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October 2, 2007
Nanotube forests grown on silicon chips for future computers, electronics
A team including Professors Timothy Fisher and Xianfan Xu has shown how to grow tiny cylinders called carbon nanotubes onto the surfaces of computer chips to enhance the flow of heat at a critical point where the chips connect to cooling devices.
August 13, 2007
New technology has dramatic chip-cooling potential for future computers
Professors Suresh Garimella and Timothy Fisher have demonstrated a new technology using tiny "ionic wind engines" that might dramatically improve computer chip cooling, possibly addressing a threat to future advances in computers and electronics.
July 19, 2007
Center headed by ME Professor Yung Shin uses laser, machining to create precision parts
ME researchers are perfecting a technique for manufacturing parts that have complex shapes and precision internal features by depositing layers of powdered materials, melting the powder with a laser and then immediately machining each layer.
May 25, 2007
System to pinpoint airline passengers who contaminate cabins
Professor Qingyan Chen is developing a system that uses mathematical models and sensors to locate passengers releasing hazardous materials or pathogens inside airline cabins.
May 11, 2007
Radical engine redesign would reduce pollution, oil consumption
Professor Gregory Shaver and colleagues have created the first computational model to track engine performance from one combustion cycle to the next for a new type of engine that could dramatically reduce oil consumption and the emission of global-warming pollutants.
May 2, 2007
Purdue student engineers, inventors present new machines
Purdue University student engineers presented an array of new inventions at the 2007 School of Mechanical Engineering student symposium.
April 18, 2007
Engineering students to display patient-moving prototypes
Mechanical engineering students at Purdue University have worked with nursing students to design new devices to help nurses move and transport patients.