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Identifying Causes: Airflow Visualization

The Purdue Student Farm faced challenges with inadequate plant transpiration within their year-round controlled environment growing containers. While the farm team had collected airflow data through their own measurements, they needed a clearer way to interpret these findings. To address this need, Research Services developed an interactive web application that transformed their raw data into comprehensive 3D visualizations. This standalone tool allowed farm staff to explore their airflow measurements through multiple display options and independently update datasets as needed, eliminating the requirement for ongoing technical support.

Original Proof of Concept

From Sketch to Object – 3D Modeling and Printing Model Greenhouse Designs

Dr. Krishna Nemali's visiting scholar, Ayyaz Ahmed, proposed testing an innovative hoop design for their research. Research Services collaborated with Ahmed to transform his initial concept sketch into a precise 3D model. The team then optimized the design for additive...

GewGaw visualization

Novel visualization of rice drying methods

Purdue’s ARGE Research Services helped transform complex rice-drying research into a journal-ready visual format by developing the innovative “Gewgaw Grid” data visualization method.

Interactive cytoscape visualization

Dr. Kranthi Varala needed a web-accessible tool to extract data and visualize the regulatory network for WHO. The total amount of data was over 100 million data elements. Our team utilized shared university resources to provide a no-cost solution for...

Data stewardship for global food safety research

The USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL), a collaborative effort between Purdue University and Cornell University, is instrumental in advancing food safety research as part of the Feed the Future mission. FSIL grants and manages awards...

Strategic enhancement of research workflows in food economics

The CFDAS at Purdue tracks consumer insights and the economics of the food system to produce timely reports on trends and emerging topics. The center brings data about consumers to farmers and information about farms to consumers. WE MAKE CFDAS DATA WORKFLOWS...

Hypoxia impacts hemoglobin gene expression

Lake Erie suffers from intense periods of low oxygen, causing massive die-offs During the summer months, Lake Erie experiences periods of pronounced hypoxic conditions that are dangerous to many aquatic organisms. These events are largely driven by overgrowth of algal...

Long-term impacts of tile drainage on crop yield

To improve crop yield in poorly drained soil types common in the US Midwest, farmers commonly installed subsurface drainage systems to help remove excess water. Despite being a common practice, we have limited understanding about how different spacings of drain...

Repeatable pipeline for bee genomics research

In general, a population of individuals has genetic variation that creates phenotypic variation between them and confers a mix of positive and negative traits across the population. Using genomic techniques to determine what traits an individual may possess and how...

Findable and accessible research farm data

Purdue Agricultural Centers (PACs) across the state of Indiana collect many different types of data every year at both field and smaller research trial scales. The amount of historic data generated from each of these PACs is substantial, especially with...