How a life on Mars simulation in the deserts of Utah helped this recent ABE graduate learn more about his field and himself.

Professor Jie Shan and cohort Charles Toth, Research Professor at Ohio State University, received the 2019 LiDAR Leader Award (2nd Place) from the International LiDAR Mapping Forum.

Purdue Engineering Initiatives (PEI) is a set of experiments that grew out of the Engineering Faculty Conversations. Each PEI is a virtual organizational structure to incubate programs in research, learning, and engagement.

Two graduate students in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics were named among this year’s winners of the Aviation Week Network’s awards program recognizing STEM degree candidates who have excelled in research projects, academic performance and civic contributions.

Professor Hong Z. Tan is among the recipients of the 2018 Google Faculty Research Awards. These annual awards are structured as unrestricted gifts to recognize and support the research of world-class faculty members at top universities around the world.

Gas turbine engines, the driving force behind the airplanes we fly and the electricity flowing through our power grids, are among the world’s most complex machines. They contain some of the world’s strongest materials, such as nickel-based superalloys. How might the engines be improved if these heat-resistant components could be made even stronger?

Someone could hack into your pacemaker or insulin pump and potentially kill you, just by intercepting and analyzing wireless signals. This hasn’t happened in real life yet, but researchers have been demonstrating for at least a decade that it’s possible.

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research has awarded an ASPIRE Award to Luis Solorio, assistant professor at the Purdue Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, and his collaborator, Wilbert Zwart, group leader at the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Oncode Institute.

The Cummins Integrated Pipeline Program and NSBE world headquarters announced a five year, $1.5 million scholarship for NSBE members. Members at Purdue and historically black Howard University were selected to be eligible.

Honoring the past by looking to the future, Purdue University is celebrating its sesquicentennial by tackling some of the biggest questions in the fields of artificial intelligence, space, health and sustainability.