{"id":2465,"date":"2023-01-19T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2024-06-11T21:04:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T21:04:45","slug":"todays-top-5-from-purdue-university-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q1\/todays-top-5-from-purdue-university-18","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s top 5 from Purdue University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You will want to read these good stories that you may have missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AP Video Hub<\/a> (for AP members) and Purdue News YouTube channel<\/a> (for all reporters) provide comments from Purdue experts on timely topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sensors and self-healing concrete may make Pothole Season a thing of the past\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Luna Lu, a professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University, explains in this YouTube video how sensors and self-healing concrete will help maintain the roads of tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact<\/strong>: Trevor Peters,\u00a0peter237@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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This Is Purdue podcast: President Mung Chiang on becoming Purdue\u2019s 13th President, Boilermaker persistence and family<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Listen in as President Chiang discusses the day he learned he would become president of what he calls \u201cthe most consequential public university in the U.S.\u201d He also shares stories of Boilermaker persistence and humility and more about his family life (the Chiangs will be the first Purdue family to live in Westwood Manor with young children).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Kate Young,\u00a0kyoung@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Raytheon Technologies commits $4 million to Purdue for named chair position in new School of Business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Raytheon Technologies Corp., one of the largest aerospace and defense manufacturers in the world, has committed $4 million to Purdue University for a named chair position in the university\u2019s reimagined School of Business, which was unveiled in September as the next big move in a decade-long series of major strategic investments by the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact<\/strong>: Derek Schultz,\u00a0dcschultz@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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How one student\u2019s backup plan became his calling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hudson Tsang wanted to be an airplane pilot for as long as he could remember. However, after the Federal Aviation Administration denied his medical certificate because of a small cyst that affected his eyesight when he was a child, he had to discover his love for flight outside of the cockpit. A senior in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Tsang has taken his hobby for working with drones to the next level. Now he\u2019s looking to make it his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact<\/strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0Paige Brown,\u00a0pbrown@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Purdue scientists and engineers push the boundaries of space knowledge, studying the stars, the solar system, and beyond<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Scientists and engineers at Purdue University focus on a future in the stars, with research stretching from what moondust can tell us about the history of the solar system to future exploration priorities on Mars and beyond. Research at Purdue is involved in the latest discoveries by NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover mission and can offer insight into the initial and future Artemis missions. Check out this sampling of Purdue\u2019s inspiring and innovative research in space and planetary science, highlighting Purdue\u2019s leadership, expertise and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Kayla Wiles,\u00a0wiles5@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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