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We’re gonna need a bigger display case! Let’s celebrate our ASCE surveying team winning nationals and making PNW history!
https://www.pnw.edu/purdue-university-northwest-asce-surveying-team-takes-first-place-at-national-competition/

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Purdue University Northwest ASCE surveying team takes first place at national competition - Purdue University Northwest PNW's American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student surveying team made PNW history by winning the 2023 ASCE Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI) Surveying Society-wide Finals Competition.

More news about our amazing PNW ASCE Surveying Team!

https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2023/06/16/purdue-university-northwest-students-claim-victory-at-asce-uesi-surveying-competition

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Purdue University Northwest students claim victory at ASCE UESI Surveying Competition Purdue University Northwest earned first place overall at the 2023 ASCE Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute Surveying Competition.

BIG NEWS! Our ASCE Surveying Team won NATIONALS!!! Let's congratulate them on this huge accomplishment! We are so of our amazing students!

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PNW CIVS students triumphed at AISTech 2023 contests! Congratulations to the CIVS research assistants who won 6 awards: ALL THREE awards in the Graduate Student Poster Contest, one award in the Undergraduate Student Project Presentation Contest, an AIST Foundation Video Contest award, and Material Advantage Student Chapter winner for the AISTech Attendance Challenge! What an achievement! These awards were presented at AISTech 2023 in Detroit:

• Graduate Student Poster Contest 1st place winner: Anurag Karambelkar
• Graduate Student Poster Contest 2nd place winner: Aleeha Zafar
• Graduate Student Poster Contest 3rd place winner: Sam Nielson
• Undergraduate Student Project Presentation Contest 3rd place winners: Shiyu Wang and Qingyun Pu
• AIST Foundation Real Steel Video Contest Prize Winner: Cristina Cabascango
• AISTech Attendance Challenge winner: PNW Materials Advantage Chapter
We are of each of you! Let’s wish our students a big congratulations!

https://www.pnw.edu/civs/2023/05/25/pnw-civs-students-triumphed-at-aistech-2023-contests/

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Congratulations to Stewart McMillan (BS ’77) on his induction into the PNW Alumni Hall of Fame! McMillan’s generous support has helped PNW upgrade facilities and student workspace, including the PNW Design Studio on the Hammond campus.

Purdue University Northwest honors impactful professionals at Alumni Hall of Fame Induction Dinner Purdue University Northwest (PNW) has numerous high-achieving alumni who seek to make an impact on their communities and dedicate energy back to their alma mater. On Thursday, June 8 PNW inducted...

BIG news! Our ASCE Surveying Team is headed to nationals! They won three awards at the ASCE Indiana-Kentucky Student Symposium: 1st place overall for the ASCE UESI Surveying Competition; 2nd place Field Surveying; 3rd place Topographic Mapping. They head to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville June 10 to compete at nationals!

Let’s give congratulations to team members Quinton Pender, Dylan Barthel, Natalia Briggs, and Krish Zalavadia! !

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Computer Science Professor Shuhui Yang has received the 2023 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Grant of Indiana Academy of Science! The DEI grant is to support innovative and impactful projects that further the Academy’s goals of fostering a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive scientific community.

Dr. Yang will be working on the project “Computing Identity Development for Minority and Female Students through Peer Mentoring”. This project aims to increasing diversity in computing, contributing to the development of new theories and models related to identity development in computing fields, and identifying best practices and effective interventions that can be applied in the entire STEM fields and beyond. Congratulations!

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There are still a few spots open for our Summer Engineering Camp for high school students! This camp is FREE, by the way! Camp is July 24 to 28. The camp will cover practical engineering topics, including 3D printing, renewable energy, bridge/road designing, virtual reality and electric cars. Students will gain hands-on experience building a basal wood bridge, cardboard wind tunnel and EV go-cart.

Register today to reserve your spot: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0MO6va1pTLxBMtU?_ga=2.254898241.837418092.1684763356-1620474808.1682785327

Made possible by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.

