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November 15, 2016

Purdue Building Materials at the Forefront of Engineering

Hive features MSE Professor, Jeffrey Youngblood, CE Professor, Pablo Zavattieri, and Yizheng Cao, Purdue Ph.D. student as part of a group of scientists focused on cellulose nanocrystals brought together by the US Forest Service, the National Science Foundation and Purdue University.

They discovered a stronger, more flexible alternative to concrete. The group was recognized as a HIVE 100 Innovator in September because of the impact this innovation will have on housing.

November 14, 2016

Purdue University Materials Engineering 2016 Space Day

Over 250 K-12 students introduced to Materials Science and Engineering as part of Space Day 2016

MSE undergrads, graduate students, and post docs teamed up in October to excite and inspire young students about science through space themed demonstrations. Highlights of the day included melting pennies on ceramic tiles to show how thermal insulation and breaking liquid nitrogen frozen racquetballs to demonstrate the glass transition.

October 21, 2016

Engineering professors elected APS Fellows

Four Purdue Engineering professors (five professors in total at Purdue) were nominated and selected as fellows of the American Physical Society for "their exceptional contributions to the field of physics."

October 7, 2016

MSE Alumni Bradley Maggart was inducted into the Co-Op Hall of Fame

In grateful recognition of outstanding career achievement and exemplary representation of Purdue University’s Cooperative Education Program, Purdue University is proud to induct BRADLEY MAGGART into the Co-Op Hall of Fame.

October 5, 2016

Chemical & Engineering News: Antioxidant coating could help reduce marine biofouling

Jonathan J. Wilker and his team at Purdue University are working on a new environmentally friendly method to control tenacious shellfish that attach to the hulls of ships, increasing drag and hiking fuel consumption by as much as 50 percent.

October 5, 2016

MSE Graduate Student, Kate Reeve, Charles Hutchins Educational Grant Winner

Purdue MSE graduate student Kate Reeve has been awarded the Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) Charles Hutchins Educational Grant

September 30, 2016

iNEMI Report on the State of Metals Recycling

Global SMT recently posted a a journal written by MSE Professor Carol Handerwerker on, "The State of Metals Recycling". Handerwerker's work with metals recovery from electronic product recycling is focused on high-volume and most valuable metals that are recoverable in an economically feasible way.

September 20, 2016

Science on Tap talk to feature the development of sustainable electronics

Purdue University materials engineering professor Carol Handwerker will lead the next session of Purdue Science on Tap this week with a focus on the failure and opportunity of sustainability in global electronics.

September 6, 2016

Presenting the 2017 TMS Board Nominees

TMS Board of Directors
The six individuals presented in the following article will fill the vacant Vice President/President/Past President position, or Presidential Rotation, as well as five other positions on the TMS Board of Directors. The following candidates, if elected by the TMS membership, will be installed in their new positions at the conclusion of the TMS 2017 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, scheduled for February 26–March 2, 2017 in San Diego,California.

September 1, 2016

Prof. Erk Co-PI on NSF grant to fund College of Education STEM research project

Purdue University's College of Education was awarded $2 million in grant funding from the National Science Foundation for the project "Using Principles of Design to Advance Teacher Education."

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