Addressing a crucial national need and marking a major advance for Purdue’s semiconductor leadership, the National Science Foundation has selected Purdue engineering-led Chipshub as its Chip Design Hub. The NSF will provide $7 million over five years to enable Chipshub — a 2-year-old open and free online platform powered by the groundbreaking nanoHUB — to significantly expand its scope and scale to cover the entire chip design process and to support teaching and research in far more higher education institutions.
Four Purdue faculty members have been singled out for Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation. NSF’s CAREER program provides the foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.
The top executives for Pacers Sports & Entertainment and Lafayette-based trailer manufacturer Wabash will join Purdue President Mung Chiang this fall for timely conversations as part of the Presidential Lecture Series. First up in October: Mel Raines, Pacers Sports & Entertainment CEO, will be the PLS guest on Oct. 2. Wabash CEO Brent Yeagy, a Purdue alum, joins Chiang for the PLS event on Nov. 6.
“We both believe that the giver always receives more than the recipient of a gift,” says Jim Dodson, who’s created a legacy of volunteering with his wife, Dori. Jim and Dori are ’83 graduates with a lifelong love for Purdue and serving others. Find out more about their experiences with The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis during the celebration of its centennial.
