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February 13, 2013
February 13, 2013
New teaching approach boosts learning for engineering students
Mechanical engineering professors at Purdue University are using a new teaching approach for large classes that allows students to interact with each other and faculty online while accessing hundreds of instructional videos and animations.
February 8, 2013
Robert W. Rankin receives Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award
The College of Engineering has announced those chosen as 2013 Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae. Among those selected for the honor is ME alum (BSME '72, MSME '73) Robert W. Rankin, former Chief Engineer, Powertrain Systems Engineering, Ford Motor Company.
January 30, 2013
New football helmet technology can cut G-force to brain by 50 percent
Professor Eric Nauman has patented a new helmet liner that reduces G-force to a player's brain by 50 percent. Reducing energy to the brain would be a huge leap forward for helmets that have remained largely unchanged for more than 30 years.
