Steve Jobs; an innovator we can aspire to
October 6, 2011, No Comments

Share I was saddened to hear of the death of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple Computer. Steve had an enormous positive i ...

Solar Decathlon
October 6, 2011, No Comments

Share Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to travel to Washington, DC for a series of meetings but also to see Purdue’ ...

Preparing the 21st Century Technologist
September 21, 2011, 1 Comment

Share My next few blogs will be excerpts from a document I created when I interviewed for the position of Dean of the Co ...

Purdue’s Common Reading
August 24, 2011, 5 Comments

Share I just finished reading this year’s common reading selection for Purdue’s incoming first year students. The tr ...

Good to Great in Social Organizations
August 17, 2011, 2 Comments

Share As many of you know, I am using the tag line “Good to Great” to describe our efforts to transform the College ...

The Startup of You
July 20, 2011, No Comments

Share Thomas Friedman wrote an opinion piece in a recent edition of the New York Times titled, “The Start-up of Yo ...

Stuck in the Shallow End
June 30, 2011, No Comments

Share I just finished reading a book titled Stuck in the Shallow End.  It is a very good book based on a study done at ...

What makes Technology special?
June 24, 2011, No Comments

Share The College of Technology at Purdue University is nearly 50 years old. By academic standards, that is pretty young ...