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Drag sails take out the trash in space
Drag sails take out the trash in space
What happens when two spacecraft collide? At orbital velocities of more than 17,000 miles per hour, collisions of space vehicles in…
Purdue College of Engineering
Aug 16
Turning back the clock on disease
Turning back the clock on disease
Imagine if you could build a time machine for medicine, turning back the clock to watch how cells with genetic mutations begin their…
Purdue College of Engineering
Aug 15
Single-use plastics — a bad wrap?
Single-use plastics — a bad wrap?
Single-use plastic packaging won’t win any popularity contests these days: One survey of 28 countries found that 3 out of 4 people agree…
Purdue College of Engineering
Aug 12
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17th century mystery solved: Prince Rupert’s drops
17th century mystery solved: Prince Rupert’s drops
Scientific curiosity is alive and well in today’s world — just witness the 65 million views of a short video I posted on YouTube about…
Purdue College of Engineering
Jul 12
Sonata in 0s and 1s: Somali Chaterji
Sonata in 0s and 1s: Somali Chaterji
Somali Chaterji grew up in a Bengali household, where kids are given nicknames; the one that stuck for her was Sonata. Her work has the…
Purdue College of Engineering
Jul 8
Electric roads: Tackling the roadblocks
Electric roads: Tackling the roadblocks
One of the most “electrifying” ideas for electric vehicles (EVs) is to dispel the worries drivers have about how far they can go on a…
Purdue College of Engineering
Jun 27
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Action-based modeling asks: What’s behind what’s happening?
Action-based modeling asks: What’s behind what’s happening?
Complex systems are ubiquitous in today’s technological world — whether they be supply chain networks, protein interactions, climate…
Purdue College of Engineering
Jun 27
Dean Chiang in Forbes: ‘Hard Tech Corridor in the Heartland’
Dean Chiang in Forbes: ‘Hard Tech Corridor in the Heartland’
Hard tech — technology that touches the hard stuff — is gaining ground as technological advances are rewriting the economic equations…
Purdue College of Engineering
Jun 20
Hunting for early biomarkers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Hunting for early biomarkers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Trackers are fabled for their ability to detect faint traces of the object of their search to stay on the trail. Now engineering and…
Purdue College of Engineering
Jun 3
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Dean Chiang in Forbes: ‘Can Teaching Be Agile?’
Dean Chiang in Forbes: ‘Can Teaching Be Agile?’
College commencement season offers a new opportunity to ask, “How can we keep innovating to be better?” In a recent Forbes article, Mung…
Purdue College of Engineering
Jun 3
Digital dashboard helps paramedics take load off hospitals
Digital dashboard helps paramedics take load off hospitals
Hospitals were stressed even before the COVID-19 pandemic. One reason is that people with multiple chronic conditions struggle to manage…
Purdue College of Engineering
Jun 2
Stopping cyberattacks in their tracks
Stopping cyberattacks in their tracks
As computers become more and more pervasive, it’s readily apparent how much software ecosystems affect our lives. Throughout the last…
Purdue College of Engineering
Jun 1
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