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Purdue Agrivoltaic Farming Structures and Software Harvest Solar Power at Lower Cost and with Minimal Impact on Crop Yield

May 31, 2023

Rakesh Agrawal (CE) and Mitch Tuinstra (AGRY) provide insight on how their research has improved upon traditional solar energy structures used in agrivoltaic farming, a sustainable system that generates electricity from the sun while row crops like corn, rice, soybeans, and wheat concurrently grow on the same land

Purdue Agrivoltaic Farming Structures and Software Harvest Solar Power at Lower Cost and with Minimal Impact on Crop Yield

Researchers Combine 3D Printing, Electric Poling into Single Process

May 31, 2023

Jose Garcia-Bravo (EngTech), Robert Nawrocki (EngTech), and Brittany Newell (EngTech) have successfully printed PVdf force sensors with a fused deposition modeling 3D printer with corona electric poling set.

Researchers Combine 3D Printing, Electric Poling into Single Process

NSF CAREER Grant Awarded to David Johnson

May 31, 2023

Congratulations to David Johnson (IE/PoliSci) on receiving an NSF CAREER grant for his project titled, "Risk-Based Methods for Robust, Adaptive, and Equitable Flood Risk Management in a Changing Climate".

NSF CAREER Grant Awarded to David Johnson

Purdue Earns STARS Silver Rating for Campus wide Sustainability

May 31, 2023

Purdue has earned a STAR Silver rating for the university's ongoing sustainability initiatives from the Association for a the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). ISF played an important role in the application processes for this cause.

Purdue Earns STARS Silver Rating for Campus wide Sustainability

Purdue-led USDA Project Aims to Double Impact of Climate-Smart Corn Belt Agriculture

May 31, 2023

Linda Prokopy (HLA), Beth Hall (Indiana State Climate Office), and Aaron Thompson (HLA) co-leads of the Integrated Midwest Partnerships for Actionable Climate Tools and Training (IMPACT2) received $1.5 million in partnership with the USDA's Midwest Climate Hub to help diverse groups of farmers and landowners in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa learn what practices will help them elude the worst effects of climate change.

Purdue-led USDA Project Aims to Double Impact of Climate-Smart Corn Belt Agriculture

Purdue Researcher Earns Top International Prize

May 31, 2023

Congratulations to Heather Eicher-Miller (Nutrition Science) on being awarded the 2023 Danone International Prize for Alimentation (DIPA) winner for her research on immediate and chronic adverse dietary and health outcomes associated with food insecurity among diverse populations.

Purdue Researcher Earns Top International Prize

Tellier, Koenigbauer Honored by International Association for Great Lakes Research

May 31, 2023

Congratulations to Joshua Tellier and Scott Koenigbauer on receiving an award and scholarship for their work on Great Lakes research through affiliate Tomas Hook's Lab (Hook Lab).

Tellier, Koenigbauer Honored by International Association for Great Lakes Research

Microbubble-Assisted Cleaning-in-Place Process for Ultrafiltration System and Its Environmental Performance

May 31, 2023

Jen-Yi Huang (Food Sci) and a team of researchers published an article discussing their research findings on introducing micron-scale air-filled bubbles (microbubbles; MBs) into cleaning liquids to clean a pilot-scale UF system.

Microbubble-Assisted Cleaning-in-Place Process for Ultrafiltration System and Its Environmental Performance

Effects of Atmospheric and Manure Surface Conditions on H2S Emissions from an In-ground Finisher Hog Manure Slurry Tank

May 31, 2023

Richard Grant (AGRY) published an article discussing how hydrogen sulfide (H2S) emitted by livestock operations can be detrimental to human health and how storage of hog manure is significant agricultural source of H2S emissions.

Effects of Atmospheric and Manure Surface Conditions on H2S Emissions from an In-ground Finisher Hog Manure Slurry Tank

Establishing Purdue’s first biodiversity database (P1BD)

May 18, 2023

Purdue's Institute for a Sustainable Future is working with Purdue's Institute for Physical AI to develop Purdue's first Biodiversity Database (P1BD)

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