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Tipping Point Planner Project Honored with College of Ag TEAM Award
February 11, 2021
The Tipping Point Planner project, a joint effort by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Purdue Extension, has been selected as a 2020 recipient of the Purdue College of Agriculture’s TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) Award.
Tipping Point Planner Project Honored with College of Ag TEAM Award
New mix could double concrete’s carbon uptake
February 11, 2021
Concrete is not glamorous. It is the workhorse of building materials: versatile, durable, and almost universally ubiquitous, with 30 billion tons of concrete produced every year. Cement, a component of concrete, produces 8% of the world’s carbon footprint. Looking to lower that percentage, Purdue University engineers have discovered a way to make concrete more sustainable. Their new recipe for concrete has the potential to cut carbon emissions dramatically, creating building blocks for a better world.
Ag-Analytics and agronomy professor announce research partnership
February 5, 2021
Ag-Analytics and Davide Cammarano, Purdue associate professor of agronomy, have announced a recently established research partnership. Using precision agriculture data, Cammarano’s research team will develop farm management strategies that optimize economic outcomes for businesses and individuals.
Ag-Analytics and agronomy professor announce research partnership
American Resources Corporation Acquires Exclusive Rights to Purdue University's Rare Earth Element Innovations
February 3, 2021
American Resources Corporation, a next generation and socially responsible supplier of raw materials to the new infrastructure marketplace, today announced that, with the addition of Hasler Ventures LLC, the Company has licensed ligand assisted displacement ("LAD") chromatography patents and knowhow to further expanded its capability in environmentally friendly separation and purification of rare earth elements. These exclusive patents and technologies, developed at Purdue University, are specific to the processing of separated and pure rare earth metals and critical elements from coal byproducts, recycled permanent magnets and lithium-ion batteries.
American Resources Corporation Acquires Exclusive Rights to Purdue University's Rare Earth Element Innovations
Discovery Park center to research safe conversion of spent railroad ties to new high-value products
January 29, 2021
The U.S. rail system retires approximately 21 million railroad ties each year, and utility companies annually remove 2 million wooden poles from circulation, resulting in upward of 6 million tons of chemically treated wood waste. Repurposing used ties and poles into new value-added materials could significantly reduce waste and bring other benefits to the environment. Now, researchers at the Center for the Environment (C4E) in Purdue’s Discovery Park will investigate this possibility in collaboration with the newly formed Repurposing Carbon Consortium.
Discovery Park center to research safe conversion of spent railroad ties to new high-value products
McMillan and partners at Purdue take a holistic approach to water quality outcomes in the St. Mary’s Watershed
January 28, 2021
When it comes to determining the impact of agricultural best management practices on water quality on the watershed scale – the science can be noisy. No one knows that more than Sara McMillan. McMillan, who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University, studies how humans impact nutrient cycling in aquatic and wetland ecosystems.
McMillan and partners at Purdue take a holistic approach to water quality outcomes in the St. Mary’s Watershed
Biden’s climate change plan is all about jobs and justice
January 27, 2021
Welcome to climate day — the day the Biden administration kicks off its climate change agenda. The Biden plan includes investing in renewable energy and electric vehicles, rejoining international climate policymaking and adopting an ambitious 100 percent clean energy goal by 2050. Although today’s agenda emphasizes a return to science-based climate change policy, the larger Biden climate plan represents an important trend in climate change politics: going beyond science to focus on questions of economic and social justice. Here’s what you need to know.
New ABE professor’s water safety research assumes prominent role during pandemic
January 26, 2021
Starting in a new position during the middle of a pandemic is challenging. For Caitlin Proctor, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering (ABE) and environmental and ecological engineering, it was also in keeping with an already tumultuous year. Proctor began in her position this semester, after two years as the Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow in the College of Engineering. During her fellowship, Proctor researched drinking water and the ecological and biological interactions that affect its safety.
New ABE professor’s water safety research assumes prominent role during pandemic
Purdue researchers explore how sound drives Mongolian herder cultural practices
January 22, 2021
In the grasslands of Mongolia, young goat herders gather at the rivers and streams near their parents’ birthplaces and listen intently. Then they practice their throat singing — guttural sounds that have been made for countless generations amongst the herders — until their voices match the resonance patterns they hear from the water.
Purdue researchers explore how sound drives Mongolian herder cultural practices
Welcome Back Friends and Affiliates
January 20, 2021
A welcome back message from Center for the Environment Director, Tim Filley.