Energetic materials — explosives, propellants and pyrotechnics — are essential to national security strategy, but in recent years, the enterprise has struggled with workforce attrition and a lack of replacement hiring. The Advancing Army Modernization Priorities – Undergraduate Program (AAMP-UP), a collaboration between the Purdue Energetics Research Center (PERC) and DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory (ARL), aims to bolster the workforce by creating a network of students from a variety of backgrounds who are excited about energetic materials research.

Isaac Wheeler, a chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate and LyoHUB researcher, has been offered a Fulbright Open Study/Research Grant to conduct freeze drying research in Torino, Italy.

Purdue Established in 2014, Purdue’s Process Safety & Assurance Center (P2SAC) began with a handful of company representatives and members of the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering’s (ChE) Industrial Advisory Council.

Professor Vilas Pol has been selected for placement on the Fulbright Specialist Roster for a tenure of three years. This prestigious program, administered by the U.S. Department of State, provides U.S. academics and established professionals with the unique opportunity to participate in two- to six-week, project-based exchanges at host institutions worldwide.