Episode 85 of the podcasts series looks into semiconductors with Mark Lundstrom, the University's chief semiconductor officer and Don and Carol Scifres Distinguished Professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

In its ongoing efforts to help the U.S. regain preeminence in the semiconductor industry, Purdue University and the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue signed memorandums of understanding with two research universities in Taiwan, the world’s largest producer of microchips.

Keith Cherkauer, professor of agricultural and biological engineering, and an agronomy colleague will begin receiving drone imagery collected on a panel of 1,200 soybean varieties that breeders have planted in 11 states.

Researchers received 18 patents on their intellectual property from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office.

Purdue's Women in Engineering Program recently hosted representatives from programs around the country to share best practices around K-12 outreach and undergraduate student success.

Fu Zhao, professor of environmental and ecological engineering and mechanical engineering, received an award for sustained and meritorious contributions to design for manufacturing and life-cycle assessment.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb appointed Kevin Boes of Great Falls, Montana, to serve a two-year term as the board’s student trustee. IE alumna Theresa Carter was reappointed to serve a three-year term

The Social Innovations course connects the innovative power of students to social impact startups like Sanku, a company that prints and delivers nearly 800,000 flour sacks to partner flour mills each month across Tanzania, Africa.

Makarand “Mark” Hastak, professor and Dernlan Family Head of Construction Engineering and Management, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Construction.

Cadet worked with Shreyas Sundaram and ECE graduate student Dylan Taylor, a West Point alumnus, on a project titled “Cooperative Teaming of Autonomous Systems.”