Past News
Finance and Business support update
September 1, 2021
We would like share several important announcements regarding the finance and business team that supports the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships (OEVPRP).
Post-doc in Cannon Lab Wins Prestigious NIH K Award
August 30, 2021
As a post-doctoral researcher in Professor Jason Canon’s lab at Purdue, Dr. Shreesh Sammi has been looking into the neurotoxicity of forever chemicals known as PFAS.
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Research Team with Purdue Co-PI Awarded NSF Grant
August 18, 2021
Center affiliate and assistant professor of Political Science and Civil Engineering David Yu is a Co-PI on a team from Virginia Tech University that was recently awarded $1.6 million from the National Science Foundation to study the resilience, adaptability, and vulnerabilities of important groundwater resources.
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C4E leadership update
August 9, 2021
I want to share that Jennifer L. Freeman, Professor of Toxicology in the School of Health Sciences, will serve as the Interim Director of the Center for the Environment. She succeeds center director Tim Filley, who is leaving Purdue to launch a new environment and sustainability initiative at the University of Oklahoma.
Breakthrough in reverse osmosis may lead to most energy-efficient seawater desalination ever
May 12, 2021
Purdue University engineers have developed a variant of the seawater desalination process called “batch reverse osmosis,” which promises better energy efficiency, longer-lasting equipment and the ability to process water of much higher salinity.
Breakthrough in reverse osmosis may lead to most energy-efficient seawater desalination ever
Dead lithium batteries pulled from hard disk drives, electric vehicles could find new life through process that recycles critical rare-earth elements
May 6, 2021
American Resources Corp. and Purdue University have teamed to advance an environmentally safer method that recycles rare-earth metals to advance clean energy electronic technologies used in hard disk drives, electric vehicles, wind turbines and other electronics.
Dead lithium batteries pulled from hard disk drives, electric vehicles could find new life through process that recycles critical rare-earth elements
Student’s research helps watermelon growers find sweet success
May 5, 2021
In his multi-year project, Jacob Pecenka, a Ph.D. student in entomology, evaluated how an integrated pest management approach to growing watermelons in Indiana affected the ability of bees to provide pollination.
Student’s research helps watermelon growers find sweet success
Lowering the costs of using solar-powered electricity when it’s not sunny
April 28, 2021
Inspired by a rare compound found in a shrub native to North America, Mingji Dai, professor of chemistry and a scientist at the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, studied the compound and discovered a cost-effective and efficient way to synthesize it in the lab.
Lowering the costs of using solar-powered electricity when it’s not sunny
Purdue researchers join Rolls-Royce, Carnegie Mellon network to create cyber-resilient systems
April 22, 2021
Proposed research at Purdue University is developing innovative solutions using artificial intelligence to enhance the security of current and future Rolls-Royce platforms powered by the company’s propulsion systems.
Purdue researchers join Rolls-Royce, Carnegie Mellon network to create cyber-resilient systems
Monkeys are less cuddly with each other when dealing with an infection, study finds
April 21, 2021
Anthropologist Brandi Wren’s research reveals that monkeys suffering from certain gastrointestinal parasites may not participate in grooming as much as infection-free monkeys.
Monkeys are less cuddly with each other when dealing with an infection, study finds
