Purdue University researchers have completed a three-year study and provide evidence-based recommendations to reduce contamination and improve work-site safety during culvert repairs. Literature reviews, a survey
of 32 state transportation agencies, as well as testing
in California, New York and Virginia, were completed.
A solar sail project led by Purdue University professor David Spencer was named as one of Time magazine’s Best Inventions 2019. The LightSail 2 project launched into space during the summer, demonstrating the use of reflective sails to harness the momentum of sunlight for propulsion.
Purdue University technology targets compound destruction with a design that has potential to be used as part of a permeable reactive barrier underground to eradicate certain compounds in groundwater to keep them from spreading.
The Wall Street Journal lists Purdue University sixth-best globally and third-best in the U.S. in a recent article highlighting startups generated from university-licensed technologies over the past 12 months.
This past summer, a group from Purdue’s Lyles School of Civil Engineering joined researchers from Purdue’s College of Liberal Arts to explore the geography and artifacts from Dana Island using drones and LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) mapping systems to better understand the island’s history.
Researchers have engineered ceramic nanotubes, which act as antennas that use light-matter oscillations to control heat radiation. The design is a step toward a new class of ceramics that work more efficiently at high temperatures.
SpeechVive, created by Jessica Huber, a professor in Purdue’s Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, uses a reflex to improve communication in Parkinson’s disease.
Andrew Flachs, an assistant professor of anthropology at Purdue University and standing on the far left, studied cotton growing in Telangana, India, for
six years, talking with the same
farmers year after year.
The University of Toledo has received a $267,700 National Science Foundation grant to research, along with Purdue University Northwest, how to teach high school students about cybersecurity and about the risks and threats from smart phones, tablets, and other technology.
The Indiana Water Resources Center (IWRRC) officially launched the State of Indiana Waters website. The website provides a single source of information for the general public regarding the status of Indiana’s water resources including ground and surface waters.