Researchers at Purdue University are advancing the world of robotics and autonomy with their patent-pending method that improves on traditional machine vision and perception. Zubin Jacob, the Elmore Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and research scientist Fanglin Bao have developed HADAR, or heat-assisted detection and ranging.
Serendipitous might best describe how doctoral student Olivia Gearner arrived at Purdue in 2019 to research a tribe of darkling beetles. Now, she’s nearing the finish of her PhD, working alongside entomology professor Aaron Smith in the College of Agriculture. Read more about the impact of this Purdue doctoral student’s research efforts.
Xiulin Ruan, professor of mechanical engineering, has received the 2023 Brillouin Medal, given to honor a specific seminal contribution in the field of phononics. This highlights Ruan's groundbreaking work on four-phonon scattering. Ruan studies a broad range of topics related to heat transport, nanotechnology and machine learning.
Purdue’s Societal Impact Fellows Program received a top-10 nod at the 2023 Social Innovator of the Year Awards, competing alongside major corporations and global philanthropist organizations, including the U.S. women’s national soccer team, Audible and Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation.
A new episode of “This Is Purdue” features Purdue alumnus Stephen McKinley Henderson, a Tony-nominated actor and star of “Dune.” Some might recognize Henderson from his other box-office hits and award-winning films like “Fences” and “Lincoln.” Henderson discusses what led him to Purdue – and how his time on campus propelled him to an esteemed career both on Broadway and in film.