technology teacher education program has received official certification to offer its graduates Project Lead the Way engineering teacher credentials at the same time they receive their diplomas and Indiana technology education teaching licenses.

"Purdue was the first university in the country to offer this powerful combination of credentials to its technology education graduates," said George Rogers, program coordinator and an associate professor of industrial technology. "This makes our degree much more useful to students and valuable to school corporations because our graduates require no additional training."

Officials at New York-based Project Lead The Way recently certified the program, but a memorandum of understanding had allowed Purdue graduates to receive the credentials since May 2005. More info.

CGT alumnus earns year of Quiznos with rapping sandwich commercial

Out of an extensive list of ideas, he thought a rapping sandwich just might work. And it did.

Courtney Hannibal, a Purdue alumnus, developed a commercial titled "Quiznos Rap" for the Quiznos vs. Subway TV Ad Challenge sponsored by Quiznos and iFilm.com. He won second place and a year's worth of Quiznos meals awarded as $520 in gift cards. The first- place winner was awarded $10,000.

Hannibal, who graduated in May 2006 in computer graphics technology, has been trying to do as many video contests as possible so he can build his portfolio for future job prospects. The commercial depicts a rapping Quiznos Steakhouse Beef Dip and a smaller sandwich popping in with the occasional slogan such as "Warm and Toasty!"

Exponent Story
Journal and Courier Story

JANUARY

• Jan. 19 to 21 — Weekend Master's Program on campus weekend

• Jan. 23 — SIGGRAPH student call-out, 6:00 p.m., Electrical Engineering Building, Room 117

• Jan. 25 —John Crary, CIO of Lear Corp., speaker for the 2007 Product Lifecycle Management Speaker Series, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m., Stewart Center, Room 218 A and B

FEBRUARY

• Feb. 1 - Fall 2007 Freshman Scholarship Applications Due to Jacqueline Brown

• Feb. 6 - Dean's Administrative Council Meeting

• Feb. 7 - CoT Job Fair, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., PMU North and South Ballrooms

COMING Spring '07

Technology Week (April 9 to 13)

*More College of Technology events can be seen on our calendar, located on the Global Exchange.

Message from Toni Munguia, director Technology Diversity Program