Communication could step beyond reading a cellular phone screen with a new technique by Purdue College of Engineering researchers to learn and read messages through a person’s sense of touch.

The Department of Energy has selected 84 scientists from across the nation — including 30 from DOE’s national laboratories and 54 from U.S. universities — to receive significant funding for research as part of the DOE Office of Science’s Early Career Research Program.

Yutong (Tony) Xue received the Best Paper by a Young Presenter Award in Noise for his paper “Fibrous material microstructure design for optimal structural damping.” Tony presented his paper at the Spring meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Minneapolis, MN. He is currently working on his PhD with Prof. J. Stuart Bolton.

Ti’Air Riggins, a PhD student in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, received the Purdue University Black Graduate Student Association Social Justice/Humanitarian Scholarship Award in May.

Dr. Anahita Modiriasari received the 2018 Dr. Neville G.W. Cook Ph.D. Dissertation Award for the best Ph.D. thesis in rock mechanics and rock engineering.

Purdue University researchers have developed soft contact lenses that not only correct vision but also can monitor glucose and medical conditions and be used for ocular pain relief or drug delivery.

For the second year in a row, Purdue IE offered a unique Study Abroad Maymester program in Spain.

A team of Purdue University students are working to bring automated pothole detection to Greater Lafayette.

Purdue College of Engineering’s Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) racing teams have logged strong results during this year’s competition season, with one team enjoying its best finish ever.

CE Assistant Professor, Brandon Boor, who has a courtesy appointment in EEE, is the recipient of the Outstanding Engineering Graduate Student Mentor Award. This award is voted on by the EEE graduate students to recognize a faculty member who has been an outstanding mentor.