The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has
announced the election of Pavlos Vlachos to its College of Fellows.

Scanning probe lithography (SPL) is a method of printing nanoscale items one line at a time, like an inkjet printer. While this method achieves a very fine level of detail, it's typically slower than other nanoscale printing methods. Purdue researchers have developed a novel way for an SPL printing head to "surf" on a cushion of liquid, creating a nano-pen that is more than 100 times faster than any other SPL printer.

Engineering and business are two very different worlds. What if there were a bridge between them? For Nicolas Martinez Cruces, the Professional Master’s Program at Purdue Mechanical Engineering served as the best of both worlds.

The School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University features 16 women faculty members. They are experts in fluid mechanics, robotics, sustainability, acoustics, structural monitoring, human-machine interaction, turbomachinery, computational engineering, heat transfer, and much more. In honor of Women's History Month, let's meet these amazing women.

Purdue was selected as the lead academic partner and headquarters for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Regional Research Hub – Midwest, and will be involved in the development of a science and technology ecosystem across a wide area of 15 states.

Lithium plating is one of the biggest issues that cause the degradation of lithium-ion batteries. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most difficult to diagnose. But Purdue researchers are on the case, and have developed an analytics toolbox that allows battery developers to diagnose the issues with the batteries as they are operating, without having to dissect them.

To tackle diseases like COVID-19, vaccine manufacturing must be able to ramp up quickly, which requires some complex fluid dynamics to analyze virus particles in the vaccines. Arezoo Ardekani leads a new project using spectro-acoustic process analytical technology for continuous manufacturing of coronavirus vaccine.

In Purdue Baseball's quest to be “the fastest show on dirt,” they became the nation's first college baseball program to use Intel’s innovative 3DAT human performance technology. The partnership came about thanks to Breana Cappuccilli, a mechanical engineering PhD student under Eric Nauman.

Monique McClain, James Gibert, and Tahira Reid Smith come from different backgrounds and study different fields. But at Purdue, they've discovered an environment where they can collaborate and thrive.

Most airplane wings use hydraulic motors to change their shape and control their flight. But associate professor Andres Arrieta is investigating a simpler kind of “morphing” wing, using bi-stable structures to switch a wing’s shape and stiffness with a minimum amount of energy.