February 3, 2019
An Arm For Yaretzi
Professor Eric Nauman and his team built a telescoping prosthesis, enabling a 10-year-old girl to play the violin.
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February 1, 2019
Solutions to rocket challenges 800 years in the making
Yet another combustion breakthrough from Steve Son at Zucrow Labs: solid rocket fuel with encapsulated nanoscale catalysts, customizing the burn rate.
January 29, 2019
Steel mill puts Purdue control theories into practice
A collaboration between Purdue researchers and Nucor Steel in Crawfordsville, Indiana has resulted in a refined process that can adjust equipment on the fly to produce more precise thicknesses of sheet steel.
January 28, 2019
Lessons learned from Caterpillar internship
Monica Caito, a senior in ME, has been interning at Caterpillar since 2016! Read about how she's developed as a professional.
January 25, 2019
Leg brace with a kickstand
A comforting innovation for those suffering from a lower-body injury is moving to the market all because one Purdue student wanted to alleviate his mother’s discomfort as she recovered from a leg injury.
January 22, 2019
SAE highlights Purdue work on diesel engines
Check out this article from SAE International, about Purdue ME students Mrunal Joshi and Aswin Ramesh. They publicly presented their research on diesel engines, thanks to support from Eaton and Cummins Inc.
January 17, 2019
Drones help clear up traffic accidents
Purdue ME sophomore John Bullock is working with the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office to use drones to document traffic accidents in just minutes, and accurately re-create the crash site in 3D.
January 16, 2019
Malott Innovation Awards showcase senior design projects
This semester's projects included a walker designed to climb or descend stairs, kitchen cabinets with integrated stepstools, and a truck hitch that would allow multiple tractor-trailers to platoon with a hard connection, while in motion.
January 15, 2019
Silicon nano-needles deliver tiny amounts of medication
Nobody likes needles. That's why Chi Hwan Lee developed these silicon nanoneedles, small enough to be injected into a single cell. Worn as a flexible patch, they can deliver medicine continuously with no pain.
January 11, 2019
Song Zhang named OSA fellow
Congratulations to Song Zhang, named a 2019 fellow of the Optical Society of America! Song works with real-time 3D image capture.