Appointments, honors and activities

Faculty and staff honors

Satyajit Ambike, associate professor of health and kinesiology at Purdue University, has been elected to the board of the International Society of Motor Control. His board term began in September. Ambike studies human locomotion and prehension across the adult age span. He is interested in how aging influences stability of movements and how stability and maneuverability — two antagonistic movement attributes — are traded off in activities of daily living. 

Notables

Members of the Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership team attended the 2023 National Institute of Standards and Technology MEP National Network Forum in Buffalo, New York, from Sept. 11-14. Hosted by the Foundation for Manufacturing Excellence, this four-day event brought together over 600 attendees from MEP centers across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. On behalf of Purdue MEP, seven team members presented best practices sessions highlighting successful initiatives that could be replicated in other centers. As part of the closing ceremony, Stalin Encarnacion, workforce development specialist for Purdue MEP, was presented with the 2023 Newcomer of the Year award.