In the News: Research

Purdue joins with UL Research Institutes to create new battery safety research center

IE's Wu, team's sensors measure uric acid levels better than other noninvasive methods

ABE's Deng, company working on breakthrough approach to treat dual epidemics of obesity and diabetes

Purdue engineer works to improve formulation of RNA-based pharmaceuticals

ABE's Porterfield pioneering agriculture in space

ECE professors part of groundbreaking effort to safeguard U.S. military and 5G networks

Making things stick: Nature schools engineers in adhesion

ECE's Gao, Purdue receives funding from $26.7 Million NSF initiative to forge the future of Open Knowledge Networks

NSF awards ENE's Menekse, team $300K funding for STEM learning project

NSF backs research into plant-based alternative to plastics

ME's Sotelo, NSF grant aim to reclaim and reuse waste for sustainable space and Earth

AI takes the reins in deep-tissue imaging

ZS Instruments receives $1M grant to develop advanced lithography tech for precision optical encoders

ENE's Wertz selected for NSF CAREER Award

Through NSF grant, ME's Wei, team creating next generation of wireless systems built on microjet-cooled glass

ECE's Zhihong Chen receives NSF funding for research to advance high-performance probabilistic computing

DOE funds 3D printing of wind blade tooling to make U.S. clean energy sector more competitive

NSF-funded research advancing photon-based circuits means a brighter future for information processing

AAE's Arnas finding better ‘parking spots’ in space

ABE's Verma leads team developing field test to detect SARS-CoV-2 virus in dozens of host species

ME's Mudawar developing lighter, more efficient solution for heating and cooling space habitats

ME's Han develops inkjet-printed tumors, custom cancer drug testbeds

AAE's Howell leads $4.5M CHANCE project to enhance capabilities to deliver future Earth-to-Moon transport

Modeling release rates for implantable drugs

Modeling release rates for implantable drugs

USDA grant to Purdue aims to boost efficiency at dairy farms

Purdue establishes permanent presence next to NSWC Crane for future of national defense and semiconductors

Second funding round delivers $19 million to Purdue-led microelectronics workforce development program

ECE streak camera innovation could capture actions that last femtoseconds or less

AAE/ChE's Alexeenko team receives nearly $1M to pursue microwave tech to improve vaccine supply chain

ME's Ziviani is lead on three-year, $3M DOE project

Smart soft contact lenses stand sentry for glaucoma

Science enabling heat and air conditioning for long-term space habitats is almost fully available

ECE researchers developed thermal imaging innovation that allows AI to see through pitch darkness like broad daylight

Learning engineering online: A primer

Game theory comes to the defense of the smart grid

AAE's Frueh helping prevent traffic accidents to the moon and back

ICON co-directors Mou, Sundaram to lead Saab-ONR project aimed at enhancing battlespace threat awareness

Making decisions when buffeted by uncertainty

Purdue, TSMC extend partnership on semiconductor research and workforce development

ABE's Cherkauer to use expanded drone imagery to help increase soybean yield amid climate change

Suggested reads: How we plan, build and maintain our infrastructure

ME, MSE team creates continuously tunable thermal regulators for batteries and electronic devices

Suggested reads: How we plan, build and maintain our infrastructure

LASER PULSE hosts summit in D.C., highlights research in education, food security, private sector engagement

Diesel engine research leading to better efficiency, emissions standards on the roads

Drones hover over C- infrastructure

Purdue tandem tackles thorny cybersecurity issue

Treatment creates steel alloys with superior strength and plasticity

Purdue agrivoltaic farming structures and software harvest solar power at lower cost and with minimal impact on crop yield

Space needs a hall monitor

From micro to macro: ME's Wei cooling data centers from the inside out

NEH grant promotes integration of humanities and engineering at Purdue

High-rise structure efficiency, completion time look different thanks to CE's SpeedCore composite modules

ECE's Datta, Bhave working on MURI grant projects

Tool created by ME's Beechem allows greater control, speed for semiconductor manufacture

$1.25 million DOE grant to develop zero-emissions infrastructure plans for the I-80 Midwest corridor

Supersonic water table from ME/AAE's Paniagua team enables rapid prototyping for turbines

Grant targets lack of air-quality data in swine production

Inside-outside temp differences power smart building IoT

CE's Bullock developed tool to give engineers real-time insight into highway traffic congestion issues

CE's Lu develops 'talking' concrete that could help prevent traffic jams and cut carbon emissions

CHE's Pol creates safer solid-state lithium-ion batteries from new composite materials

Vlachos, IU cardiologist collaborate to offer innovative tool and fresh hope for babies with heart defects

CHE's Morgan collaborates with Purdue biologist to reveal complex cellular process inside petunias

CE's Velay-Lizancos helping construction material manufacturers reduce energy consumption, carbon footprint of heating and cooling homes

Truck-portable nuclear reactors go where the power is needed

Purdue, IU research teams awarded pilot funding through Engineering in Medicine collaboration

IE's She co-PI for $1M NSF, USDA grant

ChE's Dou records breakthrough in efficiency of perovskite LEDs

Mudawar's experiments to complete scientific understanding of how reduced gravity affects boiling and condensation

Digital twins: Smart manufacturing's DNA for a bright future

Digital twins: Smart manufacturing's DNA for a bright future

Robots get their sea legs

ECE's Weinstein repurposes transistors as microchip ‘clock' to address supply chain weakness

Two Engineering assistant professors secure Young Investigator Research Program grants

ME's Han using cancer cells as logic gates to determine what makes them move

ChE's Dou, team improve solar cell efficiency, stability

New high-tech startup developing smart contact lenses for glaucoma diagnosis and management

Shedding light on dark mode to save energy

AAE's Howell on USAF-funded team to track objects in space

Building infrastructure resilience in the face of community and societal disasters

Purdue-SRC partner in pursuit of advanced microelectronics, semiconductor workforce

Purdue, SRC partner to pursue advanced microelectronics, semiconductor workforce

ABE’s Chaterji receives $550,000 NSF CAREER grant for streaming analytics and IoT project

Picking the Molecular Lock to Recycle Plastic

Cislunar blueprint to propel space outreach for the next 50 years

Upskilling America to Restore Global Competitiveness

Purdue Is Engineering the Future of Life in Space

'Aglectric' Farming: A New Land-Sharing Strategy To Boost the Solar Economy

I2D Expo showcases student and faculty research with a global perspective

NASA picks Purdue for new institute researching space habitats

Chemical Engineering research to turn plastic waste into clean fuels

Manufacturing Design Laboratory celebrates opening at Purdue, marking new space to explore advanced manufacturing possibilities

Engineering’s Undergraduate Research Office to Open in January

Bringing 'space trash' safely back to Earth

Research on clots could make pancreatic cancer more treatable

Light-bending tech shrinks kilometers-long radiation system to millimeter scale

Purdue research: Heat, weekends play a role in Chicago summer shootings