Extreme events wipe out entire forests, dramatically eliminating complex ecosystems as well as local communities. Researchers have become quite familiar with such attention-grabbing events over the years. They know less, however, about the more common moderate-severity disturbances, such as relatively small fires, ice storms, and outbreaks of pests or pathogens. Purdue researchers are discovering more.

John W. Sutherland featured in this Purdue News article on ReElement Technologies using Purdue tech in rare earth elements production.

One of Liddell’s new research projects was recently awarded $50,000 from Purdue’s Ag-Eng seed grant program. The Ag-Eng Collaborative Initiative provides seed money for promising new research between faculty members from the Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering.

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Brady Hardiman (EEE/FNR) is on a research team that received a Fall 2023 SPARK grant! Dr. Daniel Aliaga (PI), Dr. Hardiman, and Dr. Melba Crawford were 1 of 4 interdisciplinary teams selected to receive Spark funding for their project, "Urban Computes: Toward an Emerging Integrative Urban Computing Expedition." SPARK supports teams with up to $100,000 for critical development activities linked to external grant proposals of $7 million or more.

Chip Blatchley, Rebecca Ciez, Brady Hardiman, John Howarter, John Mulrow, Larry Nies, Lindsey Payne, Andrew Whelton, and George Zhou were named Outstanding Engineering Teachers based on their student course evaluations for Fall 2023.

Congratulations to Nadya Zyaykina (Purdue EEE Lab Manager) for receiving a Bravo+ Award from Purdue University! Derived from the Bravo Awards program established in 2013, Bravo+ honors the excellence found across all university areas and job functions by recognizing extraordinary employee achievements at every scale.

Griffin Laihinen has three priorities that guide his life: help other people, seize new opportunities, and always do more than what's asked.

Walks across campus with Professor Larry Nies led to Justin Richter’s career in sustainability innovation at Microsoft.

Shelby Johnson moved 5 times before beginning college, living everywhere from Alpharetta, Georgia to Kuwait for her father’s job at the U.S. State Department. Knowing that she wanted to pursue engineering with a sustainability focus, Johnson was drawn to Purdue EEE because of its flexibility.