Professor Vilas Pol and Visiting Scholar Saibhargava Reddy Mandapati have their art displayed in the Vibrant Arts Exhibition in Armstrong Hall of Purdue University. Through their artistic creations, the innovative and creative nature of these researchers is unmistakably evident, demonstrating that scientific rigor and artistic vision are complementary expressions of intellectual curiosity.

Chemical engineering professor Vilas Pol of Purdue University was honored with the prestigious Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) award by the NRI Welfare Society, India during a distinguished ceremony at the Lord Mayor of Oxford’s Council Chamber in Oxford, UK on October 30, 2025.

A select group of Purdue University engineering and pharmacy graduate students are advancing Indiana’s biopharmaceutical workforce training opportunities through the BioTrain Fellows program.

The Arthur Kelly Lectures were established by a grant
from alumnus Arthur Kelly (BSChE 1924).

Zoltan K. Nagy, the Arvind Varma Professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to conduct research in Italy during the Fall 2025 semester. He also was recently elected as an External Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), one of the highest scholarly honors bestowed by Hungary’s premier scientific institution.