Purdue’s historic partnership with SK hynix received the definitive award from the CHIPS and Science Act to fund SK hynix’s semiconductor advanced packaging plant for artificial intelligence products and an R&D center in West Lafayette. The U.S. Department of Commerce announced up to $458 million in direct funding Thursday (Dec. 19) to bolster the SK hynix investment. The award comes from the CHIPS Incentives Program’s funding for commercial facilities.
A team of graduate students at the Purdue Applied Research Institute successfully tested a full-scale, 3D printed scramjet, an engine that allows aircraft to travel at speeds of Mach 5 and beyond. The test, which took place at the Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories, will provide insights that help increase the engine’s efficiency and reduce hypersonic manufacturing costs.
Katrenia Reed Hughes is a Purdue associate professor of organizational leadership in Indianapolis. With a passion for educating project managers, as well as mentoring and coaching, Hughes discusses her research in self-efficacy and the impacts of cultural responsive mentoring.
Marc and Sharon Hagle are among fewer than 700 people who have traveled to space — and they’re the only married couple to go there twice. But as humankind prepares to settle on the moon and Mars, the Hagles say space will soon be for everyone. Sharon founded SpaceKids Global to encourage schoolchildren to chase their own space dreams.
