Gebisa Ejeta, a Presidential Fellow for Food Security and Sustainable Global Development and Distinguished Professor of Agronomy, will receive the Order of the Griffin, Purdue’s highest honor, April 1 at an event that will also focus on Ejeta’s research and commitment to end hunger in Africa.
What if components in aircraft could morph in response to their external conditions, much like a bird changes the shape of its wings? And what if those components could function like an octopus arm, operating independently of a central control system? Inspired by these natural phenomena, a Purdue research team is developing morphing systems for hypersonic vehicles that respond to their environment.
Purdue professor Dan Goldwasser says AI could be used to make politics easier to understand. Goldwasser says natural language processing is an area of artificial intelligence that could make legal documents and legislation more digestible for the average person. AI is a foundational component of the Institute for Physical AI, a Purdue Computes initiative.
It’s a career path so extraordinary that finding a starting point can seem impossible. But Leading Women Toward Space Careers is connecting students to peers, specialists and astronauts, creating a confident community. As the only college organization of its kind, it’s changing the future of the space industry.
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