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ME 270: Basic Mechanics I

Welcome to the ME 270 course website for the Fall 2026 term. The material on this site is a complement to the lecture book for the course. And, all material here is accessible without the need to log ...
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Longtime Purdue benefactor Parrish commits $42M to name new Daniels School building

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University has received a $42 million commitment from longtime benefactor and alumnus Roland G. Parrish to name the new flagship facility within the Mitch Daniels School ...
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Earhart expedition update: Crew at sea, expected to arrive on Nikumaroro in 72 hours

HALFWAY BETWEEN TARAWA AND NIKUMARORO, Kiribati — The Marin Mainiku, the Kiribati National Shipping Line vessel transporting the Taraia Object expedition team, is approaching the halfway point Friday ...
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Earhart expedition update: Crew begins 6-day sea voyage to South Pacific atoll Nikumaroro

TARAWA, Kiribati — The Taraia Object expedition team began the next leg of its journey — and its first seaborne one — departing Tarawa, Kiribati, on Wednesday aboard a Kiribati National Shipping Line ...
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Earhart expedition update: Crew departs from Purdue University Airport

All 17 members will be together for the first time at Tarawa, Kiribati, on Oct. 6. They will depart by sea Oct. 7 for Nikumaroro. Archaeological Legacy Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in ...
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1 week out: Countdown to the search for Amelia Earhart’s plane begins

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In one week, the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI), Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) and Purdue University will embark on an expedition to the South Pacific in an attempt to ...
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5 engineering doctoral students selected as Purdue’s inaugural class of ARCS National Scholars

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Meera Doran, Maxwell Kawada, Shaiv Mehra, Peter Meshkov and Christopher Peter have more in common than their individual pursuits of doctoral degrees through Purdue University’s ...
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Purdue expands degree offerings that target Indianapolis’ workforce needs

INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue University has launched the academic year in Indianapolis with multiple new undergraduate- and graduate-level academic programs that lean into the city’s existing industry ...
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SK hynix breaks ground on $4 billion advanced packaging production facility in Purdue Research Park

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — SK hynix Inc. held a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday (Aug. 27) for its advanced packaging fabrication and R&D facility for AI memory in the Purdue Research Park. The event ...
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Purdue secures $19M from NSF to develop AI-driven programmable labs for semiconductors, advanced materials

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University researchers will lead a $19 million effort to build an online, cloud-based lab that provides access to physical labs, simulations and AI tools to a national ...
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Dinosaur-killing asteroid also created a dust cloud that insulated Earth, ‘charbroiling’ Cretaceous creatures

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid about the size of Mount Everest smacked into Earth near where the Yucatan Peninsula is today. That impact created the Chicxulub crater ...