In the latest Academic and Research Excellence Update, Provost Patrick Wolfe, Executive Vice President for Research Karen Plaut, and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Chris Ruhl highlight key investments, new tools, services and initiatives that support, incentivize and reward scholarly impact and research excellence at Purdue.
In a new video, Provost Patrick Wolfe introduces Purdue’s newest major initiative to enhance and support scholarship: the Purdue University Books Initiative. The initiative will provide robust support for authors by way of substantive overload payments alongside individualized “concierge service” support in book design, editing and production.
Researcher Jeffrey Youngblood has developed patent-pending chemically modified cellulose nanocrystals and nanofibers that increase concrete’s flexural strength by 30%. The applications for the Purdue innovation include road, bridge and building construction.
Set on more than 24 acres, Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories retains its mantle of preeminence today as the world’s largest academic propulsion lab in the world, with active research programs in rockets, turbines, compressors, energetic materials, fluid mechanics, hypersonics and all kinds of combustion. If it propels the world forward, you’ll find it at Zucrow, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy would like to thank Kristin (Physics and Astronomy) for handling three separate on-site conferences for the Astrophysics and High Energy groups. She worked tirelessly, organizing and handling logistics for these three conferences that occurred within a five-month period. Events like these elevate our visibility both at home and abroad. Thank you, Kristin, for your ongoing professionalism and dedication to the Department of Physics and Astronomy! — Gabor Csathy (Physics and Astronomy)
