Past News
Thomas and Jane Schmidt Rising Star Associate Professor
October 2, 2024
Congratulations to Hua Cai (IE/EEE) on being named the Thomas and Jane Schmidt Rising Star Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering.
The Society of American Foresters honors Purdue professor with Award in Forest Science
October 2, 2024
Congratulations to Songlin Fei (IDF/FNR) on being selected as the recipient for the Society of American Foresters (SAF) Award in Forest Science.
The Society of American Foresters honors Purdue professor with Award in Forest Science
Purdue-led TOMI project receives $3.5M grant to turn a decade of data into new tools and strategies for tomato farmers
October 2, 2024
Lori Hoagland (HLA) and Ankita Raturi (ABE) have received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture for the Tomato Organic Management and Improvement (TOMI) project. This project will allow them to develop strategies so tomato farmers across the nation can experience similar success.
Purdue-led TOMI project receives $3.5M grant to turn a decade of data into new tools and strategies for tomato farmers
CISTAR professors awarded grant to advance the production of sustainable aviation fuel
October 2, 2024
Congratulations to Rakesh Agrawal (Chem Eng) and Rajamani Gounder (Chem Eng) on receiving $5.5 million from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under its GREENWELLS initiative, aimed at advancing the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
CISTAR professors awarded grant to advance the production of sustainable aviation fuel
Purdue, Bayer announce partnership to address regenerative agriculture on global scale
September 25, 2024
Purdue University and Bayer announced on September 19th the creation of the Coalition for Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture, a public-private designed to help improve the soil health of farmland while additionally increasing food production.
Purdue, Bayer announce partnership to address regenerative agriculture on global scale
More than mushrooms - what do the mycologists at Purdue study?
September 25, 2024
Cathie Aime (BPP) is featured in this recent article discussing her worldly expeditions to find new fungi and mushrooms and describe their roles in the ecosystem of specialized environments.
More than mushrooms - what do the mycologists at Purdue study?
Satellites and soils: NIFA and AgSEED grants fund remote sensing data collection and machine-learning models to predict soil properties at farm-to-landscape scales
September 25, 2024
Siddhartho Paul (AGRY) is featured discussing his recently funded work creating digital soil maps of agriculture and forest lands. Digital soil maps display high-resolution, spatial soil information across a farm or landscape.
Satellites and soils: NIFA and AgSEED grants fund remote sensing data collection and machine-learning models to predict soil properties at farm-to-landscape scales
Purdue researchers acquire and analyze data through AI network that predicts maize yield
September 25, 2024
Melba Crawford (AGRY/CCE) and Mitch Tuinstra (AGRY) are featured discussing a recent study they co-authored that demonstrates the capability of a recurrent neural network. A model that teaches computers to process data using long short-term memory to predict maize yield from several remote sensing technologies and environmental and genetic data.
Purdue researchers acquire and analyze data through AI network that predicts maize yield
Purdue AI urban tree monitoring and analysis initiative to improve city life
September 19, 2024
Congratulations to Songlin Fei (FNR) and Daniel Aliaga (Comp Sci) on receiving $5 million in funding from the National Science Foundation for their uTREE (Urban Tree Resilience and Environmental Equity project that focuses on using AI to obtain information about tree density, species, location, and changes in tree counts over time. Additional ISF affiliates collaborating on this project include Brady Hardiman (FNR/EEE), Zhao Ma (FNR), Melba Crawford (CCE), Panagiota Karava (CCE), Matt Huber (ISF/EAPS), and Rejesh Kalyanam (RCAC).
Purdue AI urban tree monitoring and analysis initiative to improve city life
Farm Journal's AgDayTV College Roadshow
September 19, 2024
ISF affiliates Laura Bowling (AGRY), Dan Quinn (AGRY), Ariana Torres (HLA), and Christian Cruz (BPP) shared their research and insight during the College Roadshow with Farm Journal AgDay TV.