Health and Kinesiology Colloquia Series – Wearable Multimodal Nanosensors for Digital Health

November 18, 2026
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Lambert Fieldhouse, Room 108

In our final colloquia for 2026, Wenzhou Wu, professor and university faculty scholar in the Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University, will share information about Nanosensors and how we can utilize them in the field of health and kinesiolgy.

Wenzhuo Wu is a professor and university faculty scholar in the Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University. He received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology in Materials Science and Engineering. His research interests include designing, manufacturing and integrating nanomaterials for applications in wearable sensors, clean energy and electronics.

Wu is a recipient of several awards and honors, including the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, IOP Semiconductor Science and Technology Best Early Career Research, Society of Manufacturing Engineers Barbara M. Fossum Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigator, Advanced Materials Interfaces Hall of Fame , ARO Young Investigator Award, NSF Early CAREER Award, Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Functional Materials Division Young Leaders Professional Development Award, Microsystems & Nanoengineering Young Scientist Award, Purdue College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award for Early Career Research, Advanced Materials Technologies Hall of Fame.

He also is an invited participant in the first U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium, Sensors Young Investigator Award, an elected Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), a Purdue University Faculty Scholar, the IEEE NTC Distinguished Lecturer, a Humboldt Foundation Fellow and a Fulbright U.S. Scholar.