With support from a U.S. Department of Energy, Purdue is expanding its advanced nuclear manufacturing capabilities. Nuclear Engineering Associate Professor Xiaoyuan Lou is leading the installation of an ultrasonic powder atomizer that will allow researchers to produce custom spherical metal powders on campus.

Purdue NE PhD candidate Reshma Ughade is being showcased in Purdue's InnovatED Graduate Research Magazine as part of its annual celebration of 10 graduate students and postdoctoral scholars whose work demonstrates real-world impact. Her research advances muon tomography by developing µTRec algorithms to image sealed nuclear fuel using cosmic-ray muons—safely and non-invasively.

Inexpensive, highly accurate gamma radiation dosimeter technologies developed at Purdue could lower the costs of medical device sterilization, radiation cancer therapy, food irradiation, packaging sterilization and enhance nuclear power reactor safety. A Purdue Research Foundation story features Purdue Nuclear Engineering Professor Rusi Taleyarkhan, who leads a team that has created and validated two patent-pending innovations composed of beads made from polylactic acid.