Assistant Professor Siva Seetharaman has been selected as this year’s Outstanding Young Investigator Award from IISE’s Energy Systems Division.

As part of a $5 million award from the United States Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office, Purdue researchers from the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering are collaborating with Cummins Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Walmart to develop wireless charging technology for electric heavy-duty vehicles such as Class 8 trucks (tractor-trailers).

Junjie Qin, assistant professor in Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. These prestigious awards support junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education, and the integration of these endeavors in the context of their organizations' missions. The awards, presented once each year, include a federal grant for research and education activities for five consecutive years.

Congratulations to Dr. Diala Haddad for successfully defending her PhD thesis! She has made important contributions to our understanding of electric roadways with dynamic wireless power transfer.

Dr. Aliprantis, Clawson and Gkritza received the Seed for Success Acorn Awards. The award recognizes Purdue principal investigators and co-investigators who obtain their first research grants with external funding of $1 million or more for a single proposal.