April 25, 2011
During Purdue Green Week 2009, Director Bickham presented on the topic of biodiversity to the Purdue President’s Council. “Ecosystem services that support humanity are closely linked with biodiversity. Biodiversity is a local, national, and global issue,” said Bickham.
Read MoreApril 25, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A team of scientists and engineers, including Purdue University mechanical engineering professor Steven Wereley, released figures Thursday (May 27) showing that at least 12,000-19,000 barrels of oil are flowing daily into the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of an April 20 oil rig explosion.
Read MoreApril 25, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University materials engineering professor developing a technology that could be used to help with environmental cleanups such as the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the featured speaker July 22 at the next Science on Tap forum.
Read MoreApril 25, 2011
John W. Bickham, Director of the Center for the Environment, Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Read MoreApril 25, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Controlling urban growth and increasing forested land are the most effective ways to decrease future water runoff and flooding, according to a Purdue University study.
Read MoreApril 25, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University’s Center for the Environment and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are forming a five-year partnership focused on researching the environmental challenges posed by population growth and urbanization in the two countries.
Read MoreApril 25, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Award-winning NPR correspondent Richard Harris, global industry safety expert Deborah Grubbe and congressional staffer Ana Unruh Cohen will speak Oct. 7 at Purdue University as part of a Discovery Lecture focused on safety and communication issues surrounding major oil spills.
Read MoreApril 25, 2011
Earlier this fall, a team of UT scientists traveled to Beijing for the fourth annual workshop of the China-US Joint Research Center for Ecosystem and Environmental Change (JRCEEC).
Read MoreApril 25, 2011
We anticipate a DOE Hub large scale funding opportunity in Battery and Energy Storage’ during next several months. We have arranged an internal half-day meeting on December 16 (1:00 to 4:30 pm; MRGN 129) to share our research/technical capabilities plus information gathered from the DOE. Both the Energy Center and the Birck Nanotechnology Center are coordinating this half-day event.
Read MoreApril 25, 2011
The Role of Partnerships between Scientists and Journalists in the BP Oil Spill In mid-May, NPR first reported that the government was grossly underestimating the size of the BP oilspill in the Gulf of Mexico. NPR Science Correspondent Richard Harris broke that story by working closely with scientists in academia, including Professor Steve Wereley at Purdue University. Richard will recount how he got onto that story, how his reporting unfolded, and how the partnership between journalist and scientists ended up affecting the U.S. government’s approach to what we now recognize as an environmental impact of historic proportions.
Read More