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=6532Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:11:29 EDTOLS professor to present free leadership workshop in IndianapolisPurdue University's Manufacturing Extension Partnership will offer a workshop on Nov. 20 in Indianapolis that will focus on leadership. Rodney Vandeveer, a professor in Purdue's organizational leadership and supervision department, will lead the workshop.

The workshop, "Leadership Is an Attitude," is free and open to the public. It will especially benefit business owners, management teams and executives, and CEOs.

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6530Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:11:58 EDTColumbus sponsors Veteran and Military Family Appreciation Day Purdue’s College of Technology at Columbus is one of three sponsors of the Veteran and Military Family Appreciation Day planned for November 13 at the Columbus Learning Center.

Activities will include a job fair, veteran and military information fair, and a Military Family Salute picnic.

Other sponsors are the South Central Indiana Military Network (SCIMN) and the Student Veteran Association.

More information about each of the activities is available on the SCIMN Web site.

 

]]>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=6520Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:10:09 EDTFall 2009 Hard Hat (BCM alumni news) has been postedThe Fall 2009 Building Construction Management alumni newsletter, The Hard Hat, has been posted online.

 

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6519Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:10:00 EDTMET Guitar Workshop creates 'a teaching moment'The annual Guitar Workshop offered by the Department of Mechancial Engineering Technology is featured by Purdue University BoilerBytes. This video features interviews with workshop leader Mark French, associate professor, and several satisfied students.

Watch the video.

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6518Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:10:56 EDTPurdue College of Technology program at South Bend to host Project Lead the Way conference for local high school students.The Purdue College of Technology at South Bend will host a conference on October 9 for high school students enrolled in Project Lead The Way (PLTW) schools in the South Bend and Elkhart areas. The conference will offer a day of hands-on activities for a select group of students from each school.

Organizers have several goals for the conference, including:

  • Engage the high school students in some fun and interesting activities to spur their interest in engineering and engineering technology
  • Provide some motivation for better high school study habits by linking the technical activities to math and science
  • Inform students of the degree options available at Purdue’s College of Technology at South Bend and expose them to each discipline, to help them decide what they may want to pursue
  • Introduce them to the Indiana University-South Bend campus, where their Purdue classes would be held, so they can see what college is like
  • Link the necessity for a college degree to jobs in local industries

The conference activities are being designed by South Bend Statewide Technology faculty in cooperation with PLTW high school teachers to insure that the activities planned meet the interest level and ability of the students. There will be four activities running in parallel during each session: a computer graphics technology (CGT) project, an electrical and computer engineering technology (ECET) project, a mechanical engineering technology (MET) project, and a tour of the IUSB campus.

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6517Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:10:58 EDTSouth Bend plans fall industrial advisory board meetingThe Purdue College of Technology at South Bend will host its fall industrial advisory board meeting Monday, October 26 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. A general session will start the meeting followed by three concurrent sessions: the ECET advisory board meeting, the MET advisory board meeting and the site advisory meeting.

Dennis R. Depew, Dean of the College of Technology at Purdue University, will be the guest speaker.

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