Presenting to the agBOT Challenge judges, Elliott Sass and his Purdue teammates looked far from formal. Stains on their pants mapped precisely where they had leaned against their robot as they made final modifications. Though the team was hard at work for months leading up to the event, they made adjustments until the literal last minute. The hands that passed a microphone between teammates were stained with grease, accented by blue dye used to spray ragweed.

Following oral presentations on May 7, a panel of judges and Discovery Park administration have reviewed the proposals and determined the winners of the Big Idea Challenge 2.0, a program that will provide resources to interdisciplinary teams of Purdue faculty and students pursuing bold proposals that address global challenges.

Researchers make graphene tunable, opening up its band gap to a record 2.1 electronvolts

In 2004, researchers discovered a super thin material that is at least a 100 times stronger than steel and the best known conductor of heat and electricity.

Renewable energy sources like wind and solar are touted for their positive and remedial effects on air quality and climate change. But there is an equally compelling and less appreciated rationale for renewables — they mitigate the risk of catastrophic global water shortage, and this is why.

William A. Crossley has been named head of Purdue’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He will assume the position of J. William Uhrig and Anastasia Vournas Head of Aeronautics and Astronautics on July 20, the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Mung Chiang, the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering announced Friday (May 24).

The Institute for Global Security and Defense Innovation (i-GSDI) at Discovery Park has secured Purdue as a participant in the prestigious Draper Fellow Program. Through the Draper Fellow Program support, Purdue graduate students will be immersed in Purdue’s research environment and also will take advantage of the Charles Stark Draper Laboratories’ facilities, collective knowledge and experience.

A large-scale manufacturing process to improve food packaging and keep groceries fresher longer has received top honors at one of the world’s largest technical conferences for the packaging industry.

Researchers are building animal-inspired sensors into the shells of aircraft, cars

The Purdue College of Engineering has selected a seasoned leader to be its new head of the School of Mechanical Engineering.

Vijay Raghunathan, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is one of five outstanding innovators under age 40 honored at the 56th Design Automation Conference.