May 6, 2021
Dead lithium batteries pulled from hard disk drives, electric vehicles could find new life through process that recycles critical rare-earth elements
American Resources Corp. and Purdue University have teamed to advance an environmentally safer method that recycles rare-earth metals to advance clean energy electronic technologies used in hard disk drives, electric vehicles, wind turbines and other electronics.
(Illustration provided by Linda Wang)
FISHERS, Ind. – American Resources Corp., a socially responsible supplier of high-quality raw materials, (NASDAQ:AREC) announced Thursday (May 6) an expansion of its existing sponsored research program with Purdue University.
The agreement will focus on advancing the purification of critical and rare-earth elements (“REEs”). The partnership builds on a previous agreement to advance a Purdue-developed technology to refine rare-earth elements purification technology to recycle permanent magnets and lithium-ion batte
UEGroup partners with Purdue on new technology experience center in Discovery Park District
XCenter will make technology more user-friendly
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Research Foundation on Wednesday (May 5) announced the establishment of the Experience Innovation Center (XCenter) focused on exploring innovative approaches to how people interact and work with technology. Located in Purdue University’s Discovery Park District, the center is a collaboration between UEGroup and the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, one of the 10 academic colleges at Purdue.
“The XCenter’s mission is to bring together amazing minds to reinvent how tech gets done, for humans,” said Troy Hege, vice president of innovation and technology at Purdue Research Foundation. “The center seeks to enable collaboration among industry and academia.”
Daniels taps Chiang, Bertoline for strategic leadership roles
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Purdue President Mitch Daniels on Friday (April 23) announced two senior leadership appointments as the university continues to position itself to achieve strategic initiatives, advance in Purdue’s core areas of strength and respond to national and international need.
“Having carefully selected targets for Purdue’s major new investments, it’s equally important that we put our best people on the job leading those initiatives and producing results,” Daniels said. We don’t have finer or more proven leaders than these two, both great scholars with records of action to match.”
WEST LAFAYETTE Purdue plans to construct a new child care facility near the Discovery Park District to replace the existing Patty Jischke Early Care and Education Center.
President Mitch Daniels spoke to University Senate members this week with updates on the new facility plans, which will be located on property adjacent to 2550 Northwestern Ave. in West Lafayette.
The existing center will remain open until the new building is completed. Currently, plans and construction are being finalized, and the new center is expected to open in 2022.
The property is already owned by Purdue, according to a release, and market research conducted indicated the spot “would be convenient for families due to its proximity to residential neighborhoods, the Purdue Research Park and commute patterns.”
All-in-one device uses microwave power for defense, medicine
An invention from Purdue University innovators may provide a new option to use directed energy for biomedical and defense applications. (Stock image)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – An invention from Purdue University innovators may provide a new option to use directed energy for biomedical and defense applications.
The Purdue invention uses composite based nonlinear transmission lines (NLTLs) for a complete high-power microwave system, eliminating the need for multiple auxiliary systems. The interest in NLTLs has increased in the past few decades because they offer an effective solid-state alternative to conventional vacuum-based, high-power microwave generators that require large and expensive external systems, such as cryogenic electromagnets and high-voltage nanosecond pulse generators.