Rajamani Gounder, Larry and Virginia Faith Associate Professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, has recently been selected as an Associate Editor of the Science Advances Editorial Board. Editors are chosen from a high achieving international pool of researchers who have made significant advancements in their field and strive to promote the importance of interdisciplinary collaborations.

Dr. Vishal Anand, a postdoctoral researcher in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, is part of a Purdue research team that has established a new generalized flow law for elastic microtubes like blood vessels using a combination of advanced fluid mechanics and solid mechanics. Dr. Anand is part of Dr. Vivek Narsimhan's research team.

Four staff members in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering were recently named Bravo Award recipients. Maeve Drummond, Lauren Hays, Jennifer Mamph, and Jason Thorp were among 72 staff members from 13 units in the College of Engineering to recognized. The Bravo Award Program was established by the University in 2014 to provide recognition and rewards for substantial accomplishments achieved by Purdue employees that extend well beyond regular work responsibilities.

Brett M. Savoie, the Charles Davidson Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, will lead one of 25 teams to receive 2021 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) funding from the Department of Defense as part of the Fiscal Year 2021 competition.

Medallion Resources Ltd. acquired a license from Hasler Ventures LLC for exclusive rights to Purdue University-developed rare-earth element separation and purification technologies, officials announced Feb. 18. The license provides Medallion with a portfolio of technology, patents and know-how for ligand-assisted displacement (LAD) chromatography to deploy in the separation and purification of rare-earth elements (REE). The rights are assigned from Hasler Ventures and are licensed by Purdue Research Foundation. The LAD system, developed by Linda Wang, the Purdue Maxine Spencer Nichols Professor of Chemical Engineering, is built upon a well-understood and widely used platform that provides an environmentally safer method for REE separation with low technology risk.