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Basketball biomechanics: Chase Martin researches the science of free throws
Playing for a Big Ten championship basketball team is a huge commitment. But so is studying mechanical engineering! Purdue men's basketball player Chase Martin has found a way to combine these two pursuits — conducting a research project on the biomechanics of the perfect free throw.
Cummins CEO Jennifer Rumsey reflects on her Purdue journey
Morphing aircraft systems to enhance performance of hypersonic vehicles
Rube Goldberg is back! Competition returns to Purdue on Saturday, April 6
Breakthrough in early detection of prostate cancer relapse
New machine learning method turbocharges heat transfer simulations
For nearly a decade, Xiulin Ruan and his research group have been at the forefront of how phonons interact with each other in materials. Now his team has worked with machine learning expert Guang Lin to develop a new computing method for predicting and modeling four-phonon scattering more quickly.>
Zucrow Labs Annual Report
Using Minecraft to teach solid mechanics
When COVID forced all students to become online learners in 2020, the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University made the most of the opportunity. Students and faculty collaborated to create a solid mechanics curriculum based around Minecraft, the best-selling video game in history.
Winfred M. Phillips (1940-2024)
Winfred M. "Win" Phillips, who served as head of Purdue Mechanical Engineering from 1980 to 1988, has died.