The tool simulates how the spread of pandemic flu would be dramatically reduced by using anti-viral drugs and "social-distancing" measures, such as school closures and working from home.

Professor Weiner has been selected as one of nine new National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellows by the U.S. Department of Defense, out of a pool of 468 candidates nationwide. In support of his research for the Defense Department on ultrabroadband radio-frequency technology, he expects to receive a grant of $600,000 annually for five years, plus overhead costs.

Purdue University's engineering programs remain among the best in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's rankings of the top graduate schools.

Gwen is pursuing a Ph.D. in computer architecture under the guidance of Professor T.N. Vijaykumar.

Purdue is playing a significant part in the national discussion about "green" initiatives and alternative energy. Professors Richard Schwartz, Jerry Woodall, and Jeffery Gray are working on research and initiatives to turn solar power into useable energy, and through their national prominence are putting Purdue Engineering on the solar energy map.

Three ECE faculty were promoted to Professor and four were promoted to Associate Professor. The promotions are effective with the 2009-10 academic year.

The award was Professor Elmqvist's first external award for his new research group PIVOT (Purdue Information Visualization Tools and Techniques) for his research project on multi-focus interaction for time-series visualization.

The Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) honors with the Young Researcher Award in Advanced Optical Technologies outstanding scientific contributions of a young researcher with a proven record in optics, photonics, and optical technologies. The prize money is 100,000 euros.

Professor Ebert will lead a six-year $15 million effort as part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center of Excellence for Command, Control and Interoperability. Purdue has been designated as the lead institution for Visualization Sciences. Rutgers University will lead the Data Sciences effort, funded at a similar level.

The Herbert McCoy Award was established in 1964 to award a student or faculty member in the science departments of Purdue University making the greatest contribution of the year to science. The award consists of a monetary prize of $4,000 plus an additional $7,000 to support the research of the recipient.