Purdue ECE in the Media
This Tiny Robot Is Part Bee, Part Crane Fly - and It Finally Has Solid Legs
April 21, 2025
"The successful landing of any flying vehicle relies on minimizing the velocity as it approaches the surface before impact and dissipating energy quickly after the impact," explained Nak-seung Patrick Hyun, a former Harvard postdoctoral fellow and now an assistant professor at Purdue University's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "Even with the tiny wing flaps of RoboBee, the ground effect is non-negligible when flying close to the surface, and things can get worse after the impact as it bounces and tumbles." Hyun led the RoboBee's landing tests on both solid surfaces and a leaf, just like a real insect.
Purdue's semiconductor leader: If West Lafayette misses on SK hynix, 'we will never have this opportunity again.'
April 21, 2025
Mark Lundstrom, Purdue's chief semiconductor officer, answers zoning concerns for a $3.87B facility - including from colleagues - why SK hynix picked WL over LEAP and a case for a silicon heartland.
Purdue researchers' AI-powered soil sensors could improve crop farming
March 28, 2025
"Right now, a soil moisture sensor, you'd have about 1 of those per 100 acres. In the future, you might have hundreds, or even more, per acre," said David Love, the Nick Trbovich professor of electrical and computer engineering.
Materials developed at Purdue University incorporated into new Microsoft Quantum qubit platform
February 26, 2025
"Our hope for quantum computation is that it will aid chemists, materials scientists and engineers working on the design and manufacturing of new materials that are so important to our daily lives," said Michael Manfra, scientific director of Microsoft Quantum Lab West Lafayette, professor of electrical and computer engineering, Bill and Dee O'Brien Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and professor of materials engineering at Purdue.
Microcomb chips help pave the way for thousand times more accurate GPS systems
February 24, 2025
"Today's atomic clocks enable GPS systems with a positional accuracy of a few meters. With an optical atomic clock, you may achieve a precision of just a few centimeters. This improves the autonomy of vehicles, and all electronic systems based on positioning," said Prof. Minghao Qi from Purdue University
Charging EVs as they Travel on Highways
February 19, 2025
Purdue University engineers and the Indiana Department of Transportation are working to make it possible for electric vehicles, big and small, to wirelessly charge while driving on highways. Construction is in progress on a quarter-mile test bed on U.S. Highway 231/U.S. Highway 52 in West Lafayette that the team will use for testing.
Purdue University researchers harness solar power for smarter irrigation
February 3, 2025
"Purdue University researchers are pioneering a path forward by harnessing solar power and IoT technology for smarter irrigation," said Woongkul Matt Lee, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue. "This innovation empowers farmers to control irrigation precisely, reduce energy costs, and embrace sustainable practices, marking a pivotal step in addressing modern agricultural challenges."
Researchers create orientation-independent magnetic field-sensing nanotube spin qubits
October 8, 2024
Tongcang Li, a professor of physics and electrical and computer engineering, leads a team that has developed the BNNTs with optically active spin qubits. "BNNT spin qubits are more sensitive to detecting off-axis magnetic fields than a diamond nitrogen-vacancy center, which is primarily sensitive to fields that are parallel to its axis, but not perpendicular," Li said. "BNNTs also are more cost-effective and offer more resilience than brittle diamond tips."
Can you spot the deepfake? Here's what you need to know about AI and political deepfakes before you vote
October 8, 2024
At Purdue's Video and Image Processing Laboratory, Prof. Ed Delp and a team of graduate students use powerful computers to help detect which images are fake and which are real.
How AI could help with counterfeit chip detection
October 1, 2024
"Our scheme opens a large opportunity for the adoption of deep learning-based anti-counterfeit methods in the semiconductor industry," said Alexander Kildishev, professor at Purdue University.
CUDA, Woulda, Shoulda: How This Platform Helps Nvidia Dominate AI
September 10, 2024
Nvidia played a major role in developing graphics processors, which were designed for heavy-duty calculations. "When we say they are simpler, they are not complex; there's nuance to it," Anand Raghunathan, Silicon Valley chair professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University, told Investor's Business Daily. "They are complex in the sense that the amount of computation needed is massive, it's tremendous."
Cracking a cold case with AI? Tech volunteers try to solve an IMPD investigation
August 28, 2024
Purdue University associate professor Jing Gao with the School of Engineering, who studies artificial intelligence, said AI can be used at many stages in the criminal justice system. According to Gao, who also researches the technology's trustworthiness, AI is only as good as its model creators. It uses historical data to answer questions, but historical data is rooted in bias.