Former HLA grad students Asmaa Morsi, Mokhles Elsysy, and Dr. Cary Mitchell, along with NASA and aerospace industry colleagues, are publishing an article in the Journal of Life Sciences in Space Research related to cut-and-come-again harvest of mizuna mustard growing in the Veggie plant-growth units onboard the International Space Station, to supplement astronaut diets and[Read More…]
This week we celebrated eight of our faculty and staff’s milestone years of service at Purdue: a total of 210 years of experience between them. Congratulations to: Cary Mitchell (50 years) Mike Dana (40 years) Elizabeth Maynard (30 years) Peter Hirst (25 years) John Orick (25 years) Cale Bigelow (20 years) Lora White (10 years)[Read More…]
The Purdue Exponent wrote a nice article about the Jules Janick Horticulture Garden this week. The article can be read online at: A little haven: Hort garden provides education and relaxation. NASA’s Veg-05 experiment, in which Dr. Cary Mitchell is a co-collaborator, has sent the first tomato seeds to be grown in the Space Station[Read More…]
July 14 was a day of celebration for Dr. Cary Mitchell’s 50 years with our department. Current and retired Purdue HLA faculty, staff, students, and guests joined together to honor Dr. Mitchell’s work in controlled environment agriculture, outer space agriculture, and as an advocate for women in ag. Retired HLA Professor Dr. Jules Janick read[Read More…]