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All-Boilermaker team to crew Virgin Galactic suborbital mission Purdue 1

The flight, dubbed Purdue 1, is expected to lift off in 2027. Purdue researchers and students plan to personally conduct and oversee experiments in microgravity, setting a precedent for academic access to space.

Harvesting in sync: Purdue and John Deere develop automated unloading technology

Harvest is one of the most demanding times in a farmer’s year. The clock is always ticking, and every grain spilled or minute wasted equals profit lost.

Students invited to forge STEM careers at Purdue’s 10th annual Lilly Day

Purdue University’s 10th annual Lilly Day is coming up Aug. 28. This partnership between Purdue and Eli Lilly and Company invites students to network with Lilly leadership, meet with representatives from Lilly’s resource groups and workshop their resumes with Lilly employees.

Vijay Raghunathan appointed to national advisory board to help shape U.S. semiconductor workforce, strengthening Purdue’s leadership

Vijay Raghunathan, Purdue’s vice president for global partnerships and programs, director of semiconductor education, and a professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been appointed as an inaugural member of the Workforce Advisory Board for the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC).

Office of Research announces Defense Department research collaboration travel grants

The Office of Research recently announced a new support program for the development of sustained research collaborations between Purdue faculty and members of the Department of Defense (DOD) research community targeting a specific funding opportunity.

October 10, 2024

Manufacturing Day recap: Purdue marks launch of 3 major manufacturing activities

Each year, the U.S. Department of Commerce holds Manufacturing Day on the first Friday in October to show students, parents and the public what modern manufacturing is all about. This Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4, Purdue celebrated its role in advancing new manufacturing technologies with three major events.

October 10, 2024

Governor appoints Dave Ricks to Purdue Board of Trustees

Ricks is chair and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company. Under his leadership, Lilly has delivered record research and development output and innovative medicines that continue to reach more people, positioning the company for sustained growth and an expanded role in the advancement of human health.

October 7, 2024

Fueling nuclear’s future: PARI lab, Orano discuss facility collaboration

Nuclear expertise coupled with progressive structural and civil engineering applications were on display at the Purdue Applied Research Institute’s Infrastructure Innovation Lab (PIIL) during a Sept. 23 visit by officials from Orano USA, a nuclear technology company.

September 23, 2024

Biotech company Eradivir closes $10.25M Series A funding round to complete Phase 2a study of influenza therapeutic

EV25 was built on a platform created by Philip Low, the Presidential Scholar for Drug Discovery and the Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in Purdue University’s College of Science. Low is part of Purdue’s One Health initiative, which advances the university strengths in human, animal, plant and environmental health.

September 19, 2024

Celebrating 10 Years of Sustainable Living Insights and the ReNEWW House | AP News

Join Whirlpool Corporation and Purdue University in celebrating more than 10 years of sustainable living insights and the ReNEWW House.

September 19, 2024

Purdue, Bayer announce partnership to address regenerative agriculture on global scale

New consortium to focus on data-driven, holistic approach to create sustainable and resilient farming practices

September 17, 2024

Raising robots: Teaching robots things humans learn, including navigation, movement, dance, spatial reasoning

Purdue computer scientist Aniket Bera works to improve the way robots interact with the human world.

September 9, 2024

Purdue applicant number and yield rate at unprecedented levels: Demand for Purdue undergraduate and graduate education sets new records

Driven by unprecedented demand for a Boilermaker education at both undergraduate and graduate levels, Purdue University’s main campus enrollment, residential and online, reached an all-time high of 58,009 students for the fall 2024 semester.

September 2024

RAPTOR takes a bite out of global counterfeit semiconductor market

A sprinkling of gold nanoparticles could be enough to shut down the global semiconductor counterfeit market.

August 20, 2024

Inspired by the human body, engineer designs chips that could make wearable AI more energy efficient

Is it possible to use artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT without internet access?

