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MSE Professor Carol Handwerker testified before Congress

Professor Carol Handwerker, Reinhardt Schuhmann Jr. Professor of Materials Engineering, Fellow of TMS, ACers and ASM, testified to Congress at the US House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hearing on Research and Innovation to address the Critical Materials Challenge.

January 22, 2020

Four Engineering professors among world’s most influential researchers

Four Purdue Engineering professors have been named to the list of Highly Cited Researchers 2019 from the Web of Science Group. This group annually compiles a list of the world’s most influential researchers, this year from over 1,200 institutions in more than 60 countries.

December 2, 2019

Trask Innovation Fund accepting applications to advance Purdue intellectual property

Purdue University inventors who are prepared to move their innovations to market have until Feb. 21 to apply for funding through the Trask Innovation Fund.

January 16, 2020

18th Annual Staff Awards of Excellence celebrates engineering accomplishments

Bright spotlights illuminated the stage Friday, Dec. 6, at the Shively Club at Ross Ade Stadium as the Purdue College of Engineering celebrated the contributions of 18 engineering staff members for 2019. Dean Mung Chiang welcomed more than 200 guests, including the honorees, their families, friends and colleagues. “Staff make the College hum. We wouldn’t be here today without their awesome contributions,” said the dean.

December 9, 2019

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JAN

Bob Galyen: Transportation and Energy Storage for Grid Applications

Bob is an Energy Storage technology executive with experience in technology and business operations of small and large corporations. Bob is semi-retired CTO of Contemporary Amperex Technology Company Limited in NingDe, Fujian Province, PRC. CATL specializes in clean technology lithium ion battery systems used in electric vehicles and high efficiency storage systems. CATL is the largest battery manufacturer in the world. Bob is Chairman Emeritus and CTO of NAATBatt International. He also serves on Senator Lugar's Advisory Board for Renewable Energy at IUPUI, the Dean's Executive Advisory Council at Ball State University and the National Fire Protection Agencies Board of Advisers.

JAN

Indiana CTSI Retreat at Purdue

The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) Retreat at Purdue will be held on Friday, January 31, in the Martin C. Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. A keynote address will be given by Bruce J. Tromberg, Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at the National Institutes of Health.

FEB