New research findings point toward future approaches to fighting bacterial biofilms that foul everything from implantable medical devices to industrial pipes and boat propellers.

Purdue University will hold the annual meeting of the Society of Engineering Science in October after hosting the society's first meeting 51 years ago.

Mechanical Engineering welcomes our new faculty members - Arezoo Ardekani, Edward Berger, Ilias Bilionis, Debasish (Deba) Dutta, Marcial Gonzalez, Guillermo Paniagua, Carlo Scalo, and Kejie Zhao

Professor Rebecca Kramer is among seven researchers selected by NASA for Early Career Faculty awards to pursue new technologies in robotics, lasers and other systems for space exploration. Dr. Kramer will lead a Purdue team focusing on active elastic skins for soft robotics, focusing on the development of an elastic robotic skin containing a shape-memory alloy for muscle-like movement as well as numerous sensors to provide feedback and environmental information.