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October 5, 2017

Purdue forum to examine digital challenges for manufacturing

Business leaders will meet for the Purdue Manufacturing Forum 2017 to discuss how to prepare for the new digital challenges facing industry.

October 5, 2017

Purdue professor wins Department of Defense computing award

One of the College of Engineering’s newer professors has received a large research grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for super-computing resources.

October 5, 2017

Purdue interns at Indianapolis startup help develop drones for grid, inspection uses

Kevin Sheridan and Austin Williams, students at the Purdue College of Engineering, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, completed internships over the summer at Aerotronic LLC, an Indianapolis-based company developing and manufacturing drones and other unmanned aerial systems.

October 5, 2017

PathVis story featured in IEEE Spectrum

Global health experts don’t worry about if a major infectious disease outbreak will occur; it’s just a matter of when.

October 4, 2017

Inverter improvement clears way for smaller, more efficient motor drive systems for electric vehicles

A Purdue University professor of electrical and computer engineering and a recent Ph.D. graduate have found a way to make smaller, more efficient motor drive systems for hybrid and electric cars, trucks, trains, ships and aircraft.

October 3, 2017

Adams named to Co-Op Hall of Fame

The Purdue Cooperative Education Hall of Fame inducted IE alumna Amy Adams (BSIE ’88) and five other Purdue alumni as 2017 members in a September 22 ceremony.

October 1, 2017

Sangha receives Baxter Young Investigator Award

Gurneet Sangha, a fourth-year doctoral student at the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University, has received a Baxter Young Investigator Award.

September 29, 2017

MSE research on MRS Bulletin News

A team of researchers at Purdue University and Texas A&M University recently demonstrated that incorporating copper layers into a thin film of the amorphous metal copper niobium (a-CuNb) can significantly enhance its plasticity.

September 29, 2017

Faculty across three colleges launch Nuclear Security Education Program

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has just awarded Purdue University a contract to expand and create graduate level courses in Nuclear Engineering, Health Sciences, and Political Science in the field of Nuclear Security.

September 29, 2017

$18.5 million dollar Purdue design facility creates 'magnet space' for collaborative creativity, prototyping

The new Bechtel Innovation Design Center is aimed to become a ‘magnet’ where Purdue University students, staff and faculty can move their ideas and innovations to real-world products and impact.

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