A new international partnership focused on robotics, particularly firefighting robots, could result in several benefits to Purdue University and the Lafayette-West Lafayette area.

Researchers in Purdue’s College of Technology announced a partnership with two Korean robotics companies and a Korean University Feb. 21. The entities are interested in conducting robotics research with Purdue’s Department of Computer and Information Technology. In addition, the Korean companies are exploring U.S.-based commercialization and manufacturing opportunities in the community.

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It isn’t just the product idea that makes Pocket Tales worthy of an award. It’s also the creativity, drive and determination of the game’s creators, Anthony Smith and Yaw Aning.

“Pocket Tales is an application that provides gaming incentives to get kids engaged and excited about reading,” Smith said. “We’re not as concerned with retention; others do that well. We want kids to really enjoy reading, and read whatever they can get their hands on. We provide a gaming layer on top of that.”

Smith, a 2009 graduate of Purdue’s College of Technology at Kokomo, joined the project in its early stages when Aning was looking for a chief technology officer to help build the web-based reading game. With a degree in computer and information technology and work experience with Google and Target, Smith brought the right tools to the task.

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A new center at Purdue University has been designed to work with industry partners to develop and improve technologies that, in turn, will lead to increased competitiveness.
The Center for Technology Development, headquartered in the College of Technology, was officially launched Wednesday (January 11) with the signing of a charter by the directors and founding members.

The center will involve professors, graduate students and undergraduates from the colleges of Technology and Engineering and will be led by Vahid Motevalli, professor of mechanical engineering technology, and Henry Zhang, assistant professor of mechanical engineering technology. They will focus on direct problem solving for industry products, high risk research and development, feasibility study for future industry products and scholarly work for academia.

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Graduate students Freddy Solis and Jeffrey Peters have often sought inspiration from TED Talks videos online. And then inspiration hit — Purdue would be a perfect fit for a similar event.

Planning for TEDx Purdue soon followed, and the inaugural event will take place March 22, 2012, in Fowler Hall. The College of Technology is a sponsor for the event.

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The innovative mindset will be showcased during the sixth annual Tech Week hosted by Purdue's College of Technology. Events are planned April 14-20.

Following the week's theme, "Relevant. Responsive. Results.", Deborah Wince-Smith, CEO and president of the Council on Competitiveness, will headline the week's activities. She will discuss "Technology and the U.S. Innovation Imperative" during the Dean's Distinguished Lecture April 18.

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Sam Rymer is doing all the right things to help him succeed after he earns his bachelor’s degree in building construction management in 2014.

His schedule includes extracurricular activities, networking opportunities and entrepreneurship classes. For the 2011-12 academic year, he was also pleased to find out he was awarded a scholarship, his first since becoming a Purdue student. As he logged into his MyPurdue account last spring, he was surprised to see a $1,500 BMW Constructors Inc. Scholarship listed for the upcoming year.

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“Think big, Charla.”

Those words from a Purdue development officer helped Charla Benner establish an endowed scholarship fund in memory of her son.  The first George A. Benner Scholarship in building construction management (BCM) was awarded in the fall of 2010, just three years after he died tragically at the age of 35. He was a 1996 graduate of the BCM program.

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The Center for Professional Studies in Technology and Applied Research (ProSTAR) continues to expand its offering of master's degrees for working professionals. Six programs are accepting applications for Fall 2012.

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Class Notes will remain posted for one year. New updates will be added and distributed as part of this newsletter every quarter.

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The slate of College of Technology alumni awards has been expanded to include three levels this year.

Fourteen alumni will be honored in 2012 as Distinguished Technology Alumni, Outstanding Technology Alumni and Early Career Award recipients.

Wherever they are in their career paths, our honorees have harnessed the power of their Purdue degrees to positively impact their chosen professions. They have elevated the University and the college by using their educations to be responsive to people’s needs, be relevant in their industries and achieve significant results.

Award recipients will be honored on campus Friday, April 20. See the full list of honorees.

The 15 teams in the EcoCAR 2 competition have unveiled their vehicle designs. Purdue is one of four teams that will use a Parallel through the Road (PTTR) architecture. Purdue's team brings together students from the colleges of Technology and Engineering to convert a General Motors-donated 2012 Chevrolet Malibu into a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.

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