Photo Index 2005

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• Petritz.Columbus (2 photos) --Purdue President Martin C. Jischke learns about the winemaking process from Simmons Winery owners David and Brenda Simmons during a community visit to Columbus, Ind., on Thursday (Dec. 15). Purdue agricultural experts helped to establish the award-winning winery in 2000. (second photo) From left, Cummins Inc. engineer and Purdue graduate Erik Piper, Cummins Vice President and Chief Technical Officer John C. Wall and Cummins engineer Ron Lannan show Purdue President Martin C. Jischke a turbo charger model. Jischke toured the Cummins Technical Center on Thursday (Dec. 15) during a community visit to Columbus, Ind. Cummins Inc. manufactures engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration emission solutions and electrical power generation systems.

• Maynard.Latino --Lymarie Fry listens to Babe's heartbeat in an exam room in the Wellness Clinic at Purdue's School of Veterinary Medicine.

• Calais.earthquake (2 photos) --Purdue University geophysicist Eric Calais stands next to a Global Positioning System station of the sort his research team used to discover movements never before detected in the Earth's crust. Precise satellite observation of GPS stations across North America revealed that portions of the northeastern section of the continent are moving southward at rates on the order of 1 mm per year. (second photo) Arrows on this map indicate the present-day horizontal movements of the Earth's surface in North America, which a recent Purdue University study has determined is not a completely rigid land mass as scientists had previously thought. Precise Global Positioning System measurements at several hundred sites indicate that the northern part of the continent is moving generally southward at rates up to 1 mm per year.

• Frosch.bridges --Robert Frosch, an associate professor of civil engineering at Purdue, displays various types of reinforcing bars used in bridge construction. At top left are two segments of conventional steel rebar, and the remaining segments are samples of corrosion-resistant plastic bars reinforced with glass or carbon fibers.

• Fingerman.aging (2 photos) --Joel Ebarb, assistant professor in visual and performing arts, uses stage makeup techniques to visually age John Apolzan, 25, a graduate student in foods and nutrition from Indianapolis. In the background, Angela Yoder, a sophomore theater major from Lafayette, applies makeup to Karis Pallone, 25, a doctoral student in sociology and gerontology from Baltimore. The students were part of a class called "Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Aging" taught by Karen Fingerman, an associate professor in child development and family studies. The course is required for graduate students who minor in gerontology. Fingerman said she wanted the students to get a sense of aging and visually grasp the reality that it will eventually happen to them. (second photo) John Apolzan, 25, a Purdue University graduate student in foods and nutrition from Indianapolis, before (left) and after aging makeup and Karis Pallone, 25, a doctoral student in sociology and gerontology from Baltimore. The students were part of a class called "Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Aging" taught by Karen Fingerman, an associate professor in child development and family studies. The course is required for graduate students who minor in gerontology.

• Chen.ABC --This graphic illustrates the process by which a membrane protein opens and closes, as envisioned by Jue Chen's research team at Purdue University. ABC proteins, which are the inner portion of a membrane protein, function like tiny tweezers and are powered by ATP, a chemical that animal cells use for energy transport. When the tweezers squeeze shut, the outer section of the membrane protein opens to reveal a small cavity that can hold a nutrient or other substance the cell requires from the outside. Once the nutrient is there, the cell uses water to signal the "tweezers" to relax, closing the membrane protein gate and capturing the nutrient. Lastly, the membrane protein releases the nutrient into the cell's interior.

• Blewett.regwin05 (2 photos) --Michael Dwan, CEO of SFI Systems located in the Purdue Research Park, makes the winning $25,000 presentation today (Wednesday, Nov. 30) in the Opportunity for Indiana Business Plan Competition at the Purdue Research Park. (second photo) Crystal Hoover of Tot Shots Photography in Whiting, Ind., makes her presentation today (Wednesday, Nov. 30) in the Opportunity for Indiana Business Plan Competition at the Purdue Research Park. There also was a competition at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne on Tuesday (Nov. 29), and there will be another on Thursday (Dec. 1) at Purdue North Central in Westville. The competitions are sponsored by Lilly Endowment and the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship at Purdue University's Discovery Park.

• Shalaev.negative --This image, taken with a field-emission scanning electron microscope, shows tiny parallel "nanorods" of gold that represent the first material that has a "negative index of refraction" in the wavelength of light used for telecommunications, a step that could lead to better communications and imaging technologies. The material, created by Purdue engineers, conducts clouds of electrons called "plasmons" with a frequency of light referred to as the near-infrared, the same wavelength used for fiberoptic communications. Each of the rods is about as wide as 100 nanometers, or 100 billionths of a meter, and 700 nanometers long.

