Purdue Innovates

#ICYMI: A Purdue University-connected startup is joining forces with the University of Evansville to launch an initiative that combats food insecurity while shaping the future workforce. Through the Lilly Endowment, the University of Evansville is purchasing a Pure Produce Container from Evansville-based anu? (previously gropod) and ekō Solutions in Fishers. “This will be the first container farm that’s been placed at a university, and it’s incredibly exciting, because this is something that I think has the perfect intersection of need and capability,” said anu co-founder/CEO and #Purdue alum Scott Massey. Read more via Inside INdiana Business: https://bit.ly/4bJgVjG #PurdueInnovates #FoodInsecurity #WorkforceDevelopment

The International Day of Forests, celebrated annually on March 21, highlights the importance of forests and their role in sustaining life on Earth. ?? ?? At Purdue University, researchers have developed an application that puts tree knowledge in the public’s pockets. The #iForester app has the potential to be beneficial to a variety of stakeholders including landowners with preliminary timber surveys, K-12 students exploring nature’s ecological and economic value, and those in countries lacking professional forestry services for valuation and conservation. “This is something that allows the general public to access expert knowledge freely,” said SongLin Fei, director of the Institute for Digital Forestry. “I’m very excited about it.” Read more: https://bit.ly/4auVTER Purdue Agriculture | Song Zhang | Cheryl Zhenyu Qian #Purdue #PurdueInnovates #InternationalDayOfForests

The persistent pursuit of innovation continues at Purdue University as it was recently ranked 4th in the nation for U.S. patents received in 2024. ? "Purdue Innovates is committed to protecting Purdue’s intellectual property and striving to find the best commercialization partners through licensing to bring its technologies to market," said Brooke Beier, senior vice president of Purdue Innovates. "Our team takes great pride in supporting Purdue’s world-class researchers, fostering innovation and building industry partnerships that help translate cutting-edge technologies into real-world solutions.” ? Read more: https://bit.ly/4bM9SXB National Academy of Inventors #Purdue #PurdueInnovates #Patents #IntellectualProperty

Purdue University researchers are revolutionizing safety in #energetics. They've developed a switchable explosive that can be turned "off" for safer handling and transport, then "on" when detonation is required. Read more: https://bit.ly/4hERBNf Their research has been published in?Propellants, Explosives, and Pyrotechnics. Purdue University College of Engineering | Purdue University Mechanical Engineering | Zucrow Laboratories Purdue University | Purdue Energetics Research Center | Steve Son | Metin ?rnek #Purdue #PurdueInnovates

On the court, they’re rivals—but for the past 12 years, researchers from every Big Ten university have been united in the fight against #cancer. The Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium consists of 16 universities and cancer centers, including the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, working together to advance clinical research. “The way to describe is it they’re really doing clinical trials together,” Hoosier Cancer Research Network CEO Brian Stemme said. “By working together, they can leverage their individual strengths [and] they can recruit patients from a broader patient population.” Read more via Inside INdiana Business: https://bit.ly/3DCf7N9 Purdue University #Purdue #PurdueInnovates #BigTen

Congratulations to the four Purdue University assistant professors who received National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards between August and December 2024 to support their research! The five-year grants are NSF’s most prestigious award in support of early career faculty. Read more: https://bit.ly/3DPG93p Aravind Machiry | Junjie Qin | Yexiang Xue | Purdue University College of Engineering | Purdue Science | Purdue University Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering #Purdue #PurdueInnovates

Purdue Innovates Incubator?awarded five teams of Purdue University students during the finals of the?Moonshot Pitch Challenge, a semiannual, ideation-focused competition. Congratulations to the awardees including these Purdue Science students: REMI: Mihir Chauhan, Rishit Agrawal and Ethan Wang. Boiler Substance Awareness Network (BSAN): Alyssa Collins, Rachel Isaac and Claire Wolfer-Jenkins. Read more: https://lnkd.in/exE3rcWZ #thenextgiantleap #boilerup #moonshot Purdue Biological Sciences Purdue Computer Science

#Enzymes, proteins that boost chemical reactions, play an important role in the #pharmaceutical industry. The downside? Identifying which ones are most useful can be time-consuming. At Purdue University, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering Karthik Sankaranarayanan (Sankar) has developed an algorithm to speed up the process, and it recently earned him an $80,000 grant from the American Chemical Society. Learn more about the yearlong grant that will pair Sankaranarayanan’s research program with similar research groups at the pharmaceutical companies Merck and Pfizer: https://bit.ly/4bEPNCM Purdue Agriculture | Purdue University College of Engineering | Purdue University Agricultural & Biological Engineering #Purdue #PurdueInnovates

Scientists in the United Kingdom have made a groundbreaking discovery paving the way for a transformative era in #photonic technology, and it comes with help from Purdue University. Read more about the cutting-edge research taking place at Heriot-Watt University: https://bit.ly/3DvBTpU Purdue University Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Alexandra Boltasseva #Purdue #PurdueInnovates

#Space exploration is top of mind at Purdue University, and Purdue Science, in partnership with the Purdue University College of Engineering, hosted the first of many collaborative conventions at #Purdue to advance the exploration of the vast universe around us. “Purdue University is considered the Cradle of Astronauts. Boilermakers have a long and storied history with space exploration and research. Alumni from Purdue have been among the few humans to venture out into space and our research has helped support those missions,” said Lucy Flesch, Frederick L. Hovde Dean, College of Science. Read more about the symposium: https://bit.ly/41Pw5PW