LyoWave Inc., a high-tech startup, is commercializing innovative microwave heating technologies developed at Purdue University that improve upon traditional lyophilization — or the process of freeze-drying perishable products — by increasing speed, cost-effectiveness and product throughput. Alina Alexeenko, Professor of Chemical Engineering, is LyoWave's president and co-founder.
Enrique Iglesia, the Michel Boudart Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, has been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2023 Faraday Lectureship Prize.