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ISF Weekly Newsletter January 24, 2023
January 25, 2023
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Purdue Researchers Lead Gender-Inclusivity Study from
January 19, 2023
The ravenous, destructive fall armyworm killed entire harvests in Africa before it arrived in Asia, first in India before making its way to Bangladesh. As officials there scrambled to head off an agricultural crisis in their country, an important tool in their arsenal was a video produced by a Purdue organization called Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO). This publication comes from affiliate Julia Bello-Bravo and a team of additional researchers.
David Warsinger receives $2.4 Million to Improve Industrial Drying Membranes
January 17, 2023
Congratulations to David Warsinger (ME) and his team on receiving funding for their project to develop a new system that will reduce 50-80% of energy usage using vapor selective membranes.
David Warsinger receives $2.4 Million to Improve Industrial Drying Membranes
Geochemist Leads an All-woman Team onto the Ice in Antarctica to Study the Earth's Ancient History
January 17, 2023
Melissa Tremblay (EAPS) led her team to Antarctica with the goal of revealing how warm the Antarctic continent was before our oldest ice core records that can help to predict potential futures.
Geochemist Leads an All-woman Team onto the Ice in Antarctica to Study the Earth's Ancient History
Updated Policy for Authorship
January 9, 2023
Please note that an updated policy on authorship has been launched January 3rd.
The Interplay of Technology, Environment and Ecology
January 9, 2023
Check out a list of recommended books by faculty affiliate John Mulrow (EEE) that discuss technology, environment, and ecology.
New online toolbox offers many ways to view snow data in the continental US
December 12, 2022
Purdue University’s Midwestern Regional Climate Center (MRCC) has launched an online interactive Snowfall Climatology Toolbox that provides easy-to-use, visually appealing data on annual snowfall, monthly snowfall, number of snow days, first and last snow dates, and record one-day snowfall for the entire United States.
New online toolbox offers many ways to view snow data in the continental US
Dou Selected for Rising Star Award from the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
December 12, 2022
Dr. Letian Dou, the Charles Davidson Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been selected for the 2022 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) Rising Star in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology award. The institute, located at the University of Waterloo, has recognized emerging leaders from around the globe whose research aligns with the institute’s thematic areas and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) since 2018.
Dou Selected for Rising Star Award from the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
Dou Selected for Rising Star Award from the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
December 12, 2022
Dr. Letian Dou, the Charles Davidson Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been selected for the 2022 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) Rising Star in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology award. The institute, located at the University of Waterloo, has recognized emerging leaders from around the globe whose research aligns with the institute’s thematic areas and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) since 2018.
Dou Selected for Rising Star Award from the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
CE's Crawford receives esteemed IEEE Mildred Dresselhaus Medal
December 12, 2022
Purdue University’s Melba Crawford, the Nancy Uridil and Francis Bossu Professor in Civil Engineering, is the recipient of the 2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Mildred Dresselhaus Medal for "contributions to remote sensing technology and leadership in its application for the benefit of humanity.”
CE's Crawford receives esteemed IEEE Mildred Dresselhaus Medal