August 12, 2024

Purdue and Lilly formalize collaboration to expand the development of new technology and accelerate the pace of delivering medicines to patients

Purdue University and Eli Lilly and Company are strengthening their long-standing strategic research collaboration with the announcement of the Eli Lilly and Company and Purdue University Research Alliance Center

August 2, 2024

Students invited to explore future of health care at ninth annual Lilly Day at Purdue

Purdue University is once again partnering with Eli Lilly and Company for the ninth annual Lilly Day at Purdue on Aug. 28.

July 31, 2024

States consider new science-backed solution to save time and money on concrete infrastructure repair

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ Committee on Materials and Pavements approves Purdue-invented method as a national standard for estimating concrete strength

July 3, 2024

Purdue, Heartland BioWorks partners secure $51M in federal funding for regional tech hub

Funding will energize workforce development and startup efforts in biomanufacturing industry

June 2024

Lessons in alarm management for well operations

This Report was prepared by the Competency and Training Subcommittee (CTSC) of the Wells Expert Committee. IOGP thanks the School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University, which conducted the research.

June 18, 2024

Purdue and Accenture develop online smart manufacturing program for employee upskilling

The program, which Purdue and Accenture are making available to businesses and industry associations, includes courses covering such topics as an introduction to smart manufacturing, the industrial Internet of Things, the connected worker, advanced automation and robotics, security, network infrastructure, and business skills.

June 4, 2024

Purdue Global and VR: How a nursing school is addressing a national crisis through VR training

Purdue Global School of Nursing uses realistic clinical learning programs in VR to produce practice-ready healthcare professionals.

May 31, 2024

Hard-Tech Corridor emerges with leadership from Purdue and partners

Several major university announcements and partnerships developed over the past few months help build the 65-mile corridor between Indianapolis and West Lafayette

May 24, 2024

Purdue, Google announce sustainability and AI research partnership

Collaboration seeks to develop innovative solutions for eco-friendly industrial buildings

May 23, 2024

Purdue and Elanco Animal Health announce One Health Innovation District in Indianapolis

Purdue joins Elanco in a shared vision of a research park dedicated to solving pressing issues impacting animal, plant, human and environmental health

May 15, 2024

Purdue commercial air service underway following inaugural flight, groundbreaking

Purdue commercial air service underway following inaugural flight, groundbreaking

May 14, 2024

Purdue researchers develop sustainable, biodegradable superabsorbent materials from hemp

Hemp-derived cellulose offers superior absorption and eco-friendly solutions

May 2, 2024

Purdue, INDOT and partners break ground on highway test bed to develop wireless charging for electric vehicles

The Indiana Department of Transportation, Cummins, White Construction, and Purdue ceremoniously broke ground May 1

April 22, 2024

FLAT, A PURDUE-CONNECTED STARTUP, SEES GROWTH WITH AI-DRIVEN APPROACH TAKING THE GUESSWORK OUT OF HOME REPAIRS

Flat’s recent funding round – which included an investment from Purdue Innovates Ventures – expands the app’s ability to provide customized home maintenance & repair action items using its AI-driven technology.

April 18, 2024

Returning rare earth element production to the United States

ReElement Technologies licenses Purdue critical mineral refining tech and will begin production in late 2024

April 12, 2024

Purdue launches world’s first center pioneering use of AI to innovate tomorrow’s modes of autonomous aviation transportation

Windracers, a U.K.-based global cargo vehicle operator, partners with Purdue as founding member of Center on AI for Digital, Autonomous and Augmented Aviation (AIDA3)

April 11, 2024

Purdue University, Purdue Global, and U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine conduct summit for collaboration and continued partnership

Purdue University, Purdue Global, and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) came together to discuss an academic-based partnership that supports the USAFSAM mission.

April 3, 2024

SK hynix announces semiconductor advanced packaging investment in Purdue Research Park

The company’s facility for AI memory chips marks the largest single economic development in the history of the state

March 28, 2024

Purdue researchers collaborate with Cummins to develop wireless charging technology for heavy-duty vehicles

As part of a $5 million award from the United States 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 (ORNL) and Walmart to develop wireless charging technology for electric heavy-duty vehicles such as Class 8 trucks (tractor-trailers).

