The Frontiers webinar series brings together experts from 10 of the top STEM universities in the country. This Friday at 3:30 pm, Chris Goldenstein will discuss "Advancements in high-bandwidth laser-absorption diagnostics for combustion of energetic materials."

Prof. Song Zhang is hosting the first International Forum on 3D Optical Sensing and Applications (IFOSA), beginning this Saturday, October 17 (Beijing time)! All presentations will be streamed online, and it's free to register!

Congratulations to Jessica Traver Ingram (BSME '14, MSME '17), receiving the Young Engineering Alumnus Award from Purdue's Engineering Alumni Association. Jessica is the co-founder and CEO of Houston-based startup IntuiTap Medical.

Purdue ME faculty continue to rack up awards and honors from some of the prestigious organizations in the world.

Breast cancer cells move and stretch whenever a patient breathes. Adrian Buganza helped to map the mechanical movement of these cells, as part of a new testing platform developed by a multidisciplinary team at Purdue.

COVID-19 is compelling many business and institutions to embrace automation -- sometimes more quickly than they expected. In her latest Forbes article, Prof. Neera Jain says automation can be good, if it's done right.

Autonomous robots can be amazing tools for data gathering, but eventually they all must return to a base to recharge their batteries and upload their data. That can be a challenge, if your robot is a submersible exploring deep ocean waters. Now a Purdue team has created a mobile docking system for marine robots to dock autonomously, enabling them to perform longer tasks without the need for human intervention.

Join David Cappelleri and Laura Blumenschein as they discuss how robotics are changing the face of surgery, nursing, infection control, and much more, especially in the era of COVID. This webinar is free to attend, and begins Wednesday, October 7, at 3:15 pm.

Every year, the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University recognizes alumni who have demonstrated excellence in industry, academia, governmental service, or other endeavors related to mechanical engineering. We may not be able to celebrate in person just yet, but we want to congratulate our 2020 OME recipients for showing us the best that Mechanical Engineering has to offer!

Workforce education in manufacturing has traditionally been very low-tech: in-person teaching sessions, one-on-one apprenticeship, written manuals, and perhaps a video. But to keep pace with an increasing skills gap, some manufacturers are now turning to augmented and virtual reality to teach their workers new skills. A Purdue team has entered into a $5 million cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create an augmented and virtual reality experience prototype called Skill-XR.