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CoT Alumni Newsletter - June, 2010
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Purdue one of 20 teams in 2011 Solar Decathlon
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The conceptual model of the Purdue Solar Decathlon Teams flex/home.
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Purdue University will be one of 20 teams competing in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, which will be held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in the fall of 2011. Forty teams submitted proposals. Several of the team members, including the project manager, are from the College of Technology.
For three weeks, teams of college and university students from across the United States and the world will compete to build and operate the most affordable, attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house. To prepare for the onsite portion of the competiiton, a group of Purdue students and faculty have been working since the summer of 2009 to make the project a reality.
Hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Solar Decathlon highlights affordable homes that combine energy-efficient construction and appliances with renewable energy systems that are available today. It is called a decathlon because there are 10 categories on which structures are judged: architecture, market appeal, engineering, communications, affordability, comfort zone, hot water, appliances, home entertainment, and energy balance.
Kevin Rodgers, a graduate student in mechanical engineering technology, is the Purdue team’s project manager. He coordinates the team’s efforts with the Department of Energy and competition leaders.
“This whole project is about how you harmonize with your surroundings,” he said. “How do you use the sun, water, and plants and create ways for them to perform things for the house.”
The concept of the house has been approved by the competition organizers. A model of the structure will be part of a Solar Decathlon exhibit at the National Building Museum this summer.
“I like that ours is more of a traditional design. It would fit right into any neighborhood,” Rodgers said. “For these types of buildings to be successful, they have to have broad appeal. You want a person who is touring the home to want to live in the house. The side effect is that they wouldn’t have to pay utility bills.”
As the final project takes shape, it will become part of an educational experience for many students. Interior design students in the College of Liberal Arts will assist with creating a comfortable living environment. Students involved with Purdue’s EPICS program will be enlisted to assist with communications efforts. And students in several disciplines within the Colleges of Technology and Engineering will work on implementing the vision of the original proposal.
The next phase for the Purdue team includes fund-raising and building. Between now and the actual event, the team will spend more than $500,000 in development, supplies, and transportation. A successful fund-raising effort will ensure that the Purdue team is able to purchase supplies, test its systems, and deliver the finished product to Washington, D.C., for the competition.
For more information about donating to the project, contact the College of Technology Office of Advancement at techdev@purdue.edu or call (888) 428-1489.
See the Purdue team’s flex/home.
Read more about the Solar Decathlon competition.
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CIT students tackle financial data with new product
Two computer and information technology students placed third in the
annual Burton D. Morgan Business Plan competition with their
financial comparison product, ex-Developed.
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New lab focuses on smart meters, energy consumption
The new Smart Meter Integration Laboratory (SMIL) in the College of
Technology is part research lab, part education outreach tool, and part
show-and-tell. All three parts combine to address efficient consumption
of energy.
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Sadowski honored for advancement of women
Mary Sadowski, associate dean for undergraduate programs and learning
in the College of Technology, was named the 2010 recipient of Purdue
University’s Violet Haas Award. Established in 1990, the award recognizes individuals, programs or
departments at Purdue that have facilitated the advancement of women in
hiring, promotion, education and salary, or have generally enhanced a
positive professional climate for women at the university.
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Social media application connects CGT alumni, faculty, staff, and students
Students in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology have created
a Facebook application that keeps CGT alumni in touch with faculty,
staff, and students. CGTConnect was introduced on the social media Web
site during the fall of 2009. Scott Renick, who graduated in May,
writes about the impetus behind the application, how it was developed,
and his team’s initial observations about its effectiveness.
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Students win awards at national, regional competitions
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Several students and student groups have won awards at regional and national competitions during the past few months.
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CoT faculty, staff honored
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Several faculty and staff have been recognized this spring, by the college and by other organizations.
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Tech Pride Golf Scramble set for September 10, 2010
The seventh annual Tech Pride Golf Scramble will be Friday, September 10, 2010, at Purdue’s Kampen Golf Course. The event, which raises money for the College of Technology General Scholarship Fund, starts earlier in the day this year with a breakfast on the go and ends with an afternoon cookout. The shotgun start scramble will also feature prizes and foursome photos with Dennis Depew, dean of the College of Technology.
Read more or register to play at the Tech Pride Golf Web site.
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Photo galleries from Technology Week
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College of Technology hosted a successful and event-packed Technology Week in
April. See photos from the week here:
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Alumni Profiles:
CIT alum leads first cyber forensics lab in Middle East
While still a PhD student in the College of Technology’s cyber
forensics program, Ibrahim “Abe” Baggili told The National (Abu Dhabi’s
English-language newspaper) that the Middle East needed a dedicated
research facility to help keep up with computer crime. A little more
than a year later, with a Purdue PhD in hand, Baggili, was hired by
Zayed University in Abu Dhabi as the director of the region’s first
cyber forensics research laboratory and an assistant professor.
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