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The Purdue Board of Trustees announced today (June 10) its unanimous election of Dr. Mung Chiang, currently the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering and Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, as the university’s next president. Dr. Chiang will replace current president Mitch Daniels effective Jan. 1, 2023. Daniels has served since January 2013.

Purdue University issued this news release today:

California’s first 100% renewable energy, front-of-the-meter, multi-customer microgrid is now fully operational. Located in Humboldt County, California, the microgrid provides energy resilience for the regional airport and U.S. Coast Guard Air Station.

Two Purdue University leaders, including President Mitch Daniels, have been invited to join brands like McDonald’s and The LEGO Group at Google Marketing Live on Tuesday (May 24). Like its selection to Fast Company magazine’s list of Brands That Matter, Purdue is both the only and first university invited to speak at the annual event.

Friday’s Board of Regents meeting took place in Spokane and was live-streamed and recorded on YouTube.

WSU’s Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture received a record-breaking $20 million donation from Edmund and Beatriz Schweitzer and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories.  The couple and SEL are donating $10 million each in order to fund a new student success center in Pullman for the Voiland College, according to WSU Insider.  Voiland College Dean Mary Rezac...

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and founders Edmund and Beatriz Schweitzer donated a combined $20 million to Washington State University for the construction of a new building on its Pullman campus.

Images from the April 18 event announcing a landmark $20 million gift from Edmund and Beatriz Schweitzer and SEL will be posted here as they become available.

The $20 million gift from Edmund and Beatriz Schweitzer, and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories is among the largest in university history.

In 2022, the global Modular Microgrids market is projected to expand at a CAGR of 13.5%. The growing use of Modular Microgrids in recycling processes across a variety of sectors is driving up...