Billions of objects ranging from smartphones and watches to buildings, machine parts and medical devices have become wireless sensors of their environments, expanding a network called the "Internet of Things." As society moves toward connecting all objects to the internet – even furniture and office supplies – the technology that enables these objects to communicate and sense each other will need to scale up.

Recent studies show that 40 percent of Americans over the age of 85 have Alzheimer's disease, and that the disease begins 10 to 20 years before people show up at the doctor's office with memory problems.

Faculty and graduate students from Purdue's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and the College of Veterinary Medicine will be at the West Lafayette Farmer's Market this summer to showcase how science and engineering are used by scientists, engineers, and clinicians at Purdue to advance science and medicine for human and animal health.

Akina Inc. will host the first Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Cancer and Research (BPCR) Conference, a free scientific networking symposium to be held at the Purdue Railyard on August 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Kinam Park, Showalter Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Pharmaceutics, is a plenary speaker at the Controlled Release Society (CRS) annual meeting and exposition this month. In this CRS Luminary Interview, Park writes about why he chose the field of drug delivery, a defining moment in his career, and the advice he would give to someone just starting their career.

Patients with dementia and other neural diseases show physical symptoms such as stumbling and confusion, but identifying the problem isn't as simple as taking an X-ray. A group of researchers at Purdue University are designing data-driven tools that will help clinicians better understand the progression of neurodegenerative diseases by identifying and tracking changes in the brain.

Three PhD students advised by Zhongming Liu, assistant professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University, and a recent Purdue graduate formerly advised by Liu, gained recognition at international conferences in France and Singapore this month.

Mahera Husain and Madison Rogers, seniors at the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, have been tapped for the prestigious Barbara Cook Chapter of Mortar Board at Purdue University.

Ti'Air Riggins, a PhD student in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, received the Purdue University Black Graduate Student Association Social Justice/Humanitarian Scholarship Award in May. The honoree of this award is a graduate or professional student who has demonstrated compassion, courage, and leadership in a volunteer role to promote tolerance at Purdue University.

HaptImage, a Purdue University graduate-student owned startup that develops an assistive educational technology, was awarded a Purdue Foundry tier-one Black Award. Partners Shruthi Suresh, a PhD student in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, and Ting Zhang, a PhD student in industrial engineering, developed the technology to help individuals with visual impairments instantly experience images through real-time haptic feedback and tactile responses.