Purdue's INhome Solar House wins Green Building Award
May 7, 2012
Purdue University's INhome solar house has won a Green Building Award from the National Association of Home Builders. INhome was named Project of the Year, Single-Family Concept and Research-Academic. The award, one of 11, was presented at the NABH National Green Building Conference April 30 in Nashville. INhome took second place among 20 teams competing last fall in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon 2011. More than 200 students from Technology, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Agriculture, Krannert, and Health and Human Sciences were involved in designing, building and operating INhome. The two-bedroom house has been permanently placed in the Chatham Square development in Lafayette and is being offered for sale
MI Publishes Article on AssayMark System
May 16, 2013
The Microfluidic Innovations team recently published a technical article on Software Programmable Lab on a Chip devices. The article describes the power of MI's approach to assay design at microfluidic scale and how the flexibility of the AssayMark S
Read Full StoryNew technique to improve quality control of lithium-ion batteries
May 10, 2013
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers have created a new tool to detect flaws in lithium-ion batteries as they are being manufactured, a step toward reducing defects and inconsistencies in the thickness of electrodes that affect battery life and reliabi
Read Full StoryPurdue International evGrandPrix Sunday at IMS
May 10, 2013
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - At least 30 electric-powered go-karts are expected to run in the third Purdue International Electric Vehicle Grand Prix on Sunday (May 12) as part of opening weekend festivities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The teams
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