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  • Drones hover over C- infrastructure

    Drones hover over C- infrastructure

    Aging infrastructure is a worldwide challenge, and the United States is no exception. The 2021 report card from the American Society for…
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    Purdue College of Engineering
    Jun 1
    Crowds make sense of the world

    Crowds make sense of the world

    Now more than ever — though perhaps every generation says that — we need tools to help us make sense of this world. Sensemaking is one of…
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    Purdue College of Engineering
    May 24
    Space needs a hall monitor

    Space needs a hall monitor

    Every unruly environment needs someone to keep tabs on all the comings and goings, like the hall monitors who are ubiquitous in schools…
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    Purdue College of Engineering
    May 19
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    Origami in space: Shape changing is a game changer

    Origami in space: Shape changing is a game changer

    Used to be, getting to another planet was a wild dream. Now we’re talking about living on one.
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    Purdue College of Engineering
    May 18
    Suggested reads: ME faculty favor curiosity, creativity, clarity

    Suggested reads: ME faculty favor curiosity, creativity, clarity

    Mechanical engineering (ME) has a storied history, from the first use of tools in prehistoric times through the invention of the wheel in…
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    Purdue College of Engineering
    Apr 26
    Harvesting water from the air above

    Harvesting water from the air above

    The lack of access to fresh water is epidemic in the modern world. Currently, 3.6 billion people lack adequate access to water for at least…
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    Purdue College of Engineering
    Apr 23
    Spotlight
    Inside-outside temp differences power smart building IoT

    Inside-outside temp differences power smart building IoT

    Understanding materials and how they transport themselves from one state to another at the nano- and micro-scale can help researchers…
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    Purdue College of Engineering
    Mar 24
    Global crises test humanitarian supply chains

    Global crises test humanitarian supply chains

    Supply chain burst upon the scene as a suddenly familiar topic to the general public with the global COVID-19 pandemic, as illness and…
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    Purdue College of Engineering
    Mar 13
    Digital twins: An on-ramp to autonomous driving

    Digital twins: An on-ramp to autonomous driving

    Autonomous driving seems far away, but our vehicles already are equipped with some of its enabling technologies. Systems like adaptive…
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    Purdue College of Engineering
    Mar 9
    Spotlight
    Truck-portable nuclear reactors go where the power is needed

    Truck-portable nuclear reactors go where the power is needed

    Nuclear energy is critical for a sustainable future because it is not only a reliable energy source but also one of the lowest CO2…
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    Purdue College of Engineering
    Feb 28
    Tech stories that will dominate 2023

    Tech stories that will dominate 2023

    It is, of course, notoriously hard to make predictions in the field of technology, and many wise men have been made to look silly through…
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    Purdue College of Engineering
    Feb 22
    Digital twins: Smart manufacturing’s DNA for a bright future

    Digital twins: Smart manufacturing’s DNA for a bright future

    Our current political divisiveness is grounded in the separation of haves and have-nots. It stinks to be on the have-not side, and it can…
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    Purdue College of Engineering
    Jan 30
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