• Contreni.program --Aleeah Livengood (left), who will complete her master's degree in special education next semester, talks with Dwight Lewis, director of minority programs for Purdue's graduate school. Also at the meeting were first-year doctoral student in curriculum and instruction, Hollie Kulago of Sawmill, Ariz.; Leanna Begay, a senior in applied indigenous studies of Flagstaff, Ariz., who is at Purdue this semester on a semester exchange program for Northern Arizona University; John Contreni, dean of the graduate school; and Valerie Shirley of Ganado, Ariz., who is working on a doctorate in curriculum and instruction. The group is developing a program to help Native Americans adapt to life away from home and to encourage more Native Americans to attend graduate school at Purdue.

• Murphy.roots --Molecules in laboratory plants grown in the Purdue University horticulture greenhouses are helping cell biologist Angus Murphy unravel why human cells reject cancer drugs.

• TAP-annual --Studies performed by Purdue graduate student Amirali Noorinaeini (left) and Mark Lehto, associate professor of industrial engineering (middle), helped to reassure Rocky Luna, general manager of Distribution and Auto Service Inc. in Lafayette, Ind., that his company could take on the customization challenges of Subaru-Isuzu's 2006 lineup. Distribution and Auto Service Inc. was one of more than 420 companies that worked with Purdue experts in 2004-05 through Purdue's Technical Assistance Program, according to the program's recently released annual Report.

• Campbell.award --Purdue University President Martin C. Jischke, from left, Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Eugene White and Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson talk today (Friday, Nov. 11) after Purdue's Science Bound program received an Excellence in Education Award. The monthly award, presented by the mayor's office, honors students, teachers, groups or schools that have made a significant contribution to public education in Indianapolis and whose work inspires others. Science Bound, a partnership among Purdue, IPS and the Indianapolis business community, was initiated in 2000. IPS students participate in science-related after-school activities, field trips and summer camps. After successfully completing the program, students receive a four-year tuition scholarship to Purdue to study for a science, engineering or technology career.

• Petritz.Frankfort --Purdue University President Martin C. Jischke (center) and Frankfort Mayor Donald Stock (right) listen as plant manager Rich Lewis explains how Donaldson Co. Inc. of Frankfort, Ind., manufactures filtration systems and replacement parts. Jischke and other university officials toured the company Wednesday (Nov. 9) during a community visit to Lafayette and Frankfort. This is the fifth year Jischke and university leaders have conducted daylong visits to Indiana communities. More than 50 previous stops have ranged from Gary to Jasper and from South Bend to Lebanon. Future visits are planned for Plymouth, Columbus, Fort Wayne, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Elkhart and New Albany.

• Adams.suspension --Muhammad Haroon, a Purdue mechanical engineering doctoral student, works on sensors installed in a car suspension system at the university's Ray W. Herrick Laboratories. Purdue researchers have developed a method for analyzing the components of automotive suspension systems in work aimed at improving the performance, reducing the weight and increasing the durability of suspensions. Their method can be used to show precisely how a part's performance is changed by damage and also how its changing performance affects other parts in the suspension.

• Burke.statded --Members of the Grotnes family and Purdue officials took part in a dedication ceremony Friday (Nov. 4) for "The Boilermaker," a new statue located between the Intercollegiate Athletic Facility and the Mollenkopf Athletic Center. Eugene R. Grotnes of Atlanta, Ga., and his family were honored for their strong ties to Purdue at the event, and the statue was dedicated in memory of Eugene Grotnes' father, Carl. Three generations of the Grotnes family have attended or are currently enrolled at Purdue.

• Sulma.cancer (2 photos) --Sulma Mohammed (left), assistant professor in cancer biology in Purdue's School of Veterinary Medicine, marks cancer cells as Krystal Madden, a first-year graduate student in veterinary pathobiology, loads slides into the laser capture microdissector. The instrument picks up only cancer cells for subsequent analysis of DNA, RNA or protein. (second photo) Sulma Mohammed (left) and Krystal Madden look at a gel sample of cancer cells in Purdue's School of Veterinary Medicine.

• Headdy.portraits --Visitor Information Center student volunteers (left to right) Sharat Agadi, Ashley Crawford and Robert Orr, along with Shiloh the Wonderdog, pose for a group portrait in front of the winter holiday backdrop at the center on Friday (Oct. 28). Photos can be taken in front of the backdrops Nov. 7 to Dec. 17. Holiday portraits featuring Purdue backgrounds also will be available this year at the Dick and Sandy Dauch Alumni Center.

• Jenks.ressurrection --A mutant Arabidopsis that seemed to rise from the dead helped Purdue plant physiologist Matthew Jenks and his research team find a genetic connection between lipid synthesis and embryo development in plants. The abnormal plant helped them discover a new gene they dubbed Resurrection that apparently plays a part in lipid signaling of seed abortion.

• Dietrich.haunted --Purdue computer graphics technology students Justin Heisler, from left, and Jack Moreland examine details in the virtual reality haunted mansion they created for a class project in the university's Envision Center for Data Perceptualization. "Castle Highmoore" is available for free public tours on Halloween day.