Computer Science professor Shuhui Yang received STARS Ignite program stipends to support a cohort of faculty and students from PNW to attend the upcoming 2023 Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in computing and STARS Celebration! Four computer science students will be selected to join Dr. Yang’s cohort and will travel to Dallas in Sept. for both the Tapia Conference and STARS Celebration Workshop.

The NSF-funded STARS Ignite program supports cohorts of students and faculty to attend diversity-focused computing conferences, providing scholarships and activities that promote community & ignite a collective effort towards leveraging diversity, equity, and inclusion. Students in the STARS Ignite program participate in events that provide training and resources to maximize the benefit of attending diversity-focused conferences.

PNW’s NASA Rover Team competed at NASA’s 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. More than 500 students from around the world participated during HERC’s 29th anniversary competition. PNW finished 14th in the College/University Division. We are of team members Anthony Latronica, Juan Ruiz, Zachary Holmes (driver), Allan McAlpine, Rebecca Johnson, Makyah Carpenter-Humphrey (driver), and faculty advisor Harvey Abramowitz.

The team wishes to thank the Undergraduate Research Office, the Indiana Space Grant Consortium, John Hruska, and Rick Rickerson for their support.

Take a look at the team's best run (start at 6:18:38):

2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge Day 2 Celebrating its 29th year, NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge HERC tasks students from around the world to design, build, and test lightweight, human-p...

Congratulations to Kimia Mortezaei and Aref Yadollahi – both have been awarded a grant from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) to promote innovations and sustainability in engineering education! This grant is supported by the Engineering for One Planet (EOP) initiative, which places a strong emphasis on incorporating sustainability principles into engineering curricula.

https://www.asee.org/about-us/ASEE-News/2023-ASEE-One-Planet-Mini-Grants

Congratulations to Computer Science undergraduate student Jieying Chen! She was accepted by the REU Site in Pervasive Computing for Smart Health, Safety, and Well-being at Temple University, and joined the summer research program (May 31-Aug. 2).

Any students in grades 8-12 who love robotics? We have a summer camp for you! At our Exploring the Fundamentals of Robotics Summer Camp, students will learn Python programming on a real autonomous Zumi car robot, Robot Operating System (ROS) and Gazebo on simulated robot models in a 3-D world, and how statistics, mathematics and data science can be integrated with Python programming to operate robots.

The camp is from June 12-16 and cost is $50 per student. Register soon – deadline is May 15:
https://www.pnw.edu/event/exploring-the-fundamentals-of-robotics/

Our Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Summer Camp is back! June 19-23 for high school students. This camp guides students through Python coding for artificial intelligence and machine-learning algorithms, a high-demand skillset relevant to smart-power grids, Wall Street trading and product recommendations at companies such as Amazon, Spotify and Netflix. Cost is $100. Sign up today: https://www.pnw.edu/engineering/about-us/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-summer-camp/

Congratulations, graduates! We are of you! Leave a comment to celebrate our engineering and computer science grads!

Be sure to watch the live feed of Commencement: https://www.pnw.edu/commencement/

We are so of all our Spring ’23 Senior Design teams! Amazing work! Congratulations to the Top 3 teams for poster presentations:

First Place: Open Vibration Analysis. Industrial Advisor: Anthony Doud
• Zachary Lahners
• Damien Morales

Second Place: Solar Powered Battery Charger. Project Advisor: Dave Kozel
• Tim Dugan
• Mark Zyskowski

Third Place: Supersonic Combustion for Scramjet (Hypersonic). Project Advisors: Tom Liu & Armin Silaen
• Matthew Wirth
• Morgan Hamilton
• Valerio Mazotta

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Dr. Veera Gnaneswar Gude will be speaking at the World Water Day and Third Annual Sustainability at PNW Showcase on March 22:

World Water Day and Third Annual Sustainability at PNW Showcase - Purdue University Northwest The Sustainability at PNW event showcases of faculty work with a focus on water this year in concert with World Water Day.

On Feb. 25, PNW hosted its first ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) Mid-Central USA Regional Contest for 2022. ICPC is the global programming competition conducted by and for the world’s best universities. The top teams from each region will go on to compete at the national level, and, if successful, the international level.

