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NSF selects Purdue project for its 'immediate potential'
Musculoskeletal injuries are the second most common reason to go to the doctor and cost $850 billion a year in the United States alone. Through their National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research on robotics, a Purdue graduate student and his advisor have created a device to help alleviate such injuries for people who carry heavy luggage, briefcases and even medical stretchers.
An additional grant from the NSF Innovation Corps (i-Corps) is helping them explore commercialization opportunities for the project. i-Corps projects have been identified by the NSF as having "immediate
potential for broader applicability and impact in the commercial world."
The researchers are working with Tech Ventures, which is headquartered in the College of Technology, as part of the commercialization process.
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Alumni Profiles:
CGT grad directs award winning 'The Girl and the Fox'
Tyler Kupferer, director of the award-winning short-film “The Girl and the Fox,” says that Purdue experiences such as Martin Jischke’s President’s Leadership Program and the Digital Cinema Contest gave him the skills to be a successful director. Kupferer is a 2008 graduate of the computer graphics technology program.
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News Briefs:
Technology Alumni Day at Conner Prairie
College of Technology alumni are invited to Conner Prairie Interactive History Park September 15 for the second annual Technology Alumni Day.
The park, in Fishers, Ind., will be celebrating it's STEAM Innovation Country Fair at the same time. Alumni can reconnect with other Technology graduates during an ice cream social and register to win a chance to ride in a 1859 hot air balloon. The alumni event is planned from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and discount tickets for Conner Prairie are available.
Check out the Alumni Day Web site for complete information and to register.
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Technology Homecoming to focus on Tuskegee Airmen exhibit
Purdue's Homecoming celebration is Saturday, October 13. In addition to the football game and the Boilermaker Night Train Parade, the College of Technology is offering a special event honoring the Tuskegee Airmen.
With the assistance of Brad Lang, a 1985 graduate of the aviation technology program, the college is bringing the Rise Above exhibit from the CAF Red Tail Squadron to campus. The exhibit features a 30-seat, temperature-controlled movie theater with a 180-degree screen. Every 25 minutes, it runs a 15-minute movie that highlights this brave group of individuals. In conjunction with the exhibit, the CAF Red Tail Squadron will bring a reconditioned, rare P-51C Mustang fighter aircraft used in World War II by the Tuskegee Airmen.
The exhibit will be at the Purdue Airport and is open to the public during the Saturday of Homecoming, 8:00 a.m. to noon. No registration is required for the Saturday morning viewings. However, during afternoon screenings Oct. 10-12, registration is required (and free). For complete information about the Red Tail exhibit and to register, visit the Purdue Red Tail Web site or the College of Technology Homecoming Web site.
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First CTD projects: more efficient shipping, ultrasonic shot peening
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What is the most cost-effective way to load a shipping container? How can you make a piece of metal stronger using less energy? The founding members of the Purdue’s Center for Technology Development (CTD) have asked its faculty researchers to address these questions
over a one-year period.
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Runway grooved sign wins FAA award for Purdue students
Two aviation students have shown their continued ingenuity by placing in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Design Competition for Universities for the second time in three years.
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Elsner's support aimed at updated instruction, scholarships
The first course on microprocessors in the College of Technology was
offered during Jim Elsner’s senior year. Now microprocessors are
everywhere. Just as the curriculum responded to the needs of industry in 1976,
Elsner wants to make sure the College of Technology continues to offer
the most up-to-date instruction to keep students prepared for a changing
workplace.
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Sukumar focuses on athlete’s spatial ability, not tuition bill
Karthik Sukumar splits his time between teaching, taking classes and
completing his master’s thesis on spatial ability in athletes. It
doesn’t leave much time for other activities or part-time jobs. Which is why he is thankful for the funding he receives as a teaching
assistant and the Sriver Graduate Scholarship in Computer Graphics
Technology. “It is so important. I don't have to worry about the money
aspect,” Sukumar said. “I can focus on what I came here to do.”
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Jun 11-13: Purdue Summer Leadership Institute, College of Technology at Richmond
Jun 13-16: Electric Go-Kart summer camp, College of Technology, South Bend
Jun 20-23: Electric Go-Kart summer camp, College of Technology, South Bend
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Jun 30 - Aug 2: STEM Academic Boot Camp.
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Jul 11-14: Electric Go-Kart summer camp, College of Technology, South Bend
Sep 13: 10th Annual TechPride Golf Scramble
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