Assistant Professor Roshanak Nateghi was named as a Co-PI on a recently-funded National Science Foundation (NSF) project.

Ashwin Nair, a graduate IE student and PRISM Center Researcher in agricultural robotics, interned this summer at the Agricultural Robotics Lab (ARL) at the Volcani Institute in Israel.

The NSF I-Corps program selected IE doctoral student Ting Zhang to join other innovative student researchers in one of its fall 2017 cohorts.

The International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics (IJIE) published an online article by Assistant Professor Denny Yu and collaborators from the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, the SHARP Program, and North Carolina State University. The article is titled “Impact of posture choice on one-handed pull strength variations at low, waist, and overhead pulling heights”.

Dr. Vaneet Aggarwal's CLAN Labs received a VURI award from AT&T Labs in June. AT&T's Virtual University Research Initiative (VURI) program facilitates collaborations between AT&T researchers and universities.

Prehensile Technologies, co-founded by Associate Professor of Engineering Practice Brad Duerstock, was one of only three recipients to receive a special grant from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA).

Robert Fulghum's book, All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten, may be right, as a group of local Pre-K and preschool students discovered recently. Their visit to the Intelligent Systems and Assistive Technologies Lab (ISAT) will hopefully start them on a lifelong journey of learning and discovery.

A new medical-diagnostic device made out of paper detects biomarkers and identifies diseases by performing electrochemical analyses - powered only by the user’s touch - and reads out the color-coded test results, making it easy for non-experts to understand.

IE alumnus Dong Lin and his research team will be listed in the 2018 GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS for creating the lightest 3-D printed material in the world.

Purdue IE welcomed Philip (Phil) Waclawik to the IE development team on August 21 as a Director of Development. As a Purdue IE alum (BSIE 1983), he will play a key role in helping to engage his fellow IE alumni and further the school’s outreach.

In a new Purdue IE “Alumni Spotlights” video series, Isobar’s Geoff Cubitt tells how his Purdue BSIE (1992) prepared him well for his career.

Purdue student startup FroYo XPress is developing an automated, self-serve frozen yogurt kiosk that will offer an all-natural, non-dairy frozen yogurt with minimal inventory and labor requirements, according to Purdue Research Foundation news.

Six IE students interned this summer at TVS Motor Company in Bangalore and Hosur, India.

A new featherweight, flame-resistant and super-elastic “metamaterial” has been shown to combine high strength with electrical conductivity and thermal insulation, suggesting potential applications from buildings to aerospace. The composite combines nanolayers of a ceramic called aluminum oxide with graphene, which is an extremely thin sheet of carbon.