• Kjonaas.defibs --Bryan Keller, a Purdue University bus driver, displays an automatic external defibrillator that he has been trained to use in an emergency. The heart-starting devices are now available on all Purdue-owned buses.

• Cheng.nanorods --Gold nanorods, which fluoresce red, were photographed inside the blood vessels of a live mouse by researchers in Purdue's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemistry. The researchers have taken a step toward developing a new type of ultra-sensitive medical imaging technique that works by shining a laser through the skin to detect the tiny rods injected into the bloodstream. In tests with mice, the nanorods yielded images nearly 60 times brighter than conventional fluorescent dyes, including rhodamine, commonly used for a wide range of biological imaging to study the workings of cells and molecules.

• Doerr.auction --Harry Latshaw grimaces as John Van Vleet (right), associate dean and professor of veterinary pathology, begins to shave his head, assisted by Sandra Amass, associate professor in clinical sciences. Latshaw is a former veterinary technician who volunteered to let the top bidder give him a Mohawk haircut in an auction for the School of Veterinary Medicine.

• Johnston.crisps --Kalista Johnston will begin shipping Baked Cheese Crisps to stores later this year. She turned her business idea into reality with help from Purdue Extension and people like John Motz, whose students at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne helped design product packaging.

• Jackson.soygenome --Purdue plant geneticist Scott Jackson and a research team have received a $4.5 million National Science Foundation grant for work aimed at sequencing the soybean genome. The genome eventually will provide information to improve crops.

• Adams.coastguard --Purdue University mechanical engineering graduate student Harold Kess (standing) uses a special "modal hammer" to strike a mock section of a U.S. Coast Guard aircraft to study how much additional vibration would be created by installing a large window to help increase the visibility for search-and-rescue missions. Douglas E. Adams, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, monitors vibration data on a computer screen as Ackers strikes the aircraft section, which was built with the help of Purdue's School of Aviation Technology.

• Stoltz.crowned --Alex Fenske of Richton Park, Ill., and Stephanie Tieken of Wadesville, Ind., on Saturday (Oct. 15) were crowned Purdue University's Homecoming king and queen during halftime of the Purdue-
  Northwestern game.

• Diffenbaugh.model --These graphics illustrate some of the changes in climate predicted for the 21st century by Purdue University's Noah Diffenbaugh and his team of scientists using a computer simulation they recently completed. The simulation indicates that the entire continental United States will experience more intense heat waves, most dramatically in the desert Southwest (top figure). It also indicates that several areas, notably the Gulf Coast, will experience more storms that bring heavy precipitation (bottom figure). The computer model, which incorporates many climatic factors in unprecedented detail, suggests that these changes will be significant enough to disrupt our national economy and infrastructure.

• Celebrate.Guidant --Leslie Geddes, Purdue's Showalter Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Bioengineering, and doctoral graduate Rebecca Roeder test a biomedical device they invented that uses optical techniques to measure the vital signs of premature infants.

• Celebrate.boat --Winged spectators flock to cheer on the women's varsity heavyweight division of the Purdue Crew at the Dad Vail finals last May in Pennsylvania. Purdue University will celebrate progress made toward raising funds to build a new boathouse, which will be constructed on land acquired by the city of West Lafayette in an area just upstream of the new scenic overlook at the old Brown Street Bridge abutment.

• Celebrate.Krach (2 photos) -- Team facilitator Aaron Montgomery, a senior in the College of Technology (from left), helps Alli Osborn, a sophomore in the College of Liberal Arts, and Beth Homrich, residential life manager in Purdue Village, perform a traverse following a dedication ceremony today (Friday, Oct. 14) for Purdue's new high ropes challenge course. The course, donated by the Class of 1979, is the first of its kind at a Big Ten university and is now available for use in teamwork and leadership development exercises. (second photo) The Purdue Class of 1979 is contributing a high-ropes course to the university. Shown under construction in September, the course will be available for students, faculty, staff, alumni and the public to use in teamwork and leadership development exercises. The high-ropes course is the first at a Big Ten university.

• Celebrate.Chao (3 photos) -- Bryan Katzenmeyer, analytic chemist at the Chao Center explains research capabilities of the newly dedicated Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy to Lee-Hwa and Allen Chao, the Purdue alumni who donated $5 million dollars to build it. The center includes dissolution test equipment that can simulate human digestive conditions to fine tune pharmaceutical delivery. (second photo) Chao Center Exterior. (third photo) Facilities coordinator Brad McKinney, at right, and David Eubank, manufacturing and facilities manager, test a pill-making machine at the Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy & Contract Manufacturing.

