Chi Hwan Lee, professor of biomedical and mechanical engineering, has teamed up with Georgia Malandraki of speech, language, and hearing sciences to evaluate and treat dysphagia (swallowing disorders) using a wearable device, rather than x-rays. Lee and Malandraki just received $47,000 from the Purdue Research Foundation's Trask Innovation Fund to advance their research.

As part of the Apollo 11 anniversary celebrations, Purdue is hosting a panel of past, present, and future NASA flight directors. Wayne Hale (MSME '78), who supported 41 Space Shuttle missions, will be there, and so should you! Saturday, July 20, 1:00 pm at the Loeb Playhouse. The event is free, but tickets are required.

Andres Arrieta creates robots that are inspired by nature: origami that folds like an insect wing. Drones that sense their surroundings like a spider. Listen to him describe his journey on this podcast.

Two recent recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) have Purdue ME connections. Abigail Hunter of Los Alamos National Labs in New Mexico got her Ph.D. from Purdue in 2011, studying under Marisol Koslowski. Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio served as assistant professor at Purdue ME from 2013 to 2017, when she moved to Yale.

Former PECASE award winners include Purdue ME professors Arezoo Ardekani and Shirley Dyke.

Motorsports has a way of testing an engineer's mettle. Sure, you've worked hard and prepared all year for this -- but when everything breaks and is covered in dirt, can you fix it in 30 minutes?

Who knew that the heat transfer properties of denim could be so beautiful?

Assistant professor Chi Hwan Lee has created a tissue scaffold, able to produce 3D maps of electrophysiological activity of cells and tissues.

Purdue's student-built race cars will be on display at this Saturday's Camping World 300 race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois.

Luize Scalco De Vasconcelos has been awarded Best Paper at the 235th Electrochemical Society Meeting in Dallas, Texas.

We all want faster smartphones and laptops, in smaller and smaller packages -- which means that heat dissipation becomes a vital part of their design. Purdue researchers have discovered that they can custom-design heat sinks for specific applications, and custom-build them using 3D printing.