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January 27, 2021

Professor Margaret Gitau Named Fellow in Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program

Gitau's project - Fixing a Leaky Pipeline in Academia: Professional Development for Historically Disadvantaged Women Graduate Students and Emerging Scholars in South Africa

January 20, 2021

ABE Professors recognized as Outstanding Engineering Teachers for Fall 2020

The Purdue Exponent includes a listing of Outstanding Engineering Teachers each semester.

January 7, 2021

Professor Mohit Verma: Purdue Ag-Celerator invests $100,000 in DISCOVER startup

“We are excited about the investment and are looking forward to developing our prototype and build the business,” Verma said. “Using paper-based biosensors, DISCOVER (Krishi LLC) aims to improve animal health. The Ag-Celerator funds will help bring this novel technology from the lab to farms and veterinary clinics.”

November 16, 2020

BE Senior Marina Mehling "RePetes" with Homecoming Pillar of Excellence for Research and Innovation

The Purdue Student Union Board created the honor to recognize students who exemplify education and scholarship, service and leadership, and research and innovation. It is open to juniors and seniors, and each awardee received a $1,000 scholarship.

November 2, 2020

Professor Jenna Rickus: Candidate for vice provost for teaching and learning position to give presentation November 10

ABE Professor Jenna Rickus has been serving as the interim vice provost for teaching and learning since May 1, when Dr. Frank Dooley was named chancellor of Purdue Global.

October 19, 2020

Professor Andrea Vacca: Recently appointed ABE endowed chair knows what makes good research run

“Fluid power is very interdisciplinary. A single faculty member cannot have all the necessary expertise, which is why collaboration is key for success in this field,” Vacca said. “Purdue is an optimal environment for establishing this collaboration. Most departments in the colleges of agriculture and engineering are top ranked in the country and attract the best research scholars. My work has greatly benefited from this kind of cross-collaboration.”

October 7, 2020

BIRS alum Michaela Covington: Purdue Ag alum reflects on her success in master's program

“I did something to make my family proud. A very small percentage of African Americans have graduate degrees. It’s an honor to be able to say I did this, I finished this and I can be an inspiration to other members of my family,” said Covington.

October 1, 2020

Professor Bill Field: AgrAbility Virtual State Fair provides resources and information for national agricultural audiences

Currently housed in Purdue’s College of Agriculture’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, the National AgrAbility Project (NAP) supports all the state AgrAbility projects and provides limited services to farmers and ranchers in states without AgrAbility projects.

September 29, 2020

ABE Professor and Department Head Nate Mosier, alumnus Jocelyn Wong ('96): A century shared in the soybean field

“Students from across the university have learned about agricultural products from soy and have applied their technical, business and marketing skills to develop novel consumer products. Several of these have resulted in commercialization as products on the store shelves today.” Professor Nathan Mosier

September 28, 2020

Professor Dennis Buckmaster: Big Data, Safe Food conference goes forward virtually

Purdue University will host the Big Data, Safe Food Conference online on Oc. 12-15. The conference will explore the intersection of big data and food safety through conversations with experts from industry, government and academia.