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=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=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=6490Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:08:19 EDTAugust 2009 CoT newsletter onlineThe August 2009 e-newsletter for College of Technology alumni and friends has been posted.

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6464Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:07:38 EDTPurdue to participate in tuition program to support veteransMilitary veterans, reserve and active duty military students attending Purdue University's West Lafayette campus and the Technology Statewide sites can use the Yellow Ribbon Program to help pay for their education.

The Yellow Ribbon Program, which is an enhancement of the Post 9/11 GI Bill, will be available Aug. 1. The program lowers tuition costs that would not be fully covered by the GI Bill. Assistance will be awarded to the first 50 Purdue undergraduate, graduate or professional students who qualify. Purdue will contribute $2,000 per academic year, and the Department of Veterans Affairs will match that amount.

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6451Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:06:22 EDTPurdue at Kokomo offering technology training to teachersProject Lead the Way teachers from around the country will gather this month and next at the Purdue College of Technology at Kokomo to learn how to help their students develop interest and skills in engineering and technology.

Project Lead the Way is a national nonprofit program that provides middle and high school pre-engineering and technology curricula. The first session is June 15-26, and the second is July 6-17. More than 160 teachers — about 140 of them from Indiana — will attend the two sessions.

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6434Wed, 06 May 2009 11:05:51 EDTCollege of Technology offering array of summer campsPurdue's College of Technology is sponsoring a variety of camps this summer geared toward attracting students from diverse backgrounds to technology-related fields.

Antonia Munguia, the College of Technology's director of diversity, said the goal of the camps is to help students, especially women and minorities, learn more about academic pathways in technical careers.

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6427Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:04:28 EDTCollege of Technology honors distinguished alumni Purdue University's College of Technology will honor eight of its graduates as Distinguished Technology Alumni on Friday (April 17) during a ceremony at the Purdue Airport.

John J. Benish, David R. Bozell, John H. Dickey, Daniel E. Dimond, Ken Harness, Edwina Fuller Lenz, Donald W. Malackowski and Anthony Michael Najem are being honored for their professional and personal success across the spectrum of technology fields.

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6421Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:04:32 EDTPurdue holding information session on 22-month master's degree program April 21 Those interested in learning more about a new 22-month master's degree program in technology from Purdue are invited to attend an informational session on April 21.

The session will be held at 5 p.m. at the Subaru of Indiana Automotive Training and Reception Center on Indiana 38 in Lafayette. The degree is offered through Purdue's Department of Industrial Technology in the College of Technology.

]]>http://www.tech.purdue.edu/News_and_Events/news/News_Article/?id=6393Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:02:00 EDTAll majors sought for construction competition course callout Feb. 25WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue student chapter of the National Association of Home Builders will hold a callout Wednesday (Feb. 25) for students interested in learning about a course that provides an opportunity to participate in a residential construction, design and planning competition.

The callout will be held at 6 p.m. in the construction laboratory in the basement of Knoy Hall, Room B038. Students from any major can attend and receive information about the BCM 362 "Construction Competition" course, which will be offered in fall 2009.

 

]]>