• Celebrate.cancer --Liju Yang, a postdoctoral research associate in Purdue's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, uses a microscope to see bacterial cells placed into a microchip containing an antibody that captures the bacteria. The technology, developed in the lab of professor Rashid Bashir, offers promise for creating devices called "biochips" that can also detect proteins indicative of diseases such as cancer. Such devices can provide a means to perform early detection of cancer from body fluids. (Purdue News Service photo/Dave Umberger)

• Celebrate.Miller (2 photos) --Students from the Purdue Child Care Program, including, from right, 4-year-old Gabriella Reynolds, Rukundo Tonge, 3, and Deryck Kim, 4, say thank you in sign language to Maxine and Ben Miller for their gift to Purdue's new Human Development Institute. The Millers of Lafayette, Ind., gave a leadership gift to the Child Care Program, which will be renamed the Ben and Maxine Miller Child Learning Center. (second photo) Children enjoy learning and playtime at the Purdue Child Care Program in the Department of Child Development and Family Studies. The Child Care Program will be renamed the Ben and Maxine Miller Child Learning Center in honor of the couple's gift to the program.

• Raman.nanotubes (2 photos) --This image shows a carbon nanotube attached to a conventional silicon tip used on an instrument called an atomic force microscope, which is used to measure tiny features on the scale of nanometers. Forces between individual atoms called van der Waals' forces cause the flexible, vibrating probe to stick to the sides of the tiny structures, producing "artifacts," or inaccuracies in the final image. (second photo) This image shows a comparison between an image taken with a conventional silicon tip (left) and a nanotube, both used on an atomic force microscope to scan the surface of an object to measure tiny contours on the scale of nanometers. While nanotubes are more slender and flexible than the silicon tips, making them ideal to reach into the nooks and crannies of nano-structures, the tubes have a tendency to stick to the sides of the structures because of forces between individual atoms called van der Waals' forces.

• Celebrate.Birck (4 photos) --Michael J. Birck, at left, looks at a mass spectrometer during a lab tour at the new $60 million Birck Nanotechnology Center in Purdue's Discovery Park. Behind him are alumnus William B. Elmore, astronaut and alumnus Neil Armstrong, and former Purdue trustee Bob F. Jessie. The center was dedicated today (Saturday, Oct. 8) before a crowd of about 250 people. The center is named for Michael and Katherine (Kay) Birck, who donated $30 million for the facility. William and Mary Jane Elmore donated $2 million toward the center's Elmore Advanced Wireless Concept Validation Laboratory. (second photo) Michael and Katherine Birck in nanotechnology center (third photo) Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center, considered among the best university facilities designed specifically for research in nanotechnology, will be dedicated during an Oct. 8 ceremony. The $58 million center, a two-floor, 187,000-square-foot facility, involves about 260 faculty and staff members and graduate students from 25 schools and departments across the university. (fourth photo) Samir Iqbal, a doctoral student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, works under a laboratory hood to transfer a small amount of DNA solution to electronic chips. DNA attaches to gold molecules on such "biochips" in a technology that offers promise for creating devices for detecting bacteria and other substances by combining proteins, DNA and other biological molecules with electronic components. Such chips might be used to detect cancer cells and cancer-related proteins.

• Celebrate.Mann --Grant Robinson, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering technology from Leeds, England, uses a high-speed milling machine in one of Purdue's advanced manufacturing laboratories. The Center for Advanced Manufacturing, and several other centers, will be located in Mann Hall in Discovery Park, the university's research and enterprise hub. Mann Hall is named for Gerald and Edna Mann, who have made a $3 million pledge to Discovery Park operations.

• Stoltz.events (2 photos) --Alexis Denz, at left, and Calerie Sirek, both juniors majoring in mechanical engineering, paint a window for Purdue's Homecoming celebration at the former Veno's restaurant in Purdue Village West. The theme of this year's window painting, banner competition and float contest is "All Eyes on Purdue: Purdue Mascots Starring in Your Favorite Movie." Denz and Sirek are members ofÊPhi Sigma Rho sorority. Homecoming activities begin Thursday (Oct. 13) with a carnival and pep rally, continue Friday (Oct. 14) with a parade and fireworks display, and culminate Saturday (Oct. 15) with a celebration on the Purdue Mall before the Purdue vs. Northwestern football game. (second photo) Martin and Patty Jischke sing with Golden Girl Christy Stallings during last year's Homecoming. This year's Homecoming includes a blood drive Wednesday, Oct. 12, in the Purdue Memorial Union South Ballroom, a carnival and pep rally at Slayter Hill on Thursday, Oct. 13, and on Friday, Oct. 14, the fifth annual Boilermaker Night Train Homecoming Parade with the theme "All Eyes on Purdue: Purdue Mascots Starring in Your Favorite Movie." A fireworks display is planned after the parade. The Homecoming game is Saturday, Oct. 15, against Northwestern. The Homecoming king and queen will be crowned during halftime of the game.

• Celebrate.bio (2 photos) --Structural biologist Michael G. Rossmann, at left, speaks with his long-time collaborator Richard Kuhn, head of Purdue University's Department of Biological Sciences, at a party celebrating Rossmann's 75th birthday. Rossmann, the Henley Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences, is credited with being one of the pioneers of the structural biology field, which has provided numerous insights into the inner workings of viruses, proteins and other fundamental elements of the biological world. (second photo) This figure shows a surface-shaded image of the West Nile virus particle produced by Purdue University biologists using cryoelectron microscopy. The surface is composed of proteins that enable the virus to bind with and invade a host cell. The particle is approximately 50 nanometers in diameter, or about 1/1000th of the width of a human hair.

