One of our lab members, Maru Cabrera, was awarded the 2018 College of Engineering Graduate Outstanding Research Award. Students are nominated for the award by the faculty based on numerous factors, including peer-reviewed publications, awards received for presentations or publications, potential contribution to the field and society, leadership in a…
In February, Ting Zhang, with Shruthi Suresh (Co-advised by Dr. Duerstock), won second place in the social track of the Burton D. Morgan Business Model Competition (BMC). Then on March 6, they won first place in the WomenIN Tech Pitch Competition, a Purdue Foundry initiative which showcases and helps fund early-stage, women-led technology startups in Indiana. A…
Maria Eugenia Cabrera, IE PhD student, has received the best three minute presentation award at the recent AAAI (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence) Conference. With the help of Dr. Juan Wachs, Maria is studying the possibility of switching from joystick interfaces to touchless ones to control the…