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From artisanal to automatic: Purdue tool allows greater control, speed for semiconductor manufacture

Users can customize a recipe to peel 1-atom-thick 2D materials like graphene from a surface and affix it onto another  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University engineers have developed a patent-pending tool to make the manufacture of ultrathin semiconductors more consistent, controllable and repeatable than traditional methods. Thomas Beechem, an associate professor of mechanical engineering…

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Changing lives through inventions: Purdue jumps to the top 5 of global leaders in US patents received

Purdue University researchers tallied 192 US patents on their inventions in 2022 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Exciting and dynamic inventions discovered and developed by Purdue University researchers are improving people’s lives around the world. A system that processes agricultural field images for remote phenotype measurements. A 3D printer that continuously prints structures as small as…

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Purdue researchers combine electric poling and 3D printing into a single step

Method creates parts with customized shapes and sensor properties WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Manufacturers of smart medical devices, smart robots and other products with smart sensors could simplify their device design and fabrication using a patent-pending Purdue University method that combines piezoelectric poling of filament and 3D printing in a single process. Traditional sensor materials…

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Ericsson, Saab and Purdue University announce ‘lab to life’ innovative 5G network to make Purdue Airport accessible as a real-life research site for aviation industry

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University Airport, in collaboration with industry partners Ericsson and Saab, announced Monday (March 20) the creation of a unique 5G network that will serve as a “lab to life” proving ground for academics, researchers and business to develop commercial solutions that can be replicated to improve operations and security at…

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Helping construction material manufacturers reduce the energy consumption, carbon footprint of heating and cooling homes

Patent-pending, automatable process from Purdue engineers improves the viability of incorporating phase change materials into bricks, concrete panels and drywall WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Heating and cooling homes carries a hefty economic and environmental price tag. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported more than half of all home energy in the United States is used…

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Stratolaunch creates Advanced Program Office at Discovery Park District and collaborates with Purdue University on hypersonic design and test

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – Stratolaunch LLC and Purdue University are pleased to announce they have established a partnership dedicated to accelerating the time required to design, build, test and fly hypersonic vehicles. Stratolaunch will establish the Stratolaunch Advanced Programs Office at the Convergence Center in Purdue’s Discovery Park District in West Lafayette, Indiana, to ensure…

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