A mechanical engineering graduate student and an industrial design graduate have collaborated to invent a portable, collapsible chair suitable for dental or medical care in less-than-ideal conditions.

Two new techniques for computer-vision technology mimic how humans perceive three-dimensional shapes by instantly recognizing objects no matter how they are twisted or bent, an advance that could help machines see more like people.

Suresh Garimella, the R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor, who this year is a Jefferson Fellow in the U.S. Department of State, has been appointed Purdue University's first associate vice president for engagement.

Anil K. Bajaj, the Alpha P. Jamison Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the current interim head of the School of Mechanical Engineering, has accepted the position as the school's head.