Jessica E. Huber, a professor in Purdue University's Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, is the 2014 recipient of the Outstanding Commercialization Award for Purdue University Faculty.
The award is given annually to a faculty member in recognition of outstanding contributions to, and success with, commercializing Purdue research discoveries.

Purdue Research Foundation honored 15 Weldon School faculty members members at its tenth annual Inventors Recognition Reception in the Herman and Heddy Kurz Purdue Technology Center at Purdue Research Park.

A Purdue University researcher's new book explores the spectrum of imaging techniques used for noninvasive visualization of the morphology and mechanics of the large and small--from organs to individual macromolecules.

Officials at a life sciences startup based on a Purdue University innovation say their company could help cardiologists improve the diagnosis of heart disease, which the World Health Organization listed as the leading cause of death in the world in 2012.

Researchers are exploring the usefulness of ultrasound imaging to study dangerous abdominal aortic aneurysms, a bulging of the aorta that is usually fatal when it ruptures and for which there is no effective medical treatment.

The Women and Hi Tech Leading Light Awards are given to "honor women of achievement in science, education and technology."

A new technique makes it possible to quickly detect the presence of drugs or to monitor certain medical conditions using only a single drop of blood or urine, representing a potential tool for clinicians and law enforcement.

She will be sealed inside a geodesic dome with five crewmates for a NASA-funded study of the human factors that contribute to astronaut crew function and performance during long-duration space travels, such as those anticipated for a mission to Mars. Follow her blog at: http://fivestarview.blogspot.com

Study by Purdue University should give gridiron cause to act on head injuries but optimism that all is not lost for the sport.

Jenna Rickus, an associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering and biomedical engineering, explores questions arising from the merging of the technological and biological world.