A Purdue startup is commercializing an assistive wheelchair technology that could provide people with disabilities an efficient and easy-to-use method to more easily position and remove an iPad or other mobile device without being limited by a table or moving in and out of the chair. The company has recently developed its first prototype.
The School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University invites applications from outstanding faculty candidates as part of a continuing strategy to substantially grow the School and its impact. The School has multiple openings at all faculty levels (Assistant/Associate/Full). Exceptional candidates will be considered for appointment to named and distinguished professorship.
Over 100 IE alumni and friends gathered on October 10 for a Tailgate Party before the Purdue v. Minnesota football game. The event took place in the newly-finished de Bedout Piazza at Grissom Hall.
The sun came out for Industrial Engineering’s "A New Era at Grissom Hall" ceremony on an otherwise-cloudy October 9. IE alumni, faculty, staff and friends gathered at the new de Bedout Piazza behind Grissom Hall for the celebration event, along with local and state dignitaries.
The sun came out for Industrial Engineering’s "A New Era at Grissom Hall" ceremony on an otherwise-cloudy October 9. IE alumni, faculty, staff and friends gathered at the new de Bedout Piazza behind Grissom Hall for the celebration event, along with local and state dignitaries.
NASA administrator Charles Bolden on Friday (Sept. 25) helped kick off the Purdue Systems Collaboratory aimed at integrating multidisciplinary teaching and research stressing the "convergence of knowledge" in problem solving.
The National Science Foundation awarded a grant to Purdue University for support of the project entitled "CIF: Small: Collaborative Research: Communications with Energy Harvesting Nodes." The project is under the direction of Vaneet Aggarwal, IE Assistant Professor. This award started September 1, 2015 and ends August 31, 2018.
Professor Shimon Nof with Dean Jose Ceroni and Dr. Wootae Jeong, both Purdue IE alumni, and M. Moghaddam, IE doctoral candidate, co-authored Revolutionizing Collaboration through e-Work, e-Business, and e-Service.
IE PhD student Julian Archer is one of eleven undergraduate and graduate students to be selected for the first cohort of the Burton D. Morgan Fellowship Program. The program is a student-driven initiative focused on thought leadership, mentorship and community building, and is led by the Purdue Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program.