Mechanical engineering professor Arezoo Ardekani and her doctoral student Kaeul Lim have leveraged hyperspectral imaging and machine learning to develop a novel, label-free and noninvasive method to characterize nanoparticles. The patent-pending innovation could strengthen pharmaceutical research and development in the areas of batch verification, encapsulation efficiency screening and regulatory compliance workflows.
When NASA’s Artemis II crew successfully slingshotted around the moon in April 2026, it marked the first time in more than 50 years that humans made such a journey. But human spaceflight is about more than just rockets and technology. It’s about card games. And coping with frozen toilets. And living with others in a tiny capsule for two weeks, having your actions and conversations broadcast live to the world. The person responsible for that side of the experience is NASA’s chief of the Astronaut Office, Purdue graduate Scott Tingle.