• Celebrate.BCM --Students in the Department of Building Construction Management learn about building homes and other structures in one of the department's laboratories. The department, part of Purdue's College of Technology, has received a gift to establish an endowed professorship in reconstruction and disaster restoration.

• Celebrate.Beck (2 photos) --Francis and Pauline Beck were active in the seed company their entire lives. Francis and his father founded the company in 1937 after each planted three-acre allotments with seed corn from Purdue University's Department of Botany. (second photo) The Beck family is recognizing their connection with Purdue University through a gift to build a new training and research facility at the college's Agronomy Center for Research and Education. The family includes Glendia Beck and Shantel Beck (seated from left), and Tracey Beck, Tony Beck, Sonny Beck, Kim Marschand, Todd Marschand and Scott Beck (standing from left). Sonny and Glendia's children Scott, Tony and Kim, like their father, are all Purdue graduates.

• Celebrate.icon (2 photos) --This Russian icon of Christ Pantocrator is one of 132 icons Katherine "Betsy" Scheuring is giving to Purdue Galleries' permanent collection. Scheuring, a longtime Indianapolis resident and ballet instructor, has collected Russian and Ethiopian icons since the 1970s. This icon is an oil painting on panel with silver riza, and was made during the second half of 19th century. (second photo) This Russian icon shows an image from the story of St. George Slaying the Dragon. The icon, which is painted with egg tempera on a panel, is part of the 132 icons Katherine "Betsy" Scheuring is giving to Purdue Galleries' permanent collection.

• Celebrate.Bindlley --William E. Bindley embraces his wife, Mary Ann, atop the new Bindley Bioscience Center as Purdue President Martin C. Jischke looks on. Balloons fly to celebrate the dedication of the $15 million center in Purdue's Discovery Park, which will enhance the university's interdisciplinary research. (second photo) William E. Bindley and his wife, Mary Ann, stand in the walkway connecting the Bindley Bioscience Center with the Birck Nanotechnology Center in PurdueÕs Discovery Park. Bindley contributed half of the funds toward the $15 million Bindley Bioscience Center, which will provide space for scientists to conduct interdisciplinary research more effectively. (third photo) Purdue chemist R. Graham Cooks, at left, works with student Nathan Sanders on a mass spectrometer the Cooks team is developing. Efforts to improve mass spectrometer technology, which could be used in law enforcement and pharmaceutical development, are an example of the interdisciplinary research the Bindley Bioscience Center will accommodate. (fourth photo) The Bindley Bioscience Center is now open for business in Purdue's Discovery Park, where it will provide space for interdisciplinary research on campus. Alumnus William E. Bindley in 2002 contributed $52.5 million to Purdue, $7.5 million of which he designated to cover half the cost of the building.

• Celebrate.Spurgeon (2 photos) --Purdue University's new all-weather Tom Spurgeon Golf Training Center gives Purdue golfers an indoor putting green, a swing-analysis video computer system and multiple heated hitting bays. The center is estimated to be open by spring. (second photo) Purdue University's Tom Spurgeon Golf Training Center will include an undulated indoor chipping and putting area. The center of the putting area will simulate hills and breaks found on real greens, and turf around the outside will allow practice pitching and chipping. The nets can be lowered to accommodate more golfers on both sides of the room.

• Celebrate.Barany (4 photos) --Women cadets work in the Michael Golden Laboratory in Purdue's School of Industrial Engineering in 1943. The lab focuses on numerous aspects of manufacturing, including product and process design, engineering, management, science and work force development. (second photo) In 1946, following World War II, returning soldiers studied industrial and mechanical engineering in Purdue's Michael Golden Laboratory in the School of Industrial Engineering. (third photo) Robert Feyen, assistant professor in the Purdue School of Industrial Engineering, is a researcher in electronic flight instrument systems, also know as "glass cockpit" technology. This technology will change cockpit design and development and increase system reliability and safety. (fouth photo) Research in the Purdue School of Industrial Engineering will improve the shift from a traditional analog cockpit to glass cockpit technology (shown). This research will improve cockpit design and improve system reliability and safety.

• Cooks.explosives --Two graduate students in the lab of Purdue University's R. Graham Cooks demonstrate the method by which their modified mass spectrometer, a common piece of equipment in chemistry labs, can be used to detect trace quantities of hazardous materials on documents, luggage, skin and other surfaces. Ismael Cotte-Rodriguez, on left, holds a passport up to the sensing port of the mass spectrometer while Nari Talaty performs the computer analysis. Portable gear that uses the technology should be able to detect picogram-sized samples (trillionths of a gram) of explosives, chemical weapons, and other hazards within 5 seconds.

