Highlights from Purdue
February 2018
Purdue announces name for new public university: Purdue University Global
Purdue on Jan. 11 announced the name of its new online public university for working adults -- Purdue University Global. The name was approved by the Executive Committee of the Purdue University Board of Trustees and the Board of Trustees of Purdue NewU. The name will become effective when the acquisition of Kaplan University by Purdue clears the last step in the approval process -- review by the Higher Learning Commission, the regional accreditor for both Purdue University and Kaplan University, which is scheduled for Feb. 22. More ...
New C-BRIC center will tackle brain-inspired computing
Purdue will lead a new national center to develop brain-inspired computing for intelligent autonomous systems such as drones and personal robots capable of operating without human intervention. The Center for Brain-inspired Computing Enabling Autonomous Intelligence, or C-BRIC, is a five-year project supported by $27 million in funding from the Semiconductor Research Corp. via its Joint University Microelectronics Program. More ...
Construction of $86 million, 835-bed apartment complex begins in Purdue west-side development district
Construction began in January on a private $86 million, 835-bed apartment complex that is the first facility in a $1 billion development district on the west side of the Purdue campus, Purdue Research Foundation officials and a joint venture between Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions and Walsh Investors announced Jan. 9. More ...
Purdue, NSF 'Phase 0' pilot program to benefit Indiana startups
Purdue and the Krannert School of Management will help early stage startups in Indiana commercialize their technology through the National Science Foundation's "Phase 0" pilot program. Purdue is one of four institutions that make up NSF's Midwest Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Node, which is one of seven university clusters across the country selected to pilot the new program. More ...
Southern Indiana entrepreneurs grow businesses through Purdue@WestGate Firestarter program
Several engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs advanced their ideas from concept to commercially viable businesses through Purdue@WestGate's Firestarter program, furthering regional development in Southwest Indiana. More ...
'Holostream' allows high-quality wireless 3-D video communications
A new platform enables high-quality 3-D video communication on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets using existing standard wireless networks. The platform, called Holostream, drastically reduces the data size of 3-D video without substantially sacrificing data quality, allowing transmission within the bandwidths provided by existing wireless networks. More ...
A popular tool for drug discovery just got 10 times faster
Researchers at Purdue just made high-throughput screening, a process often used in drug discovery, 10 times faster than previous methods. "The area of high-throughput library screening reached a plateau, where the fastest screens took about eight seconds per target," said Graham Cooks, the Henry B. Hass Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Purdue, who led the research. "If you can reduce that time by a factor of ten, which is what we're reporting, then you can potentially do library screens that might have taken months in days." More ...
Babies stir up clouds of bio-gunk when they crawl
When babies crawl, their movement across floors, especially carpeted surfaces, kicks up high levels of dirt, skin cells, bacteria, pollen, and fungal spores, a new study has found. The infants inhale a dose of bio bits in their lungs that is four times (per kilogram of body mass) what an adult would breathe walking across the same floor. As alarming as that sounds, lead researcher Brandon Boor of Purdue is quick to add that this isn't necessarily a bad thing. More ...
Study: Hormone keys plant growth or stress tolerance, but not both
Plants that grow well tend to be sensitive to heat and drought, and plants that can handle those stresses often have stunted growth. A Purdue plant scientist has found the switch that creates that antagonism, opening opportunities to develop plants that exhibit both characteristics. More ...
Bobsled competitions may be sliding toward plastic ice
A Purdue professor's research suggests the Winter Olympics' icy bobsled tracks could be replaced with a lubricated plastic surface. Jan-Anders Mansson, director of the Composites Manufacturing and Simulation Center and a professor in materials engineering and in chemical engineering, has conducted research in recent years with the international bobsled and luge federations. More ...
Purdue-affiliated startup working to propel computer intelligence to next level
A Purdue-affiliated startup is designing next-generation hardware and software for deep learning aimed at enabling computers to understand the world in the same way humans do. FWDNXT, based in the Purdue Research Park, has developed a low-power mobile coprocessor called Snowflake for accelerating deep neural networks effective at image recognition and classification. More ...
Purdue systemwide
IPFW music technology program to be housed on Sweetwater campus
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and Sweetwater officials announced Jan. 10 a partnership that will locate a majority of the university’s music technology program on the Sweetwater campus. The company will turn an existing 8,000-square-foot facility, just south of the main building, into a learning center that will include studios, classrooms, and other teaching spaces. More ...
IPFW partners with SME Inc. to develop Purdue University Fort Wayne brand
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne announced at a news conference Jan. 4 that SME Inc. has been chosen as the brand marketing partner to develop and implement the new Purdue University Fort Wayne brand. More ...
Purdue in the News
Nano Werk: Fast-moving electrons create current in organic solar cells
U.S. News & World Report: Purdue joins team devising materials for superfast aircraft
Chicago Tribune: Getting a leg up on college with Upward Bound
Journal & Courier: These Purdue grads solved the tangled headphone problem
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