The Purdue Energetics Research Center has received approximately $7 million from the United States Department of Defense to modernize manufacturing processes for energetic materials — explosives, pyrotechnics and propellants. These new methods aim to support government and industry in scaling up production, reducing costs, and ensuring safety and quality of materials.
Purdue is celebrating the beginning of the fall semester by highlighting student events and programming through Oct. 14. Known as Purdue Weeks of Welcome, the events will introduce students to the extracurricular experiences generations of Boilermakers have come to enjoy. This collaborative effort includes departments and areas from the divisions of Student Life and Teaching and Learning as well as the expansive group of registered student organizations.
Karen Korellis Reuther didn’t enroll at Purdue to become a product designer. She didn’t even know what industrial design was until her sophomore year, when a professor’s encouragement opened the door to a profession where she eventually worked for some of the world’s most recognizable brands. Learn how she’s helping talented Purdue students pursue their own design careers.
