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

The honoree for the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology is James Hill ‘95, senior vice president for The Hill Group in Chicago.

The Solar Decathlon team was featured during Purdue’s Alternative Energy Day at the Indiana Statehouse on Tuesday, March 23. 

Rep. Todd Young, who represents southeast Indiana, and Floyd County Councilman John Schellenberger visited the College of Technology at New Albany as part of a tour of the Purdue Technology Center of Southeast Indiana Feb. 2.

College of Technology students at the Columbus location are assisting a local company with restoring "Chaos I", a seven-ton large sculpture located at the Columbus Commons.

The student involvement in the project is being led by Lucian Silvian, visiting assistant professor of mechanical engineering technology.

The Republic newspaper in Columbus featured their work in a recent article.

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Christine Corum’s work with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs could have far-reaching effects on the nation’s healthcare delivery system.

Corum, an associate professor of mechanical engineering technology, has been working since last summer with one of the agency’s four Veterans Engineering Resource Centers (VERC) to help improve access to medical care for veterans.

“I love process improvement,” Corum said. “Lots of people work in broken systems. It is rewarding to show them how to use basic engineering principles, to problem solve, to change the system so it works better and meets their needs and the patients’ needs.”

Mark French, associate professor of mechanical engineering technology, was the College of Technology nominee for the 2011 U.S. Professor of the Year award.  Each College had only one nominee forwarded to the University level selection committee.

Bill Hutzel would love to see a future where houses adjust to their inhabitants using automation systems that strike a balance between energy efficiency and human comfort. And so, in addition to his own research in sustainable energy sources, including photovoltaic and solar heating, Hutzel is building a house.

Read the full story on the Purdue Difference Makers site.

A group of 15 students from the College of Technology traveled to Germany to tour several manufacturing companies and to learn about the German culture.

In early March, Bruce Harding, professor of mechanical engineering technology, served as a member of the United States delegation to the 2011 Atlantic Pacific Economic Cooperative (APEC) in Washington, D.C.

The College of Technology communications office profiles faculty and staff from across the college. Recently, they featured Qingyou Han from MET.

Duane Fortune, MET '81, was inducted into the Delphi Automotive System's Innovation Hall of Fame at the platinum level, the highest achievable level, on December 1, 2010.

Gary Rheude has joined the board of directors of Kentland Bank.