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Faculty excellence is foundational to Purdue Engineering’s reputation and impact. Whether they are mentoring students for success, inspiring students in classes, leading major research centers, collaborating with industry, or spinning off new companies with their innovations, Purdue Engineering faculty have a major impact on the world through their own work and through their student’s success.

Faculty, staff, and academic programs excellence together are key for Purdue Engineering’s Pinnacle of Excellence at Scale. From hiring and retention, to promotion and tenure, to reward and recognition, the OAA staff work hard to ensure Purdue Engineering is the “college of choice” for the best engineering talent.

Purdue is an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

OATS Center leads the way to the future of agriculture through open-source development

An agriculture-related project at Purdue has created an open-source framework and community for sharing data and algorithms with the goal to improve sustainable food and agricultural systems to help feed the growing world population.

An agriculture-related project at Purdue University has created an open-source framework and community for sharing data and algorithms with the goal to improve sustainable food and agricultural systems to help feed the growing world population.

The Open Ag Technology and Systems (OATS) Center, launched in 2018 with funding from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research and key industry partners, has made an enormous impact on stakeholders and students far beyond the West Lafayette, Indiana campus.

James Krogmeier, professor of electrical and computer engineering, co-directs the OATS Center along with Dennis Buckmaster, Dean’s Fellow for Digital Agriculture and professor of agriculture and biological engineering.

The work is led by a core of 19 Purdue researchers from diverse backgrounds, academic units and research interests. The team is organized into three sub-teams: engineering, software and computing, and food and agronomy.

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Enhanced academic IT for Purdue faculty

Purdue Provost Patrick Wolfe and Chief Financial Officer Chris Ruhl announced the creation of Purdue Academic IT Faculty Support, a large team of experts focused on providing Purdue faculty with enhanced, customized computing services wherever needed.

Purdue Provost Patrick Wolfe and Chief Financial Officer Chris Ruhl announced the creation of Purdue Academic IT Faculty Support, a large team of experts focused on providing Purdue faculty with enhanced, customized computing services wherever needed. Gerhard Klimeck, Elmore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will lead the team in the newly created role of deputy chief information officer, reporting to Purdue’s CIO Ian Hyatt.

The provost and the chief financial officer will jointly review academic IT support on an annual basis.

To deliver excellence at scale, a user-focused Purdue IT will continue to embed local support for specialized academic IT needs and provide the infrastructure, personalized services, responsive solutions and information security necessary to enhance faculty research and support innovative teaching and learning.

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