New experimental evidence of a collective behavior of electrons to form "quasiparticles" called "anyons" has been reported by a team of scientists at Purdue University.

A multidisciplinary team from Purdue University, including James Krogmeier and Aaron Ault, recently received funding from the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

Developing new quantum science technologies will be the focus of a new national research effort, with Purdue University playing a leading role. The work is supported through a broad effort announced by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy. The effort will include more than $1 billion in awards for the establishment of 12 new artificial intelligence and quantum information science (QIS) research institutes nationwide.

Saurabh Bagchi, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University, has been elevated to membership of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) for his contribution to dependable autonomous systems.

A team led by Zubin Jacob, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University, has won a DARPA QUEST award.

Kaushik Roy, the Edward G. Tiedemann Jr. Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering, will receive the 2020 Arden L. Bement Jr. Award for significant accomplishments in pure and applied science and engineering.

Baibhab Chatterjee, a graduate student in Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, recently participated in the Microwave Week 2020 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

Purdue University’s colleges of Engineering and Science, and Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) signed agreements Tuesday (Aug. 11) to enable Egyptian students to earn a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, or a Professional Master degree in Information Security from Purdue University.

A project led by Purdue ECE Prof. Jeff Siskind has advanced to phase III of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Deep Intermodal Video Activity (DIVA) program. IBM is the prime contractor for the effort, and Purdue and MIT are subcontractors.

Purdue University will be a partner in a new National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center created to develop advanced agricultural technologies to address food, energy and water security challenges.