Professor Zhang's new patent provides “instructions to a robotic arm that places and fastens construction materials” directly onto buildings, which should massively speed up the construction process on residential buildings. Read more here:

Chad Laux received an international book award for "Lean Sustainability," a coauthored work of practical scholarship that seeks to bring innovative, environmentally-conscious efficiency into the world of industry.

Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar is a coauthor on a new study that shows how trafficking victims could turn the odds in their favor with the help of salon workers—their rare point of contact with the outside world. Read more about what Seigfried-Spellar and the team recommend:

A work of collaborative research between Purdue Polytechnic graphics and information technology faculty and their grad students was recently awarded for their ability to use AI to generate new multiplayer video game levels. Find out how it works here:

Our Indiana Next-Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness Center continues to grow, as it expands alongside a longstanding partnership with Toyota to the University of Evansville:

Farid Breidi in our School of Engineering Technology will soon commence a research project that seeks to use an augmented-reality learning environment to create totally unique, personalized learning environments for engineering students. Learn more about how it will work here:

Congratulations to Jin Wei-Kocsis for a truly sizeable grant from the National Science Foundation. Read more about her team's research topics, and what they hope to achieve:

Tim McGraw won over one of the largest conferences for computer graphics innovation not once, but twice thanks to his visually-stunning and humor-laced presentation, "Mesh Mortal Combat." Read more:

Purdue Polytechnic's Thomas Hacker and graduate student Zhiwei Chu are part of a wider group of Purdue experts helping the National Science Foundation create a new center for AI-powered imaging, which will help identify weaknesses in buildings located in or around natural disaster zones.