Many internal components used in today's computers reach temperatures that are hot enough to cook a Thanksgiving meal. The heat produced by the computations can easily burn human skin and tissue - and much of the heat is simply wasted energy, a byproduct of the computer's internal functions.

Now, Purdue University researchers are working on more energy-efficient technology to better mimic functions of the human brain and produce only a fraction of the heat.

Prof. Fengqing Maggie Zhu is among the recipients of the 2018 Google Faculty Research Awards. These annual awards are structured as unrestricted gifts to recognize and support the research of world-class faculty members at top universities around the world.

Kristen Stiles graduated with her BSEE in 2009. She currently works as a Senior Electrical Engineer for GE Healthcare.

Purdue University engineers, including ECE Assistant Professor Shreyas Sen, have tightened security on the "internet of body." Now, the network you didn't know you had is only accessible by you and your devices, thanks to technology that keeps communication signals within the body itself.

Prof. Hong Z. Tan is among the recipients of the 2018 Google Faculty Research Awards. These annual awards are structured as unrestricted gifts to recognize and support the research of world-class faculty members at top universities around the world.

A new device created by Purdue researchers has experimentally shown quasiparticles interfering for the first time. The findings were published in Nature Physics.

For Fall 2018, the Barrett Robinson Team Award winner for senior design was team Ohmonics. Team members Renzo Alvarez, Joe Bean, Alyssa Berding, Gabriel Ferrate Cuartero, and Jacob Kane designed and prototypes a self-contained analog keyboard synthesizer. Team member Gabriel Ferrate Cuartero was selected as the Eaton Award winner, which recognizes the top individual in ECE 49022.

A new material, engineered by Purdue University researchers into a thin strip is one step closer to "immunizing" qubits against noise, such as heat and other parts of a computer, that interferes with how well they hold information. the work is being led by Prof. Yong Chen.

Researchers have created a new testing ground for quantum systems in which they can literally turn certain particle interactions on and off, potentially paving the way for advances in spintronics. The experiment was done in the lab of ECE Prof. Yong Chen.