Researchers are a step closer to harnessing single pulses of light called solitons, using tiny ring-shaped microresonators, in findings that could aid efforts to develop advanced sensors, high-speed optical communications and research tools.

A Purdue University professor of electrical and computer engineering and a recent Ph.D. graduate have found a way to make smaller, more efficient motor drive systems for hybrid and electric cars, trucks, trains, ships and aircraft.

The research award is for the development of new nonlinear sources of light using molecular energy transfer approaches.

Researchers at Purdue University are creating a device that they hope will help identify risk factors that cause breast cancer.

In the U.S. News & World Report survey “Best Colleges 2018,” Purdue’s College of Engineering ranked 8th nationally among doctoral-granting universities. Electrical Engineering came in at #8, while Computer Engineering was #12.

Purdue-affiliated startup eLecturic, Inc. is developing a platform that promotes student engagement in lecture environments by allowing real-time communication between students and professors.

He was recognized for his work on plasmon nano-optical tweezers. He was advised by Professors Alexandra Boltasseva and George Nnanna and collaborated with Professor Steve Wereley. Justus will be joining the faculty in the School of Engineering at Vanderbilt University this fall as an Assistant Professor.

InternX, a Purdue student startup, has developed an online platform that would allow company talent recruiters to find and contact collegiate students qualified for job openings.

Matt Booty (BS '88) is corporate vice president of Minecraft and Microsoft Studios/Xbox. Moses Chan (BS '91, MS '93, PhD '99) is a technical fellow of Lockheed Martin Space Systems.

The Big Ten Academic Alliance-ALP is designed to develop the leadership and managerial skills of faculty who have demonstrated exceptional ability and administrative promise. It is specifically oriented to the challenges of academic administration of major research universities and to the preparation of faculty members to meet those challenges.