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Professor Jeffrey Dick recognized with early career analytical chemistry award

February 28, 2024

Congratulations to Jeffrey Dick (CHEM) on being awarded the 2023 Analyst Emerging Investigator Lectureship Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Professor Jeffrey Dick recognized with early career analytical chemistry award

You may be breathing in more tiny nanoparticles from your gas stove than from car exhaust

February 28, 2024

Brandon Boor (CE) studies how cooking on a gas stove can affect indoor air quality.

You may be breathing in more tiny nanoparticles from your gas stove than from car exhaust

No increase in dust explosion incidents last year, ten-year average remains unchanging

February 28, 2024

Kingsly Ambrose (ABE) discusses nationwide grain dust bin explosions records and the need to develop relevant and practical hands-on education materials to raise awareness and adoption of prevention technologies by grain handling and processing facilities.

No increase in dust explosion incidents last year, ten-year average remains unchanging

Plant Sciences team develops thermal remote sensing protocol using GRYFN platform

February 21, 2024

Mitch Tuinstra's (AGRY) Plant Sciences team is featured discussing the now established protocol to enable application of UAV-based remote sensing thermal imaging with UAV technologies provided by GRYFN.

Plant Sciences team develops thermal remote sensing protocol using GRYFN platform

Fixing the pothole problem

February 21, 2024

Luna Lu (CE) was recently featured in a CBS News Boston story discussing her use of innovative concrete sensors that will allow researchers to determine the current strength of concrete.

Fixing the pothole problem

Closing the Hunger Gap: How Purdue-affiliated innovators are striving toward global food security

February 21, 2024

Klein Ileleji (ABE) shares the work of his company, JUA Technologies, work in commercializing a solar dehydrator that mitigates spoilage without fossil fuels.

Closing the Hunger Gap: How Purdue-affiliated innovators are striving toward global food security

Complex tree canopies help forests recover from moderate disturbances

February 14, 2024

Brady Hardiman (FNR/EEE) discusses how studying moderate-severity disturbances such as small fires, ice storms, and outbreaks of pests or pathogens may be playing a larger role in the ecosystem than previously appreciated.

Complex tree canopies help forests recover from moderate disturbances

BBC StoryWorks "The Climate and Us" short flim features Purdue Professor's wildfire recovery efforts

February 14, 2024

Andrew Whelton (CE/EEE) was featured in a short film discussing his passion for resolving issues that citizens face in the aftermath of disaster.

BBC StoryWorks "The Climate and Us" short flim features Purdue Professor's wildfire recovery efforts

Purdue agriculture experts provide insights into global food and economic security crises

February 14, 2024

ISF affiliates Gebisa Ejeta (AGRY), Mohammadi Mohsen (AGRY), and Farzad Taheripour (Ag Econ) share their perspectives on food and economic security and energy in a recent Horti Daily article.

Purdue agriculture experts provide insights into global food and economic security crises

Purdue Health Sciences Lab explores PFOS' effects on human motor behavior, mental health

February 14, 2024

Students in Dr. Jason Cannon's (HSCI) lab recently presented their findings on PFAS.

Purdue Health Sciences Lab explores PFOS' effects on human motor behavior, mental health