Purdue researcher’s sensors monitor mental health

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. Good mental health matters, improving the quality of our lives. Wenzhuo Wu, the Ravi and Eleanor Talwar Rising Star Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, in Purdue’s College of Engineering, has created noninvasive sensors that monitor mental health from stress and anxiety to depression. A wearable device to monitor […]

National Inventors Month: Shining a Spotlight on Purdue Innovation 

Purdue researchers persistently pursue innovations and breakthroughs that help move the world forward. Explore recent inventions brought into the world by Boilermakers and just what it takes to bring an idea from the lab bench to commercialization. useful terms Disclosure Before you file for a patent, you need to share information about the invention. Intellectual […]

Purdue Innovates Startup and Technology Expo 2024

On April 18, 2024, hundreds of people packed the Purdue Memorial Union to learn more about Purdue’s finest innovators and entrepreneurs. World-changing inventors. Innovative students. Intrepid entrepreneurs. All had a unique story to share at the Expo. Catch up on some of the highlights: https://stories.prf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PRF_Innovators_v2.mp4 Innovation. It’s in the minds of the thinkers, the doers, […]

Purdue Researchers Fight Cancer

April is National Cancer Control Month, an annual observation encouraged by Presidential proclamation. It also has been named National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month. The National Cancer Institute estimated that about 2 million Americans were diagnosed with cancer in 2023. It also estimated more than 600,000 Americans died of cancer in 2023. Breast cancer […]

Dr. Philip Low on a lifetime of leading breakthroughs from lab to life 

There’s a good chance you’ve seen Philip Low’s smiling face before. His decades-long dedication to medical research, garnering respect and recognition from across the world, can often mean he’s the face of bringing lab work to life at Purdue University. He’s well versed in the process, but for the rest of us? The way these […]