The quality and impact of work led by Purdue researchers continue to be recognized by external funding bodies. Here are the researchers who received Sponsored Program awards approaching $1 million or greater in May.
Professor Wayne E. Wright, the Barbara I. Cook Chair of Literacy and Language and associate dean for research, graduate programs and faculty development in the College of Education; and Vikrant Chap, a recent graduate of the literacy and language education PhD program, have co-authored a book in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of a longtime journal on Southeast Asian American education and the 50th anniversary of Southeast Asian refugee resettlement in the United States. “Research and Reflections on Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement” is a collection of pivotal research articles, reviews and creative works about the refugee resettlement and experience of Cambodian, Laotian, Hmong, Vietnamese and other
Southeast Asian Americans.
In this post, David Warsinger, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering and a member of the Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future, discusses his research “Dual-Module Humidity Pump for Efficient Air Dehumidification: Demonstration and Performance Limitations,” which was recently published in Applied Energy.
Corey Van Landingham and Jessica Jacobs, two Master of Fine Arts alumni from Purdue's College of Liberal Arts, were selected based on their prior career achievements and exceptional promise for the 100th class of Guggenheim Fellows by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation’s board of trustees.
As a health care worker, Lisa Shields worked 100-hour weeks during the pandemic while grieving the loss of her son. She chose to honor his memory by transforming her life through education. With Purdue Global, Lisa earned her medical assistant certificate, inspired her family and redefined what’s possible for herself.
Today the Office of Research announced an internal search for the next vice president of the Institutes and Centers at Discovery Park District. Following the announcement that Dan DeLaurentis will become Purdue’s executive vice president for research on July 1, a search is immediately commencing for his successor to lead the I&C@DPD. The internal search is open to full professors currently at Purdue.
