Center for Systems Integrity

Blake Hylton, a Purdue graduate student, wins Lichten Award.

Blake is a Purdue grad student doing much of the work on the COST-A blade impact detection task. Blake gave a briefing on this work at the AHS Northeast Region Lichten Award competition and won the Northeast Region competition and will go on to the national competition.

The purpose of the Lichten Award competition is to encourage AHS members to engage in the writing and presentation of technical papers and to promote the exchange of technical information. The Lichten competition is open to anyone doing rotorcraft R&D that has never presented a paper at a National conference or symposium. The award is based on the author's personal contribution, originality of the work, technical content, objectivity, organization and clarity. The winner of the regional competition receives a cash award and prepares a paper on the presentation topic for submission to the AHS National Technical Council for the national competition. The winner of the national competition gets an even bigger cash award and the opportunity to present at a ”keynote” type briefing at the AHS Forum.

Purdue part of U.S. effort to create new bomb-detecting technologies

Purdue University is part of a national effort to create a new line of defense against improvised explosive devices and hidden bombs by developing detectors that use sound and radio waves to penetrate shielding materials. Read More

 

Indiana wind power is focus of July conference

Indiana's only statewide wind power conference, taking place July 21 and 22, will concentrate on better integrating wind with the power grid and includes talks on topics ranging from big wind farms to wind power for individual homes or small communities. Read More

 

Purdue trustees waive retirement policy for vice provost; ratify appointments and rename college, department, program

The Purdue University board of trustees, on April 9,2010, approved a waiver of the university's retirement policy for Victor Lechtenberg, vice provost for engagement; ratified the appointment of Stephen Turner as vice chancellor for administration at Purdue University North Central; and ratified two named professors and a distinguished professor. Read More

2010 Summit

The 2010 Systems Integrity for Defense Technology Summit is scheduled for March 30-31, 2010.

Advancing Technologies Harness the Power of Wind, Water, and the Sun

Renewable energy will be the world’s fastest-growing source of electricity generation over the next two decades...

High-tech speed bump detects damage to Army vehicles

Researchers have developed a technology that detects damage to critical suspension components in military vehicles

Wind turbines of the future

Purdue's cutting edge research in turbines could create more wind energy.

New methods for monitoring and operating wind turbines

Sandia, Purdue investigate new methods for monitoring and operating wind turbines

2009 Summit

The 2009 Systems Integrity for Defense Technology Summit is scheduled for March 30-31, 2009.

The Heavy Lift Quarterly

Purdue Researchers were featured in the Spring 2008 issue of "The Heavy Lift Quarterly"...