Purdue Research Foundation hosted its ninth annual Inventors Recognition Reception Wednesday (Nov. 20) to recognize 54 Purdue University faculty and staff whose discoveries were patented during the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

Corey Neu, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, received a Research Project Grant (R01) of approximately $1.6 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his work in the early detection of osteoarthritis (OA). OA is a chronic, debilitating disease that affects some 27 million Americans, and much of the $128 billion spent on arthritis-related health care costs in the U.S. annually goes toward the treatment of OA.

Dr. Zhongming Liu, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been selected to receive a 2013-2014 Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) International Travel Grant.

Purdue and GE have entered into a university-industry partnership that exemplifies a new approach to expediting the academia-based technology commercialization process. The agreement, signed this month, will merge the expertise of GE's corporate technology commercialization group with innovations being developed at Purdue to commercialize new technologies.

Purdue's College of Engineering has named four research teams that will be a priority for faculty hiring during the coming year. The teams were chosen because the work they do has the potential for dramatic impact and international pre-eminence. They are part of the college's strategic growth plan that will add as many as 107 faculty over five years.

In the PBS show, "Nova," host David Pogue examines groundbreaking research that aims to keep us out of harm’s way. The Purdue Neurotrauma Group's research is featured in a segment about the risks of our favorite pastimes and innovations in protective gear to make them safer.

Purdue University's College of Engineering has named four research teams that will be a priority for faculty hiring during the coming year. The teams were chosen because the work they do has the potential for dramatic impact and international pre-eminence. They are part of the college's strategic growth plan that will add as many as 107 faculty over five years.

Researchers, including Weldon School's Riyi Shi, have discovered that a known neurotoxin may cause chronic pain in people who suffer from paralysis, and a drug that has been shown to remove the toxin might be used to treat the pain.

Sherry Voytik-Harbin serves as the technical expert for a proposed new ASTM International standard that will be used in the design, development, quality control and comparison of a variety of collagen-based medical products, including surgical implants, delivery vehicles for therapeutic cells or molecules and substrates for tissue engineered medical products.