Past News

Boilermakers discuss hands-on learning opportunities at Purdue

September 29, 2022

If it’s true that experience is the best teacher, then Purdue students learn from the best. Whether students are working abroad, completing internships, joining learning communities, conducting undergraduate research or teaming up in class to tackle real-world challenges, Boilermakers are first in line to jump in.

Boilermakers discuss hands-on learning opportunities at Purdue

Brain bubbles: Purdue researchers describe the dynamics of cavitation in soft porous material

September 16, 2022

A tiny bubble popping within a liquid seems more fanciful than traumatic. But millions of popping vapor bubbles can cause significant damage to rigid structures like boat propellers or bridge supports. Can you imagine the damage such bubbles could do to soft human tissues like the brain? During head impacts and concussions, vapor bubbles form and violently collapse, creating damage to human tissue. Purdue University fluid mechanics researchers are now one step closer to understanding these phenomena.

Brain bubbles: Purdue researchers describe the dynamics of cavitation in soft porous material

Keep pace: Walking with a partner is great but might slow you down

April 1, 2021

A new study by Purdue University nursing, health and kinesiology, and human development and family studies researchers shows that couples often decreased their speed when walking together. Speed further decreased if they were holding hands.

Keep pace: Walking with a partner is great but might slow you down

Purdue offers new online Graduate Certificate in Telemental Health Counseling

March 31, 2021

Telemental health provides its own set of challenges for mental health professionals. But there are currently few opportunities for these professionals to obtain relevant training in how to address those challenges, as well as applied training in telemental health best practices.

Purdue offers new online Graduate Certificate in Telemental Health Counseling

This common shoulder injury could heal faster, thanks to the first implant that re-creates a crucial tissue structure

March 31, 2021

For sports fans, nothing beats seeing their favorite athletes compete at the top of their game. But a shoulder injury such as a badly torn rotator cuff threatens to pause or end the career of any athlete in sports ranging from football, basketball and baseball to golf and tennis.

This common shoulder injury could heal faster, thanks to the first implant that re-creates a crucial tissue structure

New technology aims to improve battery life

March 11, 2021

“Battery life technology, for the most part, has not been able to keep up with the other technology that requires the battery,” said Saeed Mohammadi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering in Purdue’s College of Engineering. “Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor [CMOS] is a battery-powered semiconductor chip inside computers and devices that stores information. CMOS requires a lot of power from the computer which, in turn, reduces the battery life.”

New technology aims to improve battery life

Mobile Technology Helps Give Voice to Nonverbal Autistic Children during Pandemic

March 10, 2021

Purdue University technology to assist nonverbal children on the autism spectrum is helping families around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced schools and clinics to rely more on remote options.

Mobile Technology Helps Give Voice to Nonverbal Autistic Children during Pandemic

Innovative Research Helping People with Parkinson’s Disease Communicate Better

December 10, 2020

SpeechVive is being showcased at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the Association of American Universities’ third-annual University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Showcase, taking place virtually through Friday (Dec. 11). The showcase is spotlighting 22 startup companies from across the nation that have created products and services using federally funded, university-based research.

Innovative Research Helping People with Parkinson’s Disease Communicate Better

Tech Makes it Possible to Digitally Communicate Through Human Touch

December 3, 2020

A prototype developed by Purdue University engineers would essentially let your body act as the link between your card or smartphone and the reader or scanner, making it possible for you to transmit information just by touching a surface.

Tech Makes it Possible to Digitally Communicate Through Human Touch

Beyond COVID-19: New technologies, treatments could help recovered survivors now facing neurological aftereffects

November 19, 2020

The long-term health challenges arising from sepsis and other potential complications experienced by patients recovering from the severe cases of COVID-19 are devastating, but medical professionals and researchers are diligently working to reduce these cardiovascular and neurological aftereffects.

Beyond COVID-19: New technologies, treatments could help recovered survivors now facing neurological aftereffects