Climate change, extreme weather events, unprecedented records in temperatures and higher, acidic oceans make it difficult to predict the long-term fate of modern crop varieties. Purdue agronomy researchers reported on a predictive model they’ve developed that uses machine-learning algorithms to predict how rice yields will be affected by climate change. Their findings were recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Kevin Kaufman-Ortiz is pursuing a PhD in engineering education from Purdue. Through an innovative program, he gave a presentation to students last fall at his alma mater, the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. He is one of 11 doctoral students participating this spring and last fall in Purdue’s HBCU Alma Mater Technical Talk program, which supports current graduate students and postdocs who attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) or a U.S. institution in the Caribbean as an undergraduate.
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering has announced the induction of Chien-Chi Lin, the Thomas J. Linnemeier Guidant Foundation Endowed Chair and professor of biomedical engineering, to its College of Fellows.
Purdue IT is responsible for major operational systems, the multicampus wired network and one of the world’s largest wireless networks. The individuals behind Purdue IT also support dozens of student computing labs as well as tens of thousands of desktop computers in classrooms, research laboratories and offices, and numerous petabytes of storage for business, educational and personal use. Learn more about Purdue IT in the latest “Staff Excellence” feature.
In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” Jennifer Rumsey, chair and CEO of Cummins Inc., discusses her experience as a Purdue mechanical engineering student and how that led to four internships with Cummins. Related: Watch the full video on YouTube.
Heather Cleveland (Sponsored Program Services) kindly assisted me with a last-minute letter-of-intent submission to the National Science Foundation. On the day it was due, I realized that I couldn’t submit it directly; SPS had to do it. Heather quickly responded to my desperate email and submitted my letter within an hour of my request. Cheers! — Robin Tanamachi (Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences)
