Today, Birck is the research home for over 300 residents, including support staff, graduate researchers, and faculty from six academic colleges.

The BioTrain Fellows program is a part of Heartland BioWorks, a U.S. Economic Development Administration-funded Tech Hub, and its BioTrain initiative to grow the biomanufacturing workforce.

Nikhilesh Chawla, a Purdue University engineer, is working with university colleagues and scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory on high-resolution imaging to better spot defects and speed up the existing inspection process during chip manufacturing.

Irith Pomeranz, the Cadence Professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been honored with the prestigious IEEE TTTC Lifetime Contribution Medal in recognition of her groundbreaking contributions to test technology.

Covering all recent advancements in the field, "Tunable Evanescent-Mode Filters: Principles, Implementation, and Applications," discusses fundamentals and applications in tunable evanescent-mode filters with concepts supported by hardware demonstrations to help the reader design experiments, a variety of detailed illustrations to aid in reader comprehension and worked-out examples to help connect theory to practice.

Irith Pomeranz, the Cadence Professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been honored with the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Test Technology Technical Council (TTTC) Lifetime Contribution Medal in recognition of her groundbreaking contributions to test technology.

A patent-pending augmented laparoscopic grasper helps surgeons see force they apply during surgery

Reshma Ughade, a PhD student in Purdue’s School of Nuclear Engineering, has been selected by the Nuclear Energy Agency to participate in its NEA Global Forum Rising Stars Workshop 2025, on Dec. 10-12 at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. The program will feature high-level speakers, panel discussions, mentoring sessions, and opportunities for participants to present their research.

A Purdue Engineering-connected startup is leveraging AI to help public works departments across multiple Indiana cities automate road condition assessments and maintain local road infrastructure.

For nearly 30 years, Charles Kenley, professor of practice at the Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering, has been building bridges, connecting disciplines, fostering communities, and shaping how the world approaches complex engineering challenges through systems thinking.