Purdue University is reporting its second-best year for external research funding and its largest annual dollar increase.

Purdue University had record-breaking numbers in commercialization activities highlighted by 24 startups based on Purdue intellectual property, tripling the previous year's number, Purdue Research Foundation officials announced Thursday (July 10). This and other existing Purdue startups drew more than $20 million in publicly announced funding last year.

Researchers have shown how to modify a smartphone so that it can be used to measure a person's walking gait to prevent falls in people with compromised balance, such as the elderly or those with Parkinson's disease.

Professor Zheng Ouyang has been selected by the College of Engineering to receive a 2014-2015 PRF International Travel Grant.

Two BME students have been selected to receive Joe Bourland Travel Grants: Joyatee Sarker and Yue Ren.

Adaptive tools, laboratory redesigns and research internship program suggestions for students with disabilities are just some of the resources available in a new booklet to encourage greater inclusion of college students with disabilities in science, technology, engineering and mathematic fields.

With more than 123 opportunities to travel around the world, Purdue University is seeing more undergraduate students studying abroad than ever this summer.

Young Kim, of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, was one of three Purdue researchers in the College of Agriculture, College of Engineering and College of Veterinary Medicine to receive a portion of $150,000 from the Trask Innovation Fund to develop his work.

The humble sewing machine could play a key role in creating "soft" robotics, wearable electronics and implantable medical systems made of elastic materials that are capable of extreme stretching.