Institute for a Sustainable Future
Supporting research and partnerships to accelerate the transition to a sustainable, resilient, prosperous future.
Recent News and Upcoming Events
In the News
- Early Career Editorial Board of Indoor Environments
- Purdue Polytechnic research team receives $900,000 NSF award to research engineering, technology students' problem solving, collaboration skills
- Polytechnic founds new Applied AI Research Center, appoints founding directors
- Yu She co-principal investigator of NSF grant-winning research project
- Genomic analyses of prairie chickens cast doubt on species classifications
- The Great Salt Lake Is Still Drying Up. Will It Affect Your Health? Yes.
Featured Research Projects
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Advancing Remote Sensing of the Biogeochemical State of Midwestern Inland Waters
Advancing Remote Sensing of the Biogeochemical State of Midwestern Inland Waters
PI: Keith Cherkauer (ABE)
Co-PIs: George Zhou (ABE/EEE); Cary Troy (Civil), Melba Crawford (Civil; AGRY)
Funding: NASA
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Development of PFAS-free Firefighting Foam
Development of PFAS-free fire extinguishing foam based on new siloxane-based surfactant formulations & time-released foam additives
PI: Carlos Martinez
Co-PIs: Jason Hoverman, Maria Sepulveda, Jeffery Youngblood
Funding: Dept of Defense, SERDP
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Featured Story
Purdue to help fight ‘forever chemicals’ in economy-boosting NSF-funded Great Lakes project
Writer/Media contact: Amy Raley
Purdue University will play a significant role in the Great Lakes Water Innovation Engine (or ReNEW), a new National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engine that aims to discover, develop and deploy novel technologies to clean the Great Lakes while also attracting water-intensive manufacturers, and new jobs, to the Midwestern region.
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