Two ABE students, Yizhou Mao and Zhengpu Chen, are members of the first-ever winning team in the NFPA Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge, advised by Professor Andrea Vacca
"The overarching goal is to improve markets for local farmers growing traditional grains and meeting the changing demands of consumers," Hamaker said. "This has the potential to improve the lives of entrepreneurs and expand the market for healthy cereal grains.
When the Purdue Grain Storage and Handling Safety Team began its work in October 2011, the need was clear: 1,200 cases involving entrapment or engulfment since the 1960s; nearly 70 percent of the accidents were fatal; Indiana often ranked first in the number of documented cases.
Team FiltraSoy took top honors and $20,000 in the Student Soybean Innovation Competition Award Ceremony on Tuesday, March 28th at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis, Indiana.
"In developing countries...it's very common to see people drying crops by the roadside, on the road itself, or on the median, because it's a large hard surface," says Ileleji. "I've seen crops take up half the road in Ecuador."
The multipurpose solar dehydrator developed by Dr. Klein Ileleji and team under the USAID Funded Feed-the-Future Innovation Lab for Postharvest Handling and Food Processing (FPL) placed among the Top 10 innovations at the Postharvest Innovation Challenge held during the recent 1st All-African Post-Harvest Congress and Exhibit.
Purdue researchers are developing technology that could lead to the early detection of cervical cancer with low-cost, easy-to-use, lateral flow test strips similar to home pregnancy tests.