“The sense of giving back and helping the community is one of the riches I count. Seeing and feeling the smile and contentment after every event is so fulfilling to me,” said Alka. Alka is the Community Team Chair for the Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG).

Professor Shawn Ehlers and courtesy Professor Laura Bowling were among those recognized.

Keesling is a master's degree student in Biological Engineering.

Researchers from the College of Agriculture and College of Engineering have received more than $143,000 from the Trask Innovation Fund to make their work more attractive for commercial use.

Rackliffe studies the biological process that produces renewable natural gas from microbial decomposition of organic matter like manure, food waste and industry waste.

Just three years out of school, Chloe Richard, Horticultural Crop Research Manager at the Meigs facility, is the youngest person profiled to date in the Behind the Research series.

Todd Chermak thought there ought to be a structured way to lay groundwork that could smooth and help accelerate the transition, and that Purdue University, with a strong industrial pharmacy program, was the place to do it.

For over two decades, Roger Tormoehlen and William Field, both professors of agricultural and biological engineering, have addressed this vital issue with their Gearing Up for Safety curriculum.

"These are cloudless and can be truly internet-less," said Buckmaster. "The information doesn't go to Amazon, Google or anywhere else, but just sits on that device until you download it."