Purdue Technology News http://www.tech.purdue.edu/ Technology News from Purdue University en-ushttp://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6534Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:11:00 EDTNew facility to test aircraft engines, alternative fuelsPurdue University will operate a new federally funded facility to test aircraft engines and develop alternative fuels in work that also aims to reduce the nation's reliance on imported oil.

The National Test Facility for Fuels and Propulsion is funded with a $1.35 million grant from the U.S. Air Force and will be housed in the Niswonger Aviation Technology Building at the Purdue Airport.

Read the official release

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6533Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:11:00 EDTNovember 2009 alumni newsletter is onlineThe November 2009 alumni newsletter has been posted online.

Read about:

  • an AT alum who biked across America
  • a student-built robot that did well in international competition
  • a CIT professor's role in a Purdue's new Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6527Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:10:00 EDTPurdue Pete's head created by aviation students

Purdue Pete’s head is created by aviation technology students in the Composites Laboratory at the Purdue University Airport. This video provides a look at how this Purdue icon is created.

Watch the video.

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6523Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:10:28 EDTFive AT students featured as modern-day AmeliasFive female pilots -- students in the Department of Aviation Technology -- are featured on the Purdue University Web site.


See their bios.

 

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6516Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:09:36 EDTAviation students gain real world experience with TFO programThe Purdue Exponent features a story on the Turbine Flight Operation program in the Department of Aviation Technology.

Read the story.

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6513Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:09:00 EDTPurdue to dedicate Niswonger Aviation Technology Building

Purdue University will dedicate the newly expanded Niswonger Aviation Technology Building at 4 p.m. Friday (Sept. 25).

The addition of 18,200 square feet of learning space to the former aviation technology building will help centralize the department's operations and provide new lecture halls, classrooms, meeting rooms, a collaborative suite and a new computer laboratory. The building also has been soundproofed to eliminate airplane engine noise from the nearby airport. The total project has cost $7.5 million.

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6503Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:09:54 EDTHigh-tech job fair aims to match Indiana companies, Purdue studentsIndiana companies looking for new employees can recruit from among more than 600 job-hunting Purdue University students at an Oct. 28 job fair.

Employers can register online for the 12th annual High Tech Job Fair for Indiana Companies at http://www.purdue.edu/jobfair. The event, offered by Purdue's Technical Assistance Program for in-state jobs only, will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Purdue Memorial Union ballrooms.

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6498Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:09:14 EDTPurdue to host Deming Institute conferenceBusiness people and students from across the country will gather at Purdue University to explore the philosophy of the man credited with improving manufacturing processes and quality control in the United States and Japan.

The W. Edwards Deming Institute Fall Conference will be Oct. 10-11 in Purdue's Stewart Center.

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6497Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:09:04 EDTAT students to assist with campus Global Hawk display

Aviation Technology students will assist with the assembly of a Northrop Grumman Global Hawk unmanned military aircraft before it is displayed at the Purdue University Airport September 9-10.

The model aircraft will be on display from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. each day at the airport terminal.

 

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6492Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:08:00 EDTHangar of the Future featured in magazinePurdue’s Hangar of the Future, an ongoing research project in the Department of Aviation Technology, has been featured in a recent Popular Mechanics article titled, “15 Brilliant, Bad and Downright Strange Plans to Save Airlines.”

Problem #4, as listed in the article, is “Hangar Repairs Take Too Long.” The Hangar of the Future would streamline processes to minimize the time airplanes are out of service.

Read more about the Hangar of the Future

Read the Popular Mechanics article

 

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