Past News
Weather Phenomenon on Lake Michigan Stuns Meteorologists
February 7, 2024
Robin Tanamachi (EAPS) was featured in The Washington Post discussing mesovortexes, strange curls of snow that formed a nonstop line that made its way over Lake Michigan.
NutraMaize receives three-year USDA NIFA research grant to address heat stress in laying hens
February 7, 2024
Darrin Karcher (Animal Sci) and Gregory Fraley (Animal Sci) will be collaborating with NutraMaize and Egg Innovations to conduct a 84-week field study on three 20,000 bird-barns located across the Midwest for a controlled environment heat stress study.
NutraMaize receives three-year USDA NIFA research grant to address heat stress in laying hens
NSF Establishes 10 inaugural Regional Innovation Engines across the country
January 31, 2024
Congratulations to Linda Lee (AGRY/EEE) for her role bringing Purdue research to the table for the blue economy as led by Current Water, University of Chicago, and Argonne National Lab.
NSF Establishes 10 inaugural Regional Innovation Engines across the country
Purdue Innovates Awards Purdue Researchers $150k to Develop Innovations for the Marketplace
January 31, 2024
Congratulations to Panagiota Karava (CE) and her multidisciplinary research team on receiving funding from the Trask Innovation Fund for a patent-pending, "MySmartE, an eco-feedback and gaming system for residential energy management".
Purdue Innovates Awards Purdue Researchers $150k to Develop Innovations for the Marketplace
2024 Austin F. McCormack, Jr. Award
January 31, 2024
Congratulations to David Warsinger (ME) on being the 2024 recipient of the American Water Works Association Austin F. McCormack, Jr., Award (Young Professional of the Year for his research in water membranes.
FNR Field Report: Lauren Wetterau Caps Purdue Experience Studying Aboard in Australia
January 31, 2024
Former ISF intern Lauren Wetterau discusses her study aboard experience in Australia studying genetics, plant interactions, marine wildlife conservation and coral reef ecology at the University of Queensland in Brisbane before graduating with her wildlife degree from Purdue in December.
FNR Field Report: Lauren Wetterau Caps Purdue Experience Studying Aboard in Australia
Congratulations to ISF's Kelli Dawson
January 31, 2024
Congratulations to lead admin Kelli Dawson for receiving a Bravo+ award. Purdue University’s Bravo Award+ Program serves to recognize the excellence that exists among employees across the University. Here at ISF, we appreciate Kelli’s efforts to go ‘above and beyond’ her role supported faculty programming and communication support, particularly as ISF was in transition and the Institute was understaffed. We received an outpouring of gratitude for Kelli from numerous faculty and staff who deeply appreciate her dedication to ISF and our sustainability goals.
DOE Undersecretary Richmond Visits Purdue Nuclear and Fluid Power Facilities
January 24, 2024
Congratulations to Linda Wang (Chem Eng) and her team on receiving funding for the first phase of their project, which minimizes the environmental impact of wind turbine decommissioning while efficiently recovering rare-earth elements from used magnets.
DOE Undersecretary Richmond Visits Purdue Nuclear and Fluid Power Facilities
Top Midwestern Weather Events in 2023
January 24, 2024
ISF affiliate Beth Hall (AGRY) and her team of climatologists at the Midwestern Regional Climate Center partnered with the National Centers for Environmental Information to identify ten of the most impactful weather events of 2023.
From Centuries-old, Hand-drawn Maps to LiDAR & the Role of Both in Forestry
January 24, 2024
Brady Hardiman (FNR/EEE) and new PhD Lindsay Darling (FNR) are fighting the invasive Buckthorn tree species with LiDAR which provides point clouds that allow them to see the structure and distribution of different vegetation types.
From Centuries-old, Hand-drawn Maps to LiDAR & the Role of Both in Forestry