A patented method for single biomolecule detection that overcomes limitations of current technologies may help in the fight against COVID-19. Purdue University innovators created a method that uses a special sensor similar to a computer chip. The application-specific integrated circuit chip is designed for the early detection of a number of pathogens and viruses.

To commemorate the 120th anniversary of the College of Engineering, the Dean’s Doctoral Fellowship was created and recently has been awarded to two incoming graduate students in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

A Purdue ECE alumnus now is using technology his team created to improve school safety to help fight the spread of COVID-19.

More than one-third of the people in the United States who have epilepsy are at risk for a deadly complication called “sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.” That means 1.2 million people are at risk for the complication each year – and it will kill about 4,000 of them. They typically have refractory epilepsy, which means medicines do not bring their seizures under control.

Jay Akridge, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity, has announced Purdue's Morrill Award winners for 2020.

Researchers running demanding computations, especially for projects like infectious disease modeling that need to be re-run frequently as new data becomes available, rely on supercomputers to run efficiently with as few failures of the software as possible. The more jobs that fail, the less science can get done.

A team of computer researchers from Purdue University has created a system, called SOPHIA, designed to help users reconfigure databases for optimal performance with time-varying workloads and for diverse applications ranging from metagenomics to high-performance computing (HPC) to IoT, where high-throughput, resilient databases are critical.

Research into quantum techniques to more quickly detect explosives and exotic types of quantum camouflage have received funding from the U.S. Department of Defense’s 2020 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program. The four faculty members who have been awarded projects in the competitive funding program are members of the Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute in Purdue's Discovery Park.

Purdue University’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering is accepting applications through July 31, 2020 for its online MSECE and Project-track master’s degree programs that begin in Fall 2020. Both options result in the same degree earned by students on Purdue’s West Lafayette campus, with the same courses taught by the same faculty.

Repetitive hits to the head can cause brain damage without actually leading to a concussion, past studies have suggested. Just a simple change to the starting stance of players on the offensive line in American football might reduce this burden, a study conducted by Purdue University and Stanford University researchers now shows.