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October 8, 2025

Purdue professor Andrea Vacca: Inducted into Fluid Power Hall of Fame

Andrea Vacca, the Maha Fluid Power Faculty Chair and professor of agriculture and biological engineering and mechanical engineering, moved from Italy to Indiana to optimize fluid power systems for vehicles in agriculture, aerospace and construction. For his 25 years of innovation, teaching and training and seven years of leading the Maha Fluid Power Research Center, he was recently nominated by leading fluid power industry representatives and inducted into the Fluid Power Hall of Fame of the International Fluid Power Society.
October 8, 2025

Proctor: 7 Purdue Engineering faculty earn NSF CAREER awards

Caitlin Proctor
Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering & Sustainability Engineering and Environmental Engineering
Project: Designing stable biofilms for drinking water systems
Total Intended Award: $500,000
Start Date: Aug. 1, 2025
Estimated End Date: July 31, 2030
October 7, 2025

Kessinger: Latest cohort of seven seniors selected as Purdue Engineering Fellows

Six engineering majors were represented in the seventh cohort of Purdue Engineering Fellows, honored during a ceremony on Sept. 16 at Fowler Hall in West Lafayette.

Fellows were honored for their critical thinking and problem-solving skills, positive relationships with peers and contributions to the Purdue Engineering community.
July 29, 2025

Chen: ABE (biological engineering) student named 2025 Astronaut Scholars

Zhiyuan Chen is one of three Purdue University students that have been named by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) as 2025 Astronaut Scholars — one of the nation’s most prestigious merit-based scholarships for undergraduates in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
July 7, 2025

Harsh Pathak: Graduate Ag Research Spotlight

All the staff and professors have open-door policies so you don’t need to be hesitant to go in and ask for help.

- Harsh Pathak, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
June 23, 2025

ABE Alumni: ABE alumni drive hydraulic innovation at John Deere

Michael Holland (BSME ’05, MS agricultural engineering ’07, PhD agricultural engineering ’12), James Bartlett (BS agricultural engineering ’08) and Greg Long (BS agricultural engineering ’07, MS agricultural engineering ’09) are the minds behind the hydraulics on the prototype John Deere E-Power battery electric tractor.
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