March 27, 2024

Building the first highway segment in the U.S. that can charge electric vehicles big and small as they drive

Construction to begin on test bed in Indiana to develop wireless charging for electric vehicles traveling at highway speeds

March 27, 2024

Purdue Global ranks No. 4 for military-friendly online schools

Purdue Global, Purdue’s online university for working adults, has again received recognition for its commitment to serving military-affiliated students, this time coming in at No. 4 in the top 10 Military Friendly Schools rankings for online schools. In addition, Purdue Global was named a Military Friendly Spouse School.

March 25, 2024

AGTECH STARTUP LEADER AND PURDUE ALUMNUS SCOTT MASSEY NAMED TO FORBES 30 UNDER 30

Scott Massey, founder and CEO at anu, holds a sunflower cultivated in one of the company’s seed pods. The company has received a $200,000 Indiana Manufacturing Readiness Grant to mass manufacture its aeroponic seed pod consumables. The grants are provided by the Indiana Economic Development Corp. and administered by Conexus Indiana and the Next Level Manufacturing Institute.

March 22, 2024

Purdue Online Learning 2.0 – Military Advisory Board Read-Out

An in-person meeting of the Purdue Online Learning 2.0 Military Advisory Board convened for a dialogue aimed at extending Purdue’s reach of service in support of the military-affiliated community through the distinct qualities of Purdue Global and Purdue University Online.

March 21, 2024

Podcast Ep. 104: Cummins Chair and CEO Jennifer Rumsey on Her Boilermaker Journey and Leading a 105-Year-Old Company Toward a Greener Future

In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Jennifer Rumsey, Chair and CEO of Cummins Inc.

March 21, 2024

Low to be honored by American Lung Association for cancer-fighting invention

The American Lung Association in Indiana will honor Purdue University researcher Philip Low on April 13 at its annual gala in Indianapolis for his invention of CYTALUX, which helps in the fight against lung cancer.

February 27, 2024

Patented Purdue design inspired by Tesla valve could improve performance of rotating detonation engines

Researchers are testing an injection manifold design that prevents the reversal of fuel and oxidizer flows

February 19, 2024

Purdue-Dassault Systèmes partnership strives to improve, accelerate and transform semiconductor workforce development

Virtual twin technology to create innovative new opportunities for student training

February 8, 2024

Subaru of Indiana Automotive announces executive changes

Nobuyuki Bando appointed Chairman and CEO, Scott Brand promoted to President and COO

February 7, 2024

Purdue University Online continues to achieve high national rankings

3 Purdue online engineering master’s degrees rank No. 1

February 5, 2024

Meet the Pilot from our ‘Boilermakers in Flight’ Video

Brittany Gallarneau applies lessons learned at Purdue in her career as a first officer for Envoy Air

January 9, 2024

Purdue University receives $100 million commitment from Lilly Endowment

Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved grants totaling $100 million to Purdue Research Foundation to support two major Purdue University initiatives, which together will elevate the university, its students and faculty and accelerate new investments in Indiana’s workforce and economy.

November 16, 2023

Purdue joins forces with UL Research Institutes to create new battery safety research center

The Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI) and Purdue University have signed an agreement to establish the Center for Advances in Resilient Energy Storage (CARES)

October 31, 2023

Purdue Global cuts ribbon on first military base extension

Leaders from Purdue University’s Office of Industry Partnerships, Purdue Global and Vandenberg Space Force Base gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the establishment of a Purdue Global education office within Vandenberg’s education center.

September 6, 2023

Purdue delegation embarks on USS Nimitz, gains insights into naval operations

Opportunity provides deeper understanding of at-sea operations and ideas on expanding online military educational offerings

April 4, 2023

Caterpillar reaffirms recent $1 million commitment to Purdue by establishing office at Convergence Center

Caterpillar Inc. has opened an office at the Convergence Center in Discovery Park District at Purdue to establish a permanent presence near campus and reaffirm its recent $1 million commitment to the Purdue Polytechnic Institute.

