Lugar Research Center:
Indiana Researchers Investigate Ethanol-Powered Fuel Cell
Making a hydrogen fuel cell commercially
viable so that automobiles can run totally
on electricity from hydrogen derived
from cellulosic ethanol is the goal of research
being conducted at the Richard G.
Lugar Center for Renewable Energy, Indianapolis,
IN. The research is being led by Dr. Andrew
Hsu, director of the center, funded
by the Indiana University, Purdue University,
Indianapolis (IUPUI/312-274-
9715). ...more
Kassab develops Electrical device;
Helps heart-stent placements
Ghassan Kassab, professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI, hopes his LumenRECON device will improve placement of heart and peripheral stents and perhaps save lives. The LumenRECON technology Kassab developed uses four tiny electrical wires mounted on a standard catheter to accurately measure a blood vessel's width digitally and in real time. The lumen map provided to the cardiologist could result in shorter and even safer procedures.