• Pittendrigh.legos --Simple Legos (r) building blocks help Barry Pittendrigh and Kathryn Orvis teach students about the complicated concept of genomics. The two Purdue University faculty members developed the strategy called GAME - Genomic Analogy Model for Educators - and have made it available for teachers to use in the classroom and for others who want to understand the basis for biotechnology.

• Hirleman.darpa --Purdue University is contributing $50,000 to the Indy Robot Racing Team's autonomous vehicle, built within a 2004 Jeep Rubicon, which is competing in the U.S. Department of Defense’s autonomous vehicle qualifications race through Oct. 5.

• Lipschutz.meteorites --Purdue University's Michael E. Lipschutz analyzed enstatite chondrite meteorites in a recent study of the materials near Earth at the dawn of the solar system about 4.5 billion years ago. Data from the study may offer clues into the conditions under which the Earth formed, evidence of which no longer exists in terrestrial stone.

• Malavenda.relief --Red Cross representative Denise Hollinger, at left, helps Chelsea Steele, organizer of the relief fund and Mortar Board community chair, hold up money raised by Purdue students for Hurricane Katrina victims. With the help of more than 20 student organizations, over $16,000 was raised to help Hurricane Katrina victims, and campus fund-raising activities are continuing.

• Cooperider.statue --Workers with J.R. Kelly Co. Inc. of Lafayette, Ind., on Monday (Sept. 26, 2005) get ready to hoist a statue, called "The Boilermaker," onto its platform at Purdue University in West Lafayette. The 5,400-pound, 18-foot bronze statue, to be locatedÊbetween the intercollegiate athletic facility and the Mollenkopf Athletic Center, was created by sculptor Jon Hair of Cornelius, N.C., and was commissioned by an anonymous donor who wanted to present Purdue with a statue of the world's largest boilermaker. University officials researched several old photographs and newspaper articles to ensure the statue would accurately depict a 19th century boilermaker. The statue will be dedicated Nov. 4 to celebrate the completion of the phase one renovation of Ross-Ade Stadium.

• Ramani.CAD05 (2 photos) --A "shape-search" method developed by engineers at Purdue University enables people to search a company's catalog of parts created with computer-aided design software. The method, which has been commercialized by a company in the Purdue Research Park, lets people sketch the general shape of the part they are looking for and retrieves parts that match the sketch. As this image illustrates, users also can pick an inventoried CAD part that resembles the part they are seeking, and the system retrieves matches. The search can be conducted over the Internet or internally at a company site. Shape-search engines could save time and millions of dollars annually by making it easier for companies to "reuse" previous designs, reducing redundancy and streamlining a company's supply chain. (second photo) Three-dimensional shape searching is a problem of current interest in several different fields, especially in the mechanical engineering domain. There has been a large body of work in developing representations for 3-D shapes. However, there has been limited work done in developing domain dependent benchmark databases for 3-D shape searching. In this paper, we propose a benchmark database for evaluating shape based search methods relevant to the mechanical engineering domain. Twelve feature vector-based representations are compared using the benchmark database. The main contributions of this paper are development of an engineering shape benchmark and an understanding of the effectiveness of different shape representations for classes of engineering parts.

• Cooperider.statue --An 18-foot bronze statue of a historically accurate boilermaker will be erected Monday (Sept. 26) between the Intercollegiate Athletics facility and the Mollenkopf Athletics Center at Purdue University. Sculptor Jon Hair of Cornelius, N.C., began work on the statue in 2003 on behalf of an anonymous donor who wanted to present Purdue with a statue of the world's largest boilermaker. "The Boilermaker" will be dedicated Nov. 4 to celebrate the completion of the phase one renovation of Ross-Ade Stadium.

• McKenzie.trees --Purdue Extension's "Fifty Trees of Indiana" CD has applications in the classroom and the field. Detailed photos and tree use information make the CD handy both for class tree identification projects and forestland owners.

• Kreger.Army --Workers complete construction on a large-scale model of a U.S. Army barracks inside Purdue University's Robert L. and Terry L. Bowen Laboratory for Large-Scale Civil Engineering Research. Civil engineers are using the specialized laboratory to test the 32-foot-tall structure to determine whether the aging military buildings are dangerously susceptible to earthquakes. Features in the laboratory include a testing area with a "strong floor" and 40-foot-high "reaction wall" containing numerous holes in which to anchor powerful hydraulic actuators that apply forces to large-scale structural models.

• Boushey.Irish --Holly Guiden (right) and Sarah Browne, graduate students from the Dublin Institute of Technology in Ireland who are at Purdue University for the semester, conduct weighing experiments in a lab in the Department of Foods and Nutrition.

