Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb will be the featured guest at the 103rd annual Purdue University Road School Transportation Conference and Expo next week.

Two groups of students from Purdue University will participate in the annual Rice Business Plan Competition in April.

A new consortium of Purdue Engineering faculty and facilities with expertise in simulation-based engineering of materials and structures is now offering partnerships with Indiana-based manufacturers.

Shripad Revankar, professor of nuclear engineering, recently was elected fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE).

Six interdisciplinary research teams at Purdue University have received $2.7 million in grants of $450,000 each through a partnership with the U.S. Navy.

A new automated system detects cracks in the steel components of nuclear power plants and has been shown to be more accurate than other automated systems.

Darshini Render, assistant director of student success in the College of Engineering, has received the 2016 Impact Award for “Career Development Professional of the Year” from IndianaINTERN.net.

Monika Ivantysynova, the MAHA Named Professor in Fluid Power Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, will be presented with an honorary doctoral degree from Lapeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland.

Young Kim and Chi Hwan Lee, researchers in the Purdue Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, have received funding from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research in support of their individual projects advancing the development of wearable and implantable nanomaterials. They each received $110,000 grants, which are renewable on an annual basis.