November 28, 2022

Purdue, Accenture sign five-year agreement in support of smart manufacturing

Purdue University and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have agreed to a five-year commitment supporting Purdue’s mission to prepare a next-generation smart-manufacturing workforce.

October 27, 2022

Lilly commits $92.5 million to Purdue to establish an innovative pharmaceutical manufacturing scholarship program and to extend research collaboration

Eli Lilly and Company has committed $42.5 million to Purdue over 10 years to fund an innovative pharmaceutical manufacturing scholarship program for incoming undergraduate students. Also, Purdue and Lilly have renewed their strategic research collaboration efforts in a series of moves that will expand their impact in Indiana and improve lives on a global scale.

May 25, 2022

Purdue, Rolls-Royce sign 10-year, $75 million strategic alliance agreement

Purdue University and Rolls-Royce officials have signed a research and testing agreement that will bring $75 million over 10 years; the investment will be focused primarily at Purdue’s Zucrow Laboratories, the largest academic propulsion laboratory in the world.

April 2021

Purdue’s Office of Industry Partnerships on a Roll

Purdue continues to blaze a path for business and corporations through its Office of Industry Partnerships. Nathan Utz has more on how it is bringing more than $100 million a year into the Indiana economy.

April 2020

Purdue renews, expands Sandia National Laboratories partnership

Purdue University and Sandia National Laboratories have signed a memorandum of understanding to renew and expand the strategic partnership that began in 2015.

March 2020

Rolls-Royce launches new electronics manufacturing capability at Purdue to support U.S. defense engines

Rolls-Royce has created a new engine controls capability near the campus of Purdue University to support its U.S. defense business, including the F130 engine competing for the U.S. Air Force B-52 program.

March 2020

Medical device company moves into Carr Workplaces at the Convergence Center in Purdue’s Discovery Park District

Zorion Medical Inc., an innovative medical device company developing fully absorbable implants for use in treating peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease, orthopedics and other surgical applications, is opening a project development center with Carr Workplaces adjacent to the Purdue University campus in the Convergence Center for Innovation and Collaboration.

February 2020

Animal health care receives boost through Elanco, Purdue strategic alliance

Elanco Animal Health Inc. (NYSE: ELAN) today (Feb. 4) announced a five-year collaborative research agreement with Purdue University and Purdue Research Foundation with a goal to collaborate and train talent as they seek solutions to some of the greatest challenges in animal health.

May 2019

Saab’s global defense and security company lands in Indiana, to open site near Purdue University

Global defense and security company Saab announced plans Wednesday (May 8) to locate a new U.S. manufacturing operation in Indiana. The facility, located at Discovery Park District Aerospace on the west side of the Purdue University campus, will support production of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation T-X jet trainer and create up to 300 new jobs, with hiring starting in 2020.

April 2019

Cybersecurity workforce education and training is focus of new Purdue, Cyberbit partnership

Pilots have flight simulators, soldiers have firing ranges, and now cybersecurity professionals have an opportunity to test their own skills in a cyber range — a hyper-realistic, immersive simulated environment with the support of Purdue University’s world-leading cybersecurity faculty and professionals.

February 2019

Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership teams with city of South Bend to train companies to implement Lean principles

Workers from multiple South Bend manufacturing companies recently completed Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s (MEP) Team Member Lean Certificate Training and Lean Practitioner Implementation Certificate programs.

August 2017

Infosys, Purdue University build strategic alliance for technology innovation and US workforce development

Purdue University is entering into a five-year agreement with Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in consulting, technology and next-generation services.

May 2017

Purdue and Ford Motor Co. form research and development alliance, expanding on past research collaborations

Ford Motor Co. and Purdue University have inaugurated a research and development alliance designed to develop a wide array of technologies for automobiles, and more broadly for mobility solutions and transportation services.