Matthew Huber, the David E. Ross Director of the Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future and professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences, has been chosen to receive the Herbert Newby McCoy Award for outstanding work in the natural sciences. Huber’s achievement will be recognized on April 22, when Karen Plaut, executive vice president for research, will host the Excellence in Research Awards and Lectures event from 2-5 p.m. in Purdue Memorial Union’s North Ballroom.
Check out the latest top stories from Purdue University in this week’s “Purdue News Now,” a one-minute weekly video update. This week: semiconductor partnership with Costa Rica, Order of the Griffin award, EV charging concrete, Purdue Ag Week and more.
At the “Crossroads of America,” Purdue engineers and the Indiana Department of Transportation are working to make it possible for electric vehicles ranging from tractor-trailers to passenger cars to wirelessly charge while driving on highways. Construction begins as soon as April 1 on a quarter-mile test bed on U.S. 231/U.S. 52 in West Lafayette that the team will use for testing how well a patent-pending system designed by Purdue engineers can provide power to a heavy-duty electric truck traveling at highway speeds.
As part of a $5 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office, Purdue researchers from the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering are collaborating with Cummins Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Walmart to develop wireless charging technology for electric heavy-duty vehicles such as Class 8 trucks (tractor-trailers).
Follow the latest news about Purdue in Indianapolis with our roundup. Topics include an AI research project workshop, and an event focused on strengthening community and cultivating connections.
Playing for a Big Ten championship basketball team is a huge commitment. But so is studying mechanical engineering. Purdue men's basketball player Chase Martin has found a way to combine these two pursuits — conducting a research project on the biomechanics of the perfect free throw.
The Purdue men’s basketball team, the Midwest Region's top seed in the NCAA Tournament, will aim for its second Elite 8 appearance in the last five tournaments when it battles No. 18-ranked and fifth-seeded Gonzaga in tonight’s (March 29) Sweet 16 showdown in Detroit.
