April 24 marked the grand opening of the Purdue CARES Hub, an undertaking made possible by gifts from external donors — fitting that its grand opening coincided with Purdue Day of Giving 2024.

In an effort to accelerate physical, digital and sustainable manufacturing efforts across Indiana, Purdue University’s Manufacturing and Materials Research Laboratories will establish a presence in Indianapolis at 16 Tech Innovation District.

A group of Purdue researchers has launched a multidisciplinary project named FIREFLY to model, simulate and analyze cyber-physical systems. The multiphase $6.5 million project is sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Luna Lu, Purdue’s Reilly Professor of Civil Engineering, has been recognized as a gold winner of an Edison Award in the Critical Human Infrastructure category for leading the development of sensor technology that could help reduce time and money spent on the construction and repair of concrete highway pavement and other structures. The Edison Awards, considered the “Oscars of innovation," are given annually to “recognize the persistence and excellence that also characterized Thomas Edison’s work.”

Nien-Hwa “Linda” Wang, the Dr. Norman and Dr. Jane Li Professor in Chemical Engineering in Purdue’s Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, leads a team that developed innovative technologies to separate and purify rare earth and battery elements from a variety of sources including ores, postindustrial wastes and recycled magnets.

David Cappelleri, a professor of mechanical engineering with a courtesy appointment in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, has been appointed assistant vice president for research innovation in the Office of Research, effective May 1.

The Center on AI for Digital, Autonomous and Augmented Aviation (AIDA3) will deliver innovations for unmanned aerial vehicles and other autonomous systems, focusing on developments that can be scaled up as demand for the technology grows.

A new breed of AI-powered coding tools have emerged, and they're claiming to be more autonomous versions of earlier assistants like GitHub Copilot, Amazon CodeWhisperer and Tabnine.

Stylianos Chatzidakis, asistant professor of nuclear engineering, is working to realize a digital twin in the nuclear industry.

After an extensive search, Kevin J. Otto has been named the next Dane Miller Head of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. His initial five-year term at Purdue will begin July 1, 2024.