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Congrats to Chris Goldenstein and Carlo Scalo, who received grants from the AFOSR, Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Each grant is $450,000 over three years.
Chris will study Characterization of Nanopropellant Combustion and Agglomerate-breakup Physics via Infrared Laser-absorption Imaging. Carlo's research area is Direct Numerical Simulation of Hypersonic Boundary Layer Transition over Distributed Surface Porosity.

It's harvest time at Apolloni Vineyards, in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Learn how Laurine Apolloni (BSME '90) uses her engineering skills to organize which grapes to pick and when, what chemicals to add, what machinery to use, and which wines are best to serve with which meal.

IEEE Spectrum just featured an article on PathVis, the smartphone-based lab working to detect cholera in Haiti. PathVis was developed by Purdue ME grad Katie Clayton, advised by Steve Wereley.

Ford Motor Company has teamed up with Purdue University on a research alliance to set the course for the future of the automotive industry. Purdue specializes in composite manufacturing, autonomous vehicles, and the psychology of ride-sharing.

So what did you do on your summer vacation? Cagri Savran built a microscope to test gene-editing CRISPR techniques.

The largest academic propulsion lab in the world just got better, with the addition of five brand new high-pressure combustion test cells, connected to a state-of-the-art laser lab. The expansion also includes new control rooms and offices.

Outside of hospitals, 90% of cardiac arrest patients around the world die -- many times because CPR can't be performed long enough for help to arrive. Solution: AutoCPR, a machine with easily-sourced materials that can perform the life-saving procedure for hours. This senior project from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering (which includes Purdue ME grad student Michael Dziekan) won the 2017 Engineering World Health Design Competition.

Heat transfer isn't the easiest concept to teach -- many of the dynamics can't be shown in a classroom setting. That's the goal of this new apparatus, designed by Issam Mudawar (Betty Ruth and Milton B. Hollander Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering). With a live camera projected in a classroom, students can physically see the concepts of pool boiling, nucleate boiling, critical heat flux, and the Leidenfrost effect.

Say hello to VeoRide, the secure GPS app that turns any bike rack into a bike share! Learn more about this company, started by Purdue ME alum Edwin Tan.

Top ten yet again! Purdue ME is the #6 mechanical engineering undergraduate program in the country, according to the latest rankings from US News and World Report.