“When you talk to people in industry, they would hire people who had fairly general backgrounds, whether it was community college or four-year degrees or advanced degrees, and they would then train them internally,” says Dr. Janes. “We hear training cycles that are months for engineers and many months for technicians. Part of the problem is that, in high-tech industries in the US, people generally don’t stay long. They stay four or five years. So if you spend, say, a year training someone and they leave after four years, that’s a big upfront investment.”

Vijay Raghunathan, a professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue, was honored for his research on multimodal systems and heterogeneous AI processing.

A team at Purdue University is pushing electrification beyond the battery with a breakthrough in dynamic wireless charging for heavy-duty trucks. Their system embeds high-power inductive infrastructure into roadways, delivering energy to vehicles in motion and dramatically reducing the need for oversized onboard batteries.

It’s a glimpse of a future where long-haul freight doesn’t stop to charge—or carry massive battery packs at all—but instead draws continuous power straight from the road.

Dr Muhammad Mustafa Hussain, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University and founder of Silicon River and CREST, said ensuring a secure business environment should be the government’s top priority.

“Security cannot be taken lightly. A highly secure business environment is essential for attracting semiconductor investment,” he said.

“Most of my ideas have not been sitting at a desk,” Jennifer Light-Holets (BSEE '00) says. When she hears a problem that’s interesting, it keeps going in the back of her mind. And she keeps a notebook close, so when a spark shows up, she can catch it before it disappears.

Menlo Microsystems and Purdue University have reported a major step forward in developing commercially viable cryogenic switching technology for quantum computing.

“The United States brings leadership in advanced semiconductor research and innovation, while India brings scale, talent, and bold ambitions in manufacturing,” says Professor Vijay Raghunathan, a vice president at Purdue University and the university ambassador to India.

Namita Narendra and Tillmann Kubis, both from Purdue University, have developed a groundbreaking new single-ion detector capable of identifying any ion type without requiring specific molecular tailoring.

“Networking is the glue for scaling quantum systems,” Lukens said. “Just like classical supercomputers rely on networking, quantum systems will need robust networks to function effectively.”

Purdue ECE Prof. Shreyas Sen answers a question for the Curious Kids feature on The Conversation.