A team led by Sean Connell, Medtric, was selected to represent Purdue University at the Open Minds 2012 Exhibition hosted by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA).

Researchers from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and the Schools of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering have created new "microtweezers" capable of manipulating objects to build tiny structures, print coatings to make advanced sensors, and grab and position live stem cell spheres for research.

Professors Eric Nauman and Ann Rundell have been selected to participate in the innovative IMPACT program.

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has recently announced the election of two Weldon School faculty members to the College of Fellows. The inductees, who were nominated by their peers, were screened by committees of Fellows within their specialty and were finally elected by the full College as members of the official Class of 2012.

Two Weldon School faculty members have been selected to receive 2011 Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) International Travel Grants.

Michael Ladisch, distinguished professor of agricultural and biological engineering, biomedical engineering and Director of Purdue's Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering, is one of five Purdue faculty members recently inducted as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Graduate student Emily Gullotti has been named one of two Purdue students to receive a 2011 Chorafas Foundation Award. This award for advanced graduate students includes a cash prize intended as co-funding of advanced research or studies, including travel to explore post doctoral opportunities in Nobel Laureate's laboratories.