36 contestants and 4 coaches from the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Purdue University Northwest attended. Dr. Wei Dai, PNW’s ICPC coach and site director, said, “In the ICPC Regional competitions, students can enhance their problem-solving skills and deeply understand more advanced algorithms. At the same time, it provides an opportunity for our students to connect with students from other prestigious universities.”

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Meet Thomas Stobbe, graduate of Chesterton High School and PNW Mechanical Engineering student graduating in December: “I can credit PNW Engineering with providing me the wherewithal and prerequisite knowledge to start my first career with confidence and experience.”

Learn more about Thomas: https://www.pnw.edu/stories/thomas-stobbe/

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Dr. Sayanti Roy, assistant professor of Computer Science, joined the IEEE Calumet Section of Region 4, and has been selected to serve as Student Activities Chairman.
https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_officers/index/R40045
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PNW Computer Science student Luis Alvear will be a speaker at 1 Million Cups on Wed., Feb. 22 in Hammond from 8:30-10 a.m. at CMEC on Indianapolis Blvd. He will present: AtoB Carpool is a new software platform that connects drivers and passengers willing to share a ride and split the price.

Details and reserve your spot – free to attend:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1-million-cups-northwest-indiana-hammond-in-february-22-registration-530646677497

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1 Million Cups Northwest Indiana (Hammond, IN - February 22) Caffeinating Northwest Indiana's entrepreneurs! Join us for 1 Million Cups Northwest Indiana.

Congratulations to Dr. Akram Jawdhari on his recent co-authored journal article, “Modeling of a concrete floor incorporating GFRP Stay-in-Place structural form” in Engineering Structures, vol 278.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141029622015899

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Congratulations to Dr. Akram Jawdhari! He officially became a licensed professional engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario, Canada.

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PNW students: Are you interested in getting free training on how to operate the GlobalMax1530 Water Jet in our Design Studio? Sessions begin this Friday, Feb. 10 from 5-6 p.m. To register, email Herminio Serguei ([email protected]), Shashindhar Mara ([email protected]) or Ajitsingha Jagtap ([email protected]) to reserve your spot.

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Interested in the PAID 6-week 2023 Summer Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Program? Be sure to join the upcoming virtual information session on 2/13 at 4:30 p.m. Details and Zoom link:
https://www.pnw.edu/civs/2023/02/07/join-us-for-the-ret-information-session/

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Join Us for the RET Information Session - Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) The RET Program, sponsored by National Science Foundation through a three-year grant, will take place from June 12th – July 21st, 2023

Congratulations to Computer Science undergraduate student Daniel Krzeminski, who has accepted a job offer and has started working as a software engineering intern for Southwest Airlines!

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It’s back! After a highly successful Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Program in 2021 & 2022, CIVS will again open its doors to high school and community college teachers in the summer of 2023.

The RET Program, sponsored by National Science Foundation through a three-year grant, will take place from June 12– July 21, 2023 at the RET site established at CIVS on the Purdue University Northwest Hammond Campus. Engineering, technology, science, and math teachers are welcome to join this paid summer research program. Learn more and submit your application today – deadline is March 10:
https://www.pnw.edu/civs/2023/02/02/civs-announces-third-round-of-ret-program-in-summer-2023/

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CIVS Announces Third Round of RET Program in Summer 2023 - Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) CIVS will again open its doors to High School and Community College STEM teachers in the summer of 2023. The RET Program, sponsored by National Science Foundation through a three-year grant, will take place from June 12th – July 21st, 2023 at the RET site established at CIVS on the Purdue Universi...

Meet Mateo Garcia, May ‘22 BSCmpE grad and current MSECE student (Dec. ’23)!
https://www.pnw.edu/stories/mateo-garcia/

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Welcome Dr. Aref Yadollahi, our new Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering! “I became an engineer because an engineering degree can provide you with a career that has lots of freedom and excitement. As an engineer, you can work virtually in any field, even non-engineering fields!”

Dr. Yadollahi’s research and teaching interests include additive manufacturing, fatigue and fracture mechanics, solid mechanics, and materials science.


https://www.pnw.edu/people/aref-yadollahi-ph-d/

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