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| Campus Chatter - Aug. 31, 2011 |
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Nominations sought for Purdue’s Hovde Award
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Nominations are now being accepted for this year’s Frederick L. Hovde Award of Excellence, given annually to a Purdue University staff member with an outstanding record of educational service to rural Indiana.
Any active member of the Purdue staff is eligible for nomination. A person’s contributions may have been in the classroom, in counseling, in research or through Extension.
Details about the award and how to nominate are available by contacting Debbie Claeys by email at dclaeys@purdue.edu Nomination deadline is Sept. 9. Nominations must be submitted to Claeys by email or by fax at 765-494-7420. The recipient, to be selected by a university committee, will receive a cash prize of $800 and a plaque. The winner’s name also will be added to a permanent display in the Agricultural Administration Building on the West Lafayette campus. The 2010 recipient was Leon Thacker, a veterinarian who became a leader in animal pathology and headed the Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Purdue for 23 years.
Purdue, NSWC develop energy storage degree program
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is developing a program in energy storage technology in cooperation with the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division, located at Crane, Ind.
Purdue and NSWC Crane expect the program eventually to lead to a master’s degree in chemical engineering.
The development of electrical and chemical-based energy storage devices is a critical component of such modern technologies as electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, solar cells, wind turbines, and diesel and biodiesel generators. The program began in July with two intensive segments for 16 students at the Crane West Gate Research Park. The summer program is non-credit but will offer a certificate. This fall, the students will take their first credit course.
The courses will be taught through a combination of on-campus and online delivery. They will come from chemical, materials and industrial engineering.
The master’s in chemical engineering program is expected to take three years to complete. The initial program will be developed for NSWC Crane’s specifications. Other individuals or businesses will be able to participate in future offerings.
Illinois Corn increases support of UoI plant breeders
URBANA, Ill. — As the need for plant breeders increases, the Illinois Corn Marketing Board has again stepped up to meet the challenge by providing support for six additional fellowship years for graduate students in the University of Illinois Plant Breeding Center. The Illinois Corn Marketing Board previously funded four fellowship years for plant breeding students at U of I.
The Illinois Corn Marketing Board’s additional support will fund two Ph.D. students for three years each or three master’s degree students for two years each, Mumm added. This fund has been designated for students studying maize improvement, including value enhancement, improved efficiency and profitability.
Scott Stirling, Illinois Corn Marketing Board chairman, said, “We’re looking at the world’s population doubling soon, which means we’ll have more mouths to feed and presumably less land on which to grow the food. We need to be investing in opportunities for corn plants to better utilize nutrients and water. Those plants hopefully will be better equipped to handle environmental stressors. An excellent place to invest in this future need is in human capital, in the people that will be researching and experimenting to provide the most advanced seed to farmers. That’s why we’re interested in supporting the University of Illinois and their Plant Breeding Fellowships.” |
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