• Katrina.fundraising (2 photos) --Nick Colter, an Owen Hall resident assistant and senior majoring in management from Kokomo, Ind., climbs out of a dunk tank after being knocked in by Verica Riley (right), a service worker at the residence hall. The tank gave students a chance to dunk their resident assistants as a way to raise money for survivors of Hurricane Katrina. (second photo) Judith Myers-Walls (foreground), associate professor of child development and family studies, assembles hurricane relief kits with consumer and family sciences students (background from left) Soo-Young Hong, Beth Banks and Breanna Nelson. The group sent 64 health kits and 24 kids' kits to the Church World Service for disaster relief. Myers-Walls spearheaded the campaign to enable children from the Purdue Child Care Program to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. The kits were collected from the children and from students, faculty and staff from the College of Consumer and Family Sciences. Hong is a doctoral student from Korea, Banks is a senior majoring in hospitality and tourism management from Granger, Ind., and Nelson is a sophomore majoring in retail management from Lynn Center, Ill.

• Rodriguez.quantum --Physicist Jorge H. Rodriguez is shown here with the computer cluster he and his Purdue research team are using to probe the effects that spin, a quantum property of elementary particles, has on certain biochemical reactions. With further refinement, Rodriguez's efforts could permit scientists to simulate and predict the results of reactions between complex substances in a virtual environment without the need to combine them physically in the lab. This technique that could reduce drug development time and costs for pharmaceutical companies and expand ourÊknowledge of life's fundamental processes.

• Guo.nanoparticles --This triangular particle, which is about 25 billionths of a meter across, could become one of nanotechnology's contributions to the fight against cancer. Three strands of RNA – a close chemical cousin of DNA – are linked together to form this "nanoparticle," created in the lab of Purdue University's Peixuan Guo. Each of the strands is spliced together from two kinds of RNA – one sort serves as a scaffold and dovetail to hold the particle together; while the other carries a hunter to find cancer cells, a marker to detect the target, or genetic instructions deadly to a cancer cell. The nanoparticles have already proven effective against cancer growth in living mice as well as lab-grown human nasopharlyngeal carcinoma and breast cancer cells.

• Mittal.birdflu --Current vaccines against human cases of bird flu, or avian influenza, are effective only against specific strains of these illnesses. Purdue University molecular virologist Suresh Mittal and collaborators are investigating using a harmless virus, called an adenovirus, as a delivery vehicle to develop vaccines that will continue to provide protection as influenza strains mutate.

• Sigman.Pao (3 photos) --Purdue President Martin C. Jischke speaks to Anna Pao Sohmen today (Monday, Sept. 12) after unveiling a bust of Sohmen's father Yue-Kong Pao, for whom the new visual and performing arts hall is named. Sohmen graduated from Purdue in 1966 with degrees in psychology and sociology and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2003. The $43.4 million hall is the College of Liberal Arts' home to the four divisions that make up visual and performing arts: art and design, music, dance, and theater. (second photo) Lisa Lee Peterson, professor and assistant head of the Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts, teaches a weaving class in the new Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts. (third photo) Professor Richard Rand's movement class for actors practices in one of the new acting studios in the Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts.

• Pajor.sowhouse --Pasture is one of the housing options for pigs. Producers are especially interested in the best way to care for their gestating sows. Purdue and collaborators have produced an educational DVD set and Web site to help answer questions about different hog housing.

• Varma.fuelcells --Engineers at Purdue University adjust a test chamber used in research to develop a new way of producing hydrogen for fuel cells to automatically recharge batteries in portable electronics, such as notebook computers, an approach that could eliminate the need to use a wall outlet. From foreground at left are research scientist Evgeny Shafirovich, Victor Diakov, a postdoctoral research associate, and Arvind Varma, the R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and head of Purdue's School of Chemical Engineering.

• Gay.boilercast --Justin Williams, a Purdue University senior, listens to a lecture on an Apple iPod in a student lounge on campus. Purdue is now podcasting lectures of some classes through a service called BoilerCast. Williams says that he enjoys the service because the lectures are sent automatically to his digital player when he synchs it with his computer.

• Blackwelder.comm --Dennis Savaiano, middle, dean of Purdue's School of Consumer and Family Sciences, stands with Connie Basham, left, and John Basham during Chamber Business After Hours at the Dick and Sandy Dauch Alumni Center Tuesday, Aug. 16. The Bashams were honored at the event for their gift of $2.06 million to the community portion of the Campaign for Purdue. A $1.5 million deferred gift from the couple will fund three scholarship endowments, including a $500,000 scholarship for child development and family studies in the College of Consumer and Family Sciences.

• Discovery.cyber --Technical software specialist John R. Jackson peers through a window at the opposite end of a new robotic-tape library in Purdue's machine room containing the university's supercomputer and several high-performance computer "clusters" operated by Information Technology at Purdue's Rosen Center for Advanced Computing. The robotic drive selects appropriate tapes when users request data. A new cyberinfrastructure center at Purdue will use the computers, along with other hardware, software and facilities, to enhance research and education and set the stage for more federal funding. The center, based at the university's Discovery Park, is being funded for the first three years with a portion of a $10 million Lilly Endowment grant.

