Purdue celebrated its new phenotyping greenhouse on Friday (Sept. 15) with a groundbreaking ceremony. The new facility will enable plants to be integrated into the existing controlled-environment phenotyping facility and allow more research discoveries related to plant health, nutrition, drought and disease stress, and root health. A component of Plant Sciences 2.0, one of the five strategic initiatives of Purdue’s Next Moves, as well as a key part of physical AI and digital agriculture at Purdue, the facility will expand opportunities for noninvasive sensor-based phenotyping and add nearly 5,000 square feet of greenhouse research space.
Airport air traffic control systems are prime targets for cyberattacks. The revolutionary Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system that underpins aircraft tracking is priceless for reducing the risk of collisions as well as costs. It also, however, has a vulnerability. “Malicious cyberattacks can disrupt and deceive air traffic controllers,” says Purdue graduate student Hong-Cheol Choi in Purdue’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Choi isn’t just complaining, though. He’s working on a solution with his advisor, aeronautics and astronautics professor Inseok Hwang.
A new episode of “This Is Purdue” features Michele Buzon, professor of anthropology in Purdue’s College of Liberal Arts. As a bioarchaeologist, Buzon examines skeletal remains to help people better understand the lives of everyday individuals who lived thousands of years ago. This marks the final episode in the 2023 Purdue Research Series, which shares how Purdue provides practical solutions to the world’s toughest challenges. Related:Watch the full video on YouTube
A huge thank you to Liz Fitzgerald (Center for Teaching and Learning) for all her support in the System-Wide Virtual Forum planning. She is an exceptional team member, and her efforts make pulling off this virtual event seamless year after year. — Catherine Golden (Office of the Provost)