Founded in 1957, Herrick Labs supports world-class Mechanical Engineering research for students, faculty, and industry. Among the facilities available in our 83,000 square feet of space are HVAC and indoor air quality labs; advanced engine test cells; acoustics, noise, and vibration testing; and unique perception-based engineering labs. Herrick Labs is also home to the Center for High Performance Buildings, which partners with industry to develop new technologies in sustainable building systems, indoor environments, human perception and comfort, and high performance equipment.
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When the stress of impending exams gets to be too much... pups come to the rescue! Thank you, Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine & Veterinary Hospital Canine Educators for visiting the lab with your crew of adorable colleagues. #PVMCanineEducators
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Last week at the Purdue Women in Mechanical Engineering Symposium, Madison Ward presented her work from three semesters of consecutive undergraduate research in our group. Her work on her topic "Measurement of Low-Global Warming Potential Refrigerant-Lubricant Properties" has also earned her authorship on an upcoming publication to be presented at the International Energy Agency (IEA) Heat Pump Conference in 2026.
Please note location change for the Presidential Lecture Series featuring Brent Yeagy.
📍 Updated location: Purdue’s next Presidential Lecture Series featuring Brent Yeagy, Purdue alum and CEO of Wabash, in conversation with President Mung Chiang, will now take place at the Convergence Center for Innovation and Collaboration (101 Foundry Drive, West Lafayette) on Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. The event, titled “From Lab to Market: Unlocking Innovation Through Partnership,” is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Reserve your seat today and be part of this engaging discussion on how collaboration between universities and industry fuels innovation: https://lnkd.in/g3G5kwVP Existing Yeagy tickets for Loeb Playhouse will be honored for Convergence, so there’s no need to reregister.
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AI in Action: see the Purdue AI Racing team’s full-size Indy car up close, explore robotics and real-world AI innovations, and gain insights from leaders driving the next wave of AI transformation. Explore critical topics like AI literacy, autonomous systems, ethics and governance, workforce transformation, and AI’s impact across healthcare, manufacturing, and education. Purdue + Google AI Frontiers Summit: 👉 REGISTER NOW to reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/g5gbrSHn Keynotes: • Mung Chiang – President, Purdue University • Christopher Hein – Field Chief Technology Officer, Google Public Sector • Srikanth Thirumalai – Vice President Engineering, Onboard at Waymo • Todd Young – U.S. Senator, Indiana Featuring speakers from: Google • Bayer • Eli Lilly and Company • Caterpillar Inc. • Boeing • Cummins Inc. • and many more Check out our full list of outstanding speakers online: https://lnkd.in/g5gbrSHn #AISummit2025 #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #Innovation
A huge congrats to Madeleine Yuh! She was selected as the Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering at MIT. 👏
✨ I’m incredibly grateful to have been selected as one of this year’s Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering at MIT! ✨ This workshop was such an inspiring experience — I had the opportunity to connect with so many talented peers and faculty mentors who generously shared their career journeys and advice. A special shoutout to my IMPACT workshop table, Rawan Omar, Elnaz Nikoumanesh, and Yifan Rao — thank you all for the thoughtful feedback and great conversations. My IMPACT statement is definitely stronger because of your insights! As a bonus, I got to reconnect with my fellow 2025 NSF Cyber-Physical Systems Rising Star, Disha Kamale 🌟 Huge thanks to Dr. Ritu Raman, Dr. Irmgard Bischofberger, Theresa Werth (She/Her), and Kezia C. for putting together such a meaningful and well-organized event. I’m so appreciative of the time and effort that went into making this workshop possible. I’m excited to see how everyone continues to grow and make an impact in their careers — here’s to the next generation of rising stars in ME! 🚀
Congratulations to Ting-Chun Kuo in #PurdueCCE on a few incredible achievements in the past few months -- successfully defending her Ph.D. last August to having a paper published in Applied Energy. The year is finishing out strong. Ting-Chun is advised by Panagiota Karava and supported by committee members, Ilias Bilionis, Kevin Kircher, and Jianghai Hu.
