Vikas Tomar, Purdue professor of aeronautics and astronautics, and collaborators Stacy Manni, Claron Ridge and Jesus Mares from the Air Force Research Laboratory, and Alice Savage from the Army Research Laboratory co-hosted the Polymer Composite Materials for the Energetic Materials Workshop September 17-18, 2020.

Purdue Mechanical Engineering's Neera Jain gives three important post-pandemic considerations about what the future of work will look like and the role automation will play.

Robots can be amazing tools for search-and-rescue missions and environmental studies, but eventually they must return to a base to recharge their batteries and upload their data. A Purdue mechanical engineering team has created a mobile docking system for autonomous underwater vehicle (AUVs), enabling them to perform longer tasks without the need for human intervention.

Purdue biomedical engineering researchers are developing an app and wearable technology that will allow pregnant women to use a smartphone to detect whether they have or are susceptible to a preeclampsia, a complication caused by high blood pressure that can cause organ damage and premature birth.

Purdue researchers from diverse disciplines worked together to develop a new material that may help scientists learn more about neurological disorders.

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels announced on Friday (Oct. 2) that the university’s flagship Purdue Polytechnic High School will honor Purdue alumnus Edmund O. Schweitzer III and Beatriz Schweitzer for their $4 million commitment to programs and scholarships to support the educational and career success of underrepresented students.

An anonymous $1 million cash gift from a member of the Purdue University College of Engineering community will establish scholarships named in honor of the college’s first Black graduate, David Robert Lewis, as an impetus to energize and expand ongoing support to recruit and retain Black engineering students.

The Purdue College of Engineering named its 2020-2021 Engineering Fellows during a recent virtual event. Thanks to the generosity of benefactors Robert H. Buckman (BSChE ’59) and his wife, Joyce A. Mollerup, five students each will receive a $10,000 gift upon graduation in 2021. Students are free to use the funds in any endeavor they see fit.

Purdue University researchers are helping to develop physIQ software that could indicate that a person should get tested for COVID-19 by detecting specific changes in heart and breathing rates while the person wears a smartwatch.

Workforce education in manufacturing has traditionally been very low-tech: in-person teaching sessions, one-on-one apprenticeship, written manuals, and perhaps a video. But to keep pace with an increasing skills gap, some manufacturers are now turning to augmented and virtual reality to teach their workers new skills. A Purdue team has entered into a $5 million cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create an augmented and virtual reality experience prototype called Skill-XR.