John Howarter, an assistant professor of materials engineering (MSE) and environmental and ecological engineering, has won Purdue’s 2017 Presidential Safety Award. The award is given to individuals or groups who have made a significant contribution toward improving safety at Purdue University.

A casual conversation with a high school jazz band friend about industrial engineering led Giovanni Malloy to an unlikely career. With no plans of studying biology in college, and definitely not entertaining life as a doctor, Malloy is headed after graduation from Purdue in May for life as an infectious diseases specialist. He recently received a 2017 Purdue Policy Research Institute (PPRI) Excellence in Research Award for work in this area.

The College of Engineering has announced an alumnus will become the next head of the School of Nuclear Engineering.

Kathleen Howell, Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and associate dean for engineering, is one of only 228 members elected to the class of 2017 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The following faculty members were recognized for excellent performance as recipients of 2017 Faculty Excellence Awards on Friday, April 7.

Researchers have shown how to create a rechargeable “spin battery” made out of materials called topological insulators, a step toward building new spintronic devices and quantum computers.

Researchers have solved a problem hindering development of highly sensitive optical devices made of a material called graphene, an advance that could bring applications from imaging and displays to sensors and high-speed communications.

Two Purdue Engineering students were recently recognized for their work in the Baylor University New Venture Competition. The event is a two-day business plan and elevator pitch competition that promotes entrepreneurship for U.S. and international college students and recent graduates.

A new approach to control forces and interactions between atoms and molecules, such as those employed by geckos to climb vertical surfaces, could bring advances in new materials for developing quantum light sources.