I’m thrilled to share that I successfully defended my Ph.D. in August 2025! My dissertation, “AI-Enabled Framework for Robust Building Control Using Domain-Randomized Reinforcement Learning and Heuristic Policy Transfer,” explores how AI and reinforcement learning can enable scalable and uncertainty-aware building control. I’m deeply grateful to my advisor, Prof. Panagiota Karava, and my committee members, Profs. Ilias Bilionis, Kevin J. Kircher, and Jianghai Hu, for their invaluable guidance and support throughout this journey. I’m also excited to announce that our first paper from this work has just been published in Applied Energy! You can freely access it here until December 02, 2025: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gvWtvtTc In this work, we developed a Model Universe–based control-oriented pipeline that uses domain randomization to generate synthetic yet physically consistent building models from limited construction information. Instead of requiring detailed calibration, the method samples plausible model variants using prior knowledge of building physics and typologies, enabling efficient model generation when design data are incomplete. By training RL controllers across this diverse model ensemble, the learned policies achieve robust and transferable performance under uncertainty, minimizing engineering effort during deployment.
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Managing Director and Industry Liaison for The Center for Freight & Logistics Efficiency with Electrified & Automated Trucking - Purdue University and founder of Campbell Consulting, LLC
The commercial vehicle industry is transforming at record speed. On November 11, 2025, we’re bringing together industry leaders, fleets, utilities, and policy experts to discuss what it will take to scale electrification in real-world operations. Electrifying of Commercial Vehicles in a Rapidly Changing Landscape Date: November 11, 2025 Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM (EDT) Format: Virtual Event Hosted by the Center for Freight and Logistics Efficiency with Electrified and Automated Trucking (FLEET), a joint research center of Purdue University and University of Memphis. This interactive town hall will explore: Key barriers to fleet electrification Infrastructure, policy, and technology shifts Transition strategies for fleets Research priorities to accelerate adoption Featuring leaders from: Dragonfly Energy • Cummins • Atlas Public Policy • Southern Company • Knight Transportation • Lazer Logistics This is not a one-way webinar. Audience polling and live Q&A will help shape the conversation and inform the research agenda for the coming year. We invite industry partners, researchers, utilities, and fleet leaders to join us and share their perspectives. Register at www.fleetcenter.org #FleetElectrification #TruckingInnovation #EVTrucking #Sustainability #Transportation #Research #FLEETCenter #PurdueUniversity #UniversityOfMemphis
The next Presidential Lecture Series event will feature Brent Yeagy, CEO of Wabash. This event should be very interesting for the Herrick Community, as our team is proudly collaborating with Wabash on a clean energy project.
What does it take to bring ideas from the lab to the market? 💡 At Purdue’s next Presidential Lecture Series event, Brent Yeagy, CEO of Wabash and proud Boilermaker, joins Purdue President Mung Chiang to discuss how collaboration across sectors drives innovation and growth. 🕕 6 p.m. | Nov. 6 | Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center 🎟️ This event is free and open to the public — tickets are required. Reserve your seat: https://lnkd.in/g3G5kwVP
Check out the recent blog post from Convergent Science, which highlights Herrick researchers. Ph.D. student Sreetam Bhaduri, Professor Eckhard A. Groll, and Professor Davide Ziviani discuss how they used large eddy simulations and Adaptive Mesh Refinement to model the behavior of the motive jet within the mixing zone of an ejector.
Ejectors are important components for converting flow work into kinetic energy in a variety of applications, including gas turbines, liquid propulsion systems, and refrigeration systems. Ejectors operate via a high-speed jet, and the efficiency of the device depends on the jet physics. Researchers at Purdue University recently undertook a study to investigate the jet morphology in a multi-phase CO2 ejector using CONVERGE. In our latest blog post, Ph.D. student Sreetam Bhaduri, Professor Eckhard A. Groll, and Professor Davide Ziviani discuss how they used large eddy simulations and Adaptive Mesh Refinement to model the behavior of the motive jet within the mixing zone of an ejector. Their research aims to accelerate the shape optimization of ejectors to achieve significant performance gains for a range of applications. Read their blog post to learn more! https://lnkd.in/gXNxCeNZ #CONVERGEcfd
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🔬🌿 Interested in Design, Bioinspiration, and Advanced Materials & Structures? There’s no better place to explore these cutting-edge topics than vibrant and multicultural Singapore! 🌏 Join Purdue’s Study Abroad Course: Bioinspired Materials and Structures–Translating Biological Principles into Engineering Applications 📍 Location: Singapore 📅 Dates: May 17–30, 2026 👨🏫 Instructor: Prof. Andres F. Arrieta (Mechanical Engineering, Purdue) 🔗 Enroll Now Here: https://lnkd.in/gVk6n8kc 📘 Find Course Details: https://lnkd.in/gQsQCBqS #PurdueME, #StudyAbroad, #Purdue, #Bioinspiration, #PurdueEngineering, #Singapore, #AdvancedMaterials, #Design