Santiago Lopez’s work evaluates the efficacy of the Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit (QICK) system to help inform research equipment choices for superconducting qubits used in quantum computing. Read more in the 2024 issue of JPUR - docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/vol14/iss…

The Undergraduate Award for Humanities and STEM Research is now accepting applications! This $2,000 award is is open to all Purdue West Lafayette undergraduates, including international and part-time students. Apply by by March 2, 2025: hubs.la/Q033CQKn0

JPUR's Spring Author Callout is coming up soon!

Student researcher Anurag Shah examines historical journalism during the Crimean War and how this affected 19thcentury American public opinion. Read more in the 2024 issue of JPUR - docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/vol14/iss…

The Impact of Anorexia Nervosa on the Gut Microbiome Student researcher Anjali Vanamala uses rat models to examine how anorexia nervosa may affect gut microbial communities. Read more in the 2024 issue of JPUR - docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/vol14/iss…

Rhea Dutta’s research aims to address the role limited teaching preparedness plays in creating low engineering retention rates. Read more in the 2024 issue of JPUR - docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/vol14/iss…

Undergraduate students who will present at PURC on research done in an ILS course or with a School of Information studies mentor are eligible to compete for this award (to be considered, select the Libraries and School of Information Studies as the final judging unit).

Kathleen Martinus’s research applies a data-driven model to better understand the spread of electrical fires in space habitat systems. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/vol14/iss…

Student Nah’Shon Zion Williams researches the role that Martin L. Peirce, a Lafayette banker and Purdue University trustee, in the American abolitionist movement. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/vol14/iss…

The Purdue Undergraduate Research Pitch Competition is coming up soon! The deadline to apply to present is tomorrow. The event on March 27th is also open to the public so feel free to stop by to watch the pitches, participate in a TEDxPurdueU workshop, and talk with JPUR.

Toxic Waste Dumps and Intersectionality Kaitlyn Vasilko examines waste dumps in Lake County, Indiana to study the negative health effects on local communities. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/vol14/iss…

Student researcher Maelyn Fulton investigates early sleep patterns in children with Angelman and Fragile X syndromes using a variety of descriptive data sources. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/vol14/iss…

The Spring Undergraduate Research Conference starts tomorrow! JPUR will be at the poster symposium. Feel free to stop by to chat about publication opportunities and ways to get involved!

Joanna Senff’s snapshot details her contributions to the Black Games Archive (BGA), a project that aims to document Black cultural games. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/vol14/iss…

Gavin Ruan’s research utilizes a machine learning framework to determine optimal food bank locations to improve access to food banks for lower income households. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/vol14/iss…

Wijesooriya Kisal Wijesooriya’s work examines how the dynamics of animals’ neuromusculoskeletal systems can be modeled using applied mathematics. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/vol14/iss…

Students in Dr. Kari Clase’s lab investigate the structure and genome of a bacteriophage recently discovered on Purdue’s campus, the PurduePete mycobacteriophage. Read more in the 2024 edition of JPUR - docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/vol14/iss…