Past News
Purdue names Songlin Fei Dean’s Chair of Remote Sensing
August 10, 2020
Songlin Fei, a forest ecologist in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, has been named the Dean's Chair of Remote Sensing at Purdue University.
Entomology professor receives USDA grant to work with Hoosier beekeepers
July 30, 2020
Brock Harpur, assistant professor of entomology, is the recent co-recipient of a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) CARE grant that will help beekeepers improve the health and productivity of their apiaries.
Entomology professor receives USDA grant to work with Hoosier beekeepers
Augmented reality tool shown to help surgeons remotely guide first responders in battlefield-like scenarios
July 27, 2020
A Purdue University-led study is the first to show medics successfully performing surgery in life-like simulations of these war zones by receiving guidance from surgeons through an augmented reality headset. The work is joint with Purdue's School of Industrial Engineering and the Department of Computer Science.
Augmented reality tool shown to help surgeons remotely guide first responders in battlefield-like scenarios
Has life existed beyond Earth? Purdue professor going to great lengths to find out.
July 22, 2020
Briony Horgan, associate professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences at Purdue University, is working to determine whether we are alone in the universe, or if life once existed on other planets such as Mars.
Has life existed beyond Earth? Purdue professor going to great lengths to find out.
'Quantum rainbow' — photons of switching colors allow room-temperature quantum computing
July 20, 2020
Purdue University researchers have developed a quantum computing technique that allows quantum computing to be done at room temperature.
'Quantum rainbow' — photons of switching colors allow room-temperature quantum computing
New explosive materials to bring nontoxic ammunition
July 16, 2020
Purdue University researchers, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory, developed two new lead-free materials that function as primary explosives, which are used to ignite powder inside a gun cartridge.
Light shaken and stirred to help autonomous vehicles better scan for nearby fast-moving objects
July 15, 2020
New technology uses acoustics to better control a pulse of laser light split into a frequency comb, potentially helping lidar to achieve detection of nearby high-speed objects
Light shaken and stirred to help autonomous vehicles better scan for nearby fast-moving objects
How will climate change affect energy use in cities?
July 14, 2020
Roshanak “Roshi” Nateghi, a Purdue professor of industrial engineering, and her students are developing predictive models to estimate the impact climate change could have on electricity and water use.
Purdue team gets $1 million to develop rapid sensor technology for cattle disease
July 14, 2020
Purdue University researchers, led by Mohit Verma, an assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, are developing technology to reduce Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) diagnosis time to about 30 minutes.
Purdue team gets $1 million to develop rapid sensor technology for cattle disease
Plant scientists maintain critical research to save data and irreplaceable plants
July 9, 2020
The College of Agriculture accounted for more than a third of Purdue researchers who asked for access and support to continue critical research when facilities closed this spring.
Plant scientists maintain critical research to save data and irreplaceable plants
