Rockport was among former coal plant sites identified as prime candidates for small modular reactors, according to a Purdue University study prepared for the Indiana Office of Energy Development.

Among the Purdue faculty in Indianapolis is Sharon Miller, associate professor of engineering practice at the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and assistant vice provost for Purdue University in Indianapolis.

Shahryar Zehtabi, a PhD student in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is researching and developing innovative algorithmic solutions to advance this next phase of autonomous artificial intelligence.

Purdue NE researchers, in collaboration with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Toshiba, have successfully demonstrated quantum-secure communications in the PUR-1 nuclear reactor using quantum key distribution.

Zoltan K. Nagy, the Arvind Varma Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, has been elected as an External Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), one of the highest scholarly honors bestowed by Hungary's premier scientific institution.

Purdue researchers observe an aerodynamic Leidenfrost effect in high-speed bearings, where oil droplets levitate instead of lubricating, ultimately raising concerns for electric vehicle performance.

Amit Varma has received the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Lifetime Achievement Award. Varma was recognized for his research and contributions in steel-concrete composition, fire design and nuclear structures.

Purdue University's Student Team MARS (Mechanisms and Robotic Systems) achieved an impressive 3rd place finish and a $5,000 prize at the What Bimanual Teleoperation and Learning from Demonstration Can Do (WBCD) competition, hosted during the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) -- widely regarded as one of the world's leading robotics conferences.

Elnaz Ghajar-Rahimi is a fourth-year PhD candidate working on advancing imaging techniques to study disease progression and improve detection and treatment across a broad spectrum of medical conditions.

Akash Patil is a PhD candidate working in the Innovation Science Lab of Dr. Joseph Sinfield, Professor of Civil Engineering and Director, Institute for Innovation Science.