Experts for media from Purdue University
Journalists are welcome to use video of these preeminent experts at Purdue University about the most recent scientific issues or relevant topics being studied and tested at Purdue.
Space and planetary sciences
Carolin Frueh: Space debris
Space junk: Preventing a posed threat from broken spacecraft
Briony Horgan: Space Exploration
Mars: Helping guide the mission strategy and scientific investigation of the Perseverance rover
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Danny Milisavljevic: Astronomy
Deeper look into the stars: Working with the world’s most powerful space telescope to reconstruct stellar explosions.
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What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
James Webb Space telescope - first images
Michelle Thompson: Space weathering
Moon rocks: Analyzing how rocks change from exposure to space and extrapolating geologic histories for extraplanetary bodies.
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Hypersonic and space vehicles
Jonathon Poggie: Hypersonics
Hypersonic flight: Researching innovations for flight speeds faster than Mach 5 for national security and space flight
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Cybersecurity
Hany Abdel-Khalik: Critical infrastructure cybersecurity
Systems security: Nuclear reactors, electric grids, manufacturing facilities
Secure Microelectronics
Peter Bermel: Microchip shortage and future workforce development in microelectronics, including semiconductors.
Smart Cities: Engineering Innovation
Luna Lu: Concrete road repair
“Smart” infrastructure: Enabling concrete-paved highways and bridges to prevent and repair their own damage
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Consumer Devices: Engineering Innovation
Charlie Hu: Smartphone energy efficiency
App development: Designing apps that drain less battery life
Biomedical Engineering
Chi Hwan Lee: Remote health monitoring and electronic stickers
Platform technologies: Developing specialized sensors to improve health care monitoring and medication delivery
Young Kim: Anticounterfeiting technology for medications and high-profile items
Counterfeit medications and alcohol: Using cyberphysical watermarks to discourage counterfeiting
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Preventing counterfeit medication
David Umulis: AI and Biology
Artificial intelligence: A cell’s organization to change structure for defending and repairing tissue
Health
Health and Data Science
Majid Kazemian: Data science and biochemistry
Cells and science: Using data science to disrupt biochemical pathways to combat viruses and disease
Health and Drug Discovery
Phil Low: Innovation in Medicine
Combating deadly sickness: Developing and repurposing drugs to help defeat disease
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Science Innovation
Roshi Nateghi: Effects of climate on electric grids
Predictive modeling: Climate change impact on electricity and water use
Jon Wilker: Adhesives
Chemistry and materials engineering: Testing and creating new sustainable synthetic and biomimetic adhesives inspired by ocean creatures
