PNW College of Tech

A key takeaway was how creating awareness and educating people about cyber threats is important for small and large scale business.

The discussion focused on the landscape of cyber threats evolving in the next five years and the impact on cybersecurity created by emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

Ashok Vardhan Raja, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity, was a panel member at the 18th Annual Business Expo of Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce. The topic of discussion was Cybersecurity: Challenges for Small and Large Businesses.

PNW joined the program back in 2019 beginning with only 3 camps and 32 students, now in 2023 the university offers four camps with over 75 students involved. On behalf of PNW and the College of Technology Camp Team we thank you for this nomination.

On October 19th Purdue Northwest was nominated for the 'Future of Industry' award at the Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Gala. This award signifies creating and implementing a successful manufacturing summer camp at the university.

The presentation was attended by PNW faculty, staff and College of Technology students, where they learned about CMEC’s entrepreneurship program and how students’ participation in research projects helps prepare them for careers.

Lash Mapa, Mechanical Engineering Technology Professor, introduces featured speaker, Mont Handley, Entrepreneur in Residence and Associate Director, Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center (CMEC), at this month’s Faculty Research Coffee Hour.

Please support the PNW Baja team with a purchase at Buona Beef in Schererville on Thursday, June 15th, 10:30am-10:00pm. Just show this flyer on a phone or a physical copy, this will ensure that your meal will be part of the fundraiser where the team receives 20% of all sales.

Morton High School students visited with Maged Mikhail, Associate Professor, Mechatronics Engineering Technology, at the David Roberts’ Manufacturing Excellence Center Lab. The students learned about education and career opportunities in Automation & Robotics.

The countdown is on! PNW Day of Giving starts tonight, April 25th, at 11 pm. Show your support and be the first to give to your favorite unit on the PNW leaderboard. #PNWDayofGiving https:\\dayofgiving.pnw.edu

Project Executive Erin Cullen, and Procurement Agent Sharon Mayer, both graduates of PNW, were fantastic at showcasing all of what the project entails.

Students can best understand structural concepts and analytics visually, so being able to view all the exposed beam and deck flooring systems showed an important correlation between classroom to field.

Purdue Northwest Students and Faculty visited the #ObamaPresidentialCenter project site! Viewing the entire site in such a preliminary stage was very fascinating.

Entrepreneurs meet regularly at the Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center at the Hammond campus. For more information visit: www..pnw.edu/cmec

Entrepreneurs meet regularly at the Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center at the Hammond campus. For more information visit: pnw.edu/cmec

Together they can work through and share business ideas, business challenges and identify opportunities. NWI has had an active chapter since 2016.

1 Million Cups is an initiative of the Kaufmann Foundation for Entrepreneurship. The 125 chapters of 1MC across the U.S. provides a supportive, inclusive space for the 20,000 plus member-entrepreneurs and their communities to gather and connect.

Students Michael Borg, Daniel Bahena and Asma Majeeth presented their research project, “Can the US agricultural industry effectively pivot from an on-site workforce to a remote, automated workforce with technology?”, during the 2023 Day of Discovery event on the Hammond Campus.

Research can be an essential part of academic development. PNW provides hands-on opportunities for students to explore their research interests.