Officials from Purdue University cut the ribbon Wednesday (Jan. 30) on the Manufacturing Design Laboratory, a research space dedicated to the technology-driven future of manufacturing in Indiana and across the globe. Dr. Jan-Anders Mansson, Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Engineering, developed the new Laboratory in Purdue's CMSC.

Davidson School of Chemical Engineering Professor John Morgan is part of a Purdue University research team that has described a complete second pathway used by plants to produce phenylalanine, a compound important for all living organisms. Their findings have been reported in the journal Nature Communications.

Davidson School of Chemical Engineering Professor Vilas Pol has been awarded $50,000 from the Trask Innovation Fund for continued development of his novel research in sustainable, low cost sodium-ion batteries. Dr. Pol is leading a research team in the discovery of Sodium Powder Technology for Sustainable, Low Cost Sodium-ion Batteries.

Purdue Davidson School of Chemical Engineering has announced its schedule of Spring 2019 Graduate Seminars, featuring a slate of outstanding speakers well-known in their respective fields. All seminars are free and open to the public, and will be held in the Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering.

Dr. Letian Dou, Assistant Professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, has been selected for the Office of Naval Research Science & Technology 2019 Young Investigator Award. The ONR YIP identifies and supports academic scientists and engineers who are in their first or second full-time tenure track position, have received their doctorate after January 2011, and show exceptional promise for doing creative research.