• Purdue at State Fair (2 photos) --Purdue veterinarian Sandy Amass displays Kriss, a 12-year-old, 25-pound boa constrictor during Purdue Day at the Indiana State Fair, on Wednesday Aug. 17). Passersby could pet the snake at one of the Purdue exhibits set up along Main Street at the fairgrounds. (second photo) Twins Parker (left) and Maci Slavin, 10, get a close look at the inside of a NASCAR racecar during Purdue Day at the Indiana State Fair on Wednesday (Aug. 17). The car is the backup of Purdue graduate Ryan Newman. The Slavins are from Westfield, Ind.

• Gore.energy --Purdue President Martin C. Jischke today (Wednesday, Aug. 17) announces the creation of the universityÕs Energy Center during Purdue Day at the Indiana State Fair. Attending the event were, in background from left, Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman; Charles Conner, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Alan Rebar, interim executive director of Discovery Park; and Jay Gore, the Vincent P. Reilly Professor in Mechanical Engineering and interim director of the Energy Center. The center, which will be located in Discovery Park, will research various forms of energy, such as ethanol, nuclear, clean coal, solar and wind turbine, to help America become energy independent. It was initially funded by a grant from Lilly Endowment and recently received $85 million in federal funding to be shared with similar energy centers in Illinois and Kentucky.

• Johnson.windsor --Bob Barnes, a worker with Indianapolis-based contractor Stafford-Smith, puts finishing touches on the salad bar area at the new Windsor Dining Court. Scheduled to open before the start of classes, the new dining court is the latest facility in Purdue's plan to dramatically change student dining.

• Gentry.interns (2 photos) --Julie Sievers, a senior in materials engineering at Purdue from Peoria, Ill., sets up an experiment with a fuel cell during her internship at Swift Enterprises, a company in Purdue Research Park that performs research and development in propulsion, prototyping of power and propulsive hardware. (second photo) Jessica Moore, a senior in chemical engineering at Purdue from Angola, Ind., uses a calorimeter to test explosives in her work as an intern at Swift Enterprises, a company in Purdue Research Park that performs research and development in propulsion, prototyping of power and propulsive hardware. Swift is one of 72 companies statewide that are taking part in the Interns for Indiana Program at Purdue, funded by the Lilly Endowment Inc.

• Muir.behavior --Purdue animal science geneticist William Muir used Japanese quail for his latest study of animal behavior. Using his new breeding approach of picking individual animals that are passive in their behavior and housing them together, breeders can achieve higher long-term productivity.

• Discovery.energy (4 photos) --From left, Scott Meyer, a senior propulsion engineer, helps Cyril Jos, a master's degree student in aeronautical and astronautical engineering, make final adjustments on a 1,000-pound thrust rocket-based cycle engine at Purdue University's Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories. (second photo) Nancy Ho, a senior research scientist and leader of the lab's molecular genetics group, holds cultures of the new yeast strain (in the Petri dish) and a sample of ethanol. (third photo) From left, Scott Meyer, a senior propulsion engineer, watches while graduate engineering students Zachery Thicksten, Jim Sisco and Jason Wennerberg conduct a test of a 1,000-pound thrust rocket-based combined cycle engine at Purdue University's Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories. The research is part of Discovery Park's new Energy Center. (fourth photo) Kyong-Shin Choi, an assistant professor of chemistry, conducts research in her lab on photo- electrochemical cells that use solar energy to produce hydrogen-based energy.

• CST.berger.park --David White, vice president of CST/berger; David McKinnis, associate vice provost for Purdue University's Office of Engagement and director of Purdue's Technical Assistance Program; and Jan Mills, mayor of West Lafayette chat Monday (July 25) at a Purdue Research Park open house for CST/berger, a division of Stanley Works that manufactures laser leveling tools. The company announced moving its corporate offices to the research park at the open house. CTS/berger will maintain its manufacturing facility and customer service center in Watseka, Ill., about 60 miles northwest of West Lafayette.

• Bill.vettech --Beth Basar, of Round Rock, Texas, learns how to work with large animals at a practicum for Purdue University's Veterinary Technology Distance Learning program in the School of Veterinary Medicine. Basar, who graduates in August, is the first veterinary technician to complete the program, which combines online classes with campus workshops. Graduates will be trained to perform many medical nursing procedures and technical laboratory tasks with companion, food and laboratory animals.

• Purdue Pride --Purdue pride goes a long way - even to Afghanistan. About 9,000 feet up and east of Kabul, Purdue University alumni, students and friends gathered on Gharib Ghar Mountain. Around the Boilermaker flag, from left, are Capt. Steve Fippen of Indianapolis, a 1994 Purdue graduate; Maj. Richard Graham, son of Purdue ROTC Hall of Fame member James Graham; Capt. Chris Lack of Milan, a 2000 graduate; Spc. Richard Sorge of Lawrenceburg, a Purdue student in 2003 when he was deployed who intends to return to Purdue; Bronze Star medal recipient Capt. Gr