I recall the “panel” from Purdue finding Dr. Taleyarkhan NOT GUILTY of research misconduct a while back. But then Congress came in and demanded the “case be reopened,” which given the results of this recent ‘investigation,’ was in effect a demand from Congress to find him guilty. And there’s reason to believe that this demand was the brainchild of none other than the detractors, led by the nuclear engineering (NE) faculty from Purdue.

Also, in light of the juvenile (MIS-?)conduct of the whistle blower NE faculty members, I am surprised that THEY are allowed to go scot-free. They had gone out of their way to first take to the PRESS, of all places, the accusations of misconduct, rather than following the rules/regulations of research (and university policy) to express their concerns.

Apparently, Purdue found out about these accusations at the same time the public did.

Why do you suppose they took that route?…i.e., screaming out to the press that there was research misconduct afoot?

Quite likely because the whistle blowers know, like many others, of Purdue’s obsession with preeminence, and bad publicity against their own administration would prove to burst bubbles of those dreams of being #1? So they’ve got the unwritten satisfaction of knowing that, no matter what their crime, Purdue will protect them.

Coincidentally, the former HEAD (ah, an administrator) of nuclear engineering (NE) WAS the primary instigator of these accusations against Taleyarkhan. I recall reading of his having to “resign” his position as head of Purdue NE not long after Purdue was shaking with the aftershock of these stories he and his cohorts personally saw to it that all the primary news stations carried.

I must say, those guys at Purdue really do know how to put on a good show. Do they think they’re fooling everyone?!