The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the 2012 recipients of the Distinguished McKnight University Professorships.

McKnight Land-Grant Professor Daniel Keefe uses computers to create interactive pictures and 3-D models. These visual representations sometimes reveal insights that might have gone undiscovered on paper.

In partnership with librarians at the University of Minnesota, the University of Oregon and Cornell University, Purdue University Libraries has received nearly $250,000 to develop data literacy training programs for the next generation of scientists.

As director of the Medical Devices Center, mechanical engineer Art Erdman oversees the designing, prototyping and testing of leading-edge medical devices at the U of M. Here, he shares his thoughts on the past, present and future of this vital field.