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Purdue ECE students with their robotic system, Purdubik’s Cube

Purdue ECE students shatter Guinness World Record for fastest puzzle cube-solving robot

A team of students from Purdue ECE has officially made history. Meet Purdubik’s Cube—a high-speed robotic system that now holds the Guinness World Record for “Fastest robot to solve a puzzle cube," clocking in at a jaw-dropping 0.103 seconds. 

Mark Lundstrom and Vladimir Shalaev

Mark Lundstrom and Vladimir Shalaev elected members of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Purdue ECE researchers and professors Mark Lundstrom and Vladimir M. Shalaev have been named members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. They were recognized for their accomplishments across academia, the arts, industry, policy, research and science.
Robobee landing safely with the addition of long, jointed legs and an advanced control system

Purdue University professor helps tiny Robobee learn to land softly, thanks to lessons from nature

A miniature marvel of bioinspired engineering, the Harvard Robobee, has demonstrated its ability to zip, dive and hover like a real insect, but faced the challenge of landing safely. Thanks in part to groundbreaking research from Purdue ECE Prof. Nak-seung Patrick Hyun, Robobee now has a solution.
Anand Raghunathan

Purdue University Professor Anand Raghunathan receives IEEE Technical Achievement Award

Anand Raghunathan, the Silicon Valley Professor in Purdue ECE, has been honored with the IEEE Computer Society 2025 Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award. He was recognized for his “pioneering contributions to the field of approximate computing and its application to the design of hardware for artificial intelligence.”
Recipients of the 2024-2025 Birck ECE Teaching Fellows

Purdue ECE launches Birck Teaching Fellowship to recognize outstanding graduate instructors

The Birck Teaching Fellowship was launched in the 2024-2025 academic year to formally recognize graduate students who take on significant teaching responsibilities. This year’s recipients include Wafaa Kanakri (Fall 2024 and Spring 2025), Kent Gauen (Fall 2024), Somosmita Mitra (Fall 2024), Hyung Zin Lim (Fall 2024) and Omar Yaqub (Fall 2024).
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Purdue ECE graduate programs again among nation’s best

Purdue ECE continues to excel nationally, with both electrical and computer engineering graduate programs ranked No. 9 in the latest U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings released on April 8, 2025.
Graduating students at Purdue University walking by the Engineering Fountain

Congratulations to the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Class of 2025

We proudly celebrated the Purdue ECE Class of 2025, with receptions in both Indianapolis and West Lafayette. This year, we graduated 26 new PhDs, 195 MSECEs, 301 BCSMPEs and 153 BSEEs. Take a look at the photos from both receptions here!
Purdue researcher Qi Guo and graduate student Yuxuan Liu analyze the results captured by MetaHDR.

New imaging technologies achieve real-time boundary detection, single-shot high-dynamic range imaging

Purdue University researchers have developed new imaging technologies with potential uses in medical scans, autonomous navigation, surveillance and more. ECE assistant professor Qi Guo leads the two teams behind CT-Bound and MetaHDR.
Students showcasing their designs at the biannual SPARK Challenge

Purdue ECE students shine in SPARK Challenge

Purdue ECE students showcased their innovation and engineering prowess during the biannual SPARK Challenge, a design competition that bridges classroom learning with real-world application.
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Microcomb chips help pave the way for thousand times more accurate GPS systems

A research team from Purdue University and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has developed a technology that, with the help of on-chip microcombs, could make ultra-precise optical atomic clock systems significantly smaller and more accessible—with benefits for navigation, autonomous vehicles and geo-data monitoring.
Mithuna S. Thottethodi, Prof. of ECE and Associate Head of Teaching and Learning, Emery C. Bredemeyer, Rohit Lala, Alfred Barandearan Gutierrez and Benjamin C. Miller

Purdue ECE honors outstanding undergraduates

Purdue ECE is proud to recognize the contributions of undergraduate students who enhance every facet of departmental life through the annual ECE Undergraduate Excellence Awards. These students serve as undergraduate teaching assistants (UTA’s), contribute to research, complete design projects and perform vital service through student societies and volunteer groups.
ECE Graduate Student Award winners pose with ECE faculty members

Purdue ECE grad students win annual awards

Each spring, Purdue University’s College of Engineering recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of graduate students and postdocs through several prestigious awards. Graduate students also select an outstanding faculty mentor who has gone above and beyond to serve graduate students. 

Purdue ECE alumnus named director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

David Gallagher, a graduate of Purdue ECE, has been named the next director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL). Gallagher (BSEE ‘82), who has served as the lab’s associate director for strategic integration, was selected by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to lead the federally funded research and development center. 
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