This annual event celebrates winners of Purdue’s Excellence in Research Awards, the three most prestigious research awards bestowed by the university. The three awards are the Lu Ann Aday Award, Herbert Newby McCoy Award and Arden L. Bement Jr. Award.
Each year the winners of these awards are invited to give a lecture based on their work and formally receive the awards at the annual Faculty Honors Ceremony and Celebration. The 2024 winners are:
Lu Ann Aday Award: David Purpura
Arden L. Bement Jr. Award: Dongyan Xu
Herbert Newby McCoy Award: Roger Wiens*
*Unable to attend the May 5 event and will give his award lecture later this year