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DISCOVERY PARK
October 11, 2018
The state’s top research institutions were featured at WestGate Academy for the first-ever State of Indiana Technology Showcase. Dozens of pioneering innovations available for licensing were presented, ranging from medical devices to analytical tools.
Pioneering technologies, leading research highlighted at inaugural WestGate technology showcase
October 4, 2018
Adranos Inc., a Purdue University-affiliated company developing a novel high-performance, solid propellant for long-range missile and space launch systems, has raised $800,000 to further advance the technology.
Purdue-affiliated Adranos Inc. raises $800,000 to develop high-performance propellant for missile, space launch systems
September 5, 2018
Members of the Fuel Laboratory of Renewable Energy, or FLORE, are aiming to create cost efficient fuels. It is one of just three labs in the nation testing the composition of diesel and aviation fuels. The researchers at FLORE noticed a research gap in the development of fuels.
June 21, 2018
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Fundamental Purdue University research on making batteries safer has been targeted by the U.S. Office of Naval Research for translation into prototypes of larger batteries used in technologies such as submarines and naval missile systems.
Office of Naval Research invests in Purdue battery safety technology
May 30, 2018
A knowledge gap in the development of alternative aviation fuels led to the creation of the Fuel Laboratory of Renewable Energy (FLORE), a new interdisciplinary research lab in Purdue’s Potter Engineering Center. Gozdem Kilaz, assistant professor in Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Engineering Technology and director of the lab, first noticed the gap when she was a postdoctoral research assistant.
Kilaz’s new Fuel Laboratory of Renewable Energy already making mark in interdisciplinary research
May 14, 2018
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Peide “Peter” Ye, the Richard J. and Mary Jo Schwartz Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering, has been chosen as the 2018 Arden L. Bement Jr. Award recipient. One of Purdue University’s top three research honors, the Bement Award is given for significant accomplishments in pure and applied science and engineering.
Engineer-scientist chosen for Purdue’s 2018 Arden L. Bement Jr. Award
May 9, 2018
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue engineers have figured out a way to tackle plastic landfills while also improving batteries – by putting ink-free plastic soaked in sulfur-containing solvent into a microwave, and then into batteries as a carbon scaffold.
Microwaved plastic increases lithium-sulfur battery life span
April 30, 2018
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Surfaces that repel water can support efficient boiling if all air and vapor is removed from a system first, according to research featured on the cover of the most recent issue of Physical Review Letters.
Water-repellent surfaces can efficiently boil water, keep electronics cool
January 31, 2018
The certification process for alternative fuels for the aviation industry is especially rigorous, making it difficult for new fuels to come to market. A graduate student in Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Engineering Technology hopes to make the process easier by constructing bridges between fuel chemistry and performance.
Aviation biofuel research could decrease development costs, increase safety for firefighters
March 2, 2017
A Purdue Polytechnic Institute professor will be working on one of six Purdue University projects recently funded by the U.S. Navy. Six interdisciplinary research teams have received $2.7 million in grants of $450,000 each as part of the U.S. Navy Enterprise Partnership Teaming with Universities for National Excellence (NEPTUNE) program. Launched by Purdue and the Navy in 2014, the program aims to help the military branch convert half of its energy consumption to alternative sources, including biofuels, by 2020.