Two College of Technology departments have been approved for merger and have begun the integration process to be finalized on July 1. 

The departments of Organizational Leadership and Supervision and Industrial Technology will combine faculty, students, and majors to establish the largest department within the college, the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation. The new department will have nearly 40 faculty members and approximately 700 majors and 1,500 minors in West Lafayette, 500 majors in Statewide Technology, and 200 graduate students.

Robert Pflum hopes, at this time next year, the sounds of remote-controlled snow plows will be filling the air. If they are, it will mean that his invention will have been successful.

Several faculty and staff retired at the end of December or in January 2011. We asked them to reflect on their time at the College of Technology and about their future plans.

The College of Technology will celebrate its fifth annual Technology Week April 9-15 with the theme “We are Technology Makers.” The week is filled with a variety of activities to showcase how the college's faculty, students and alumni are having an impact on society.

The College of Technology will honor nine alumni during the ninth annual Distinguished Technology Alumni awards ceremony and banquet Friday, April 15.

The top two undergraduate teams in the 2011 Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition are from the College of Technology.

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Recipients of three of the 2011 College of Technology faculty awards have been chosen, according to Dennis Depew, dean of the college.

Four College of Technology professors comprise the editorial team of the newly created Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering (JATE).

Richard Buckius, vice president for research, has approved the Air Transport Institute for Environmental Sustainability (Air TIES) to be listed as an official Purdue center. It will be housed at the Purdue Airport.

We are looking for alumni who are willing to share their career success stories. If you are interested in telling prospective students about how your College of Technology education prepared you for your career, please let us know. Send an email to technews@purdue.edu, and we will follow up for more information. These stories will be told in our marketing and recruitment efforts.
 
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The College of Technology is seeking alumni input as it works to create a Technology Innovation Initiative. The short online survey will gather insights about alumni careers, career paths, and influences.

The initiative is designed to connect the college, faculty and students to the development of small